diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/GithubIssuesTests.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/GithubIssuesTests.cs
index 74b6b8da..14cd5f5a 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/GithubIssuesTests.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/GithubIssuesTests.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,28 @@
 
     public class GithubIssuesTests
     {
+        [Fact]
+        public void Issue1148()
+        {
+            var path = IntegrationHelpers.GetSpecificTestDocumentPath("P2P-33713919.pdf");
+
+            using (var document = PdfDocument.Open(path, new ParsingOptions() { UseLenientParsing = true }))
+            {
+                var page = document.GetPage(2);
+
+                var letters = page.Letters;
+
+                var words = NearestNeighbourWordExtractor.Instance.GetWords(letters).ToArray();
+
+                var firstTableLine = words[42];
+
+                Assert.EndsWith("C<--,:", firstTableLine.Text); // Just to make sure we are looking at the correct line. Text might change as this is not actually correct
+
+                Assert.Equal(firstTableLine.BoundingBox.BottomLeft, new PdfPoint(x: 31.890118, y: 693.035685));
+                Assert.Equal(firstTableLine.BoundingBox.BottomRight, new PdfPoint(x: 563.3851179999991, y: 693.035685));
+            }
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Issue1122()
         {
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/SpecificTestDocuments/P2P-33713919.pdf b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/SpecificTestDocuments/P2P-33713919.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4209085d
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Integration/SpecificTestDocuments/P2P-33713919.pdf differ
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfFonts/CidFonts/Type2CidFont.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfFonts/CidFonts/Type2CidFont.cs
index 596e8c73..65487bfb 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfFonts/CidFonts/Type2CidFont.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfFonts/CidFonts/Type2CidFont.cs
@@ -61,9 +61,12 @@
             this.defaultWidth = defaultWidth;
             this.cidToGid = cidToGid;
 
-            // TODO: This should maybe take units per em into account?
             var scale = 1 / (double)(fontProgram?.GetFontMatrixMultiplier() ?? 1000);
             FontMatrix = TransformationMatrix.FromValues(scale, 0, 0, scale, 0, 0);
+
+            // NB: For the font matrixPdfBox always return 1/1000 with the comment '1000 upem, this is not strictly true'
+            // see https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/blob/a5379f5588ee4c98222ee61366ad3d82e0f2264e/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/font/PDCIDFontType2.java#L191
+            // Always using 1/1000 breaks the 'ReadWordsFromOldGutnishPage1' test
         }
 
         public double GetWidthFromFont(int characterIdentifier)
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfFonts/Composite/Type0Font.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfFonts/Composite/Type0Font.cs
index a141a9db..78d2e6af 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfFonts/Composite/Type0Font.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/PdfFonts/Composite/Type0Font.cs
@@ -126,13 +126,23 @@
             // Get the bounding box in glyph space
             var boundingBox = CidFont.GetBoundingBox(characterIdentifier);
 
-            boundingBox = CidFont.GetFontMatrix(characterIdentifier).Transform(boundingBox);
+            var fontMatrix = CidFont.GetFontMatrix(characterIdentifier);
+            boundingBox = fontMatrix.Transform(boundingBox);
 
             var width = CidFont.GetWidthFromFont(characterIdentifier);
 
-            var advanceWidth = GetFontMatrix().TransformX(width);
-            // BobLD: Not sure why we don't need CidFont.GetFontMatrix(characterCode)
-            // Might be related to https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/issues/1010
+            double scale = fontMatrix.A;
+            if (Math.Abs(scale - 0.001) < 0.0001)
+            {
+                // BobLD: The value of scale is close enough to 0.001 to be able to use 0.001.
+                // Still not sure what is the correct logic, but this hack fixes issue #1148 (while not breaking "Old Gutnish Internet Explorer.pdf")
+                // 
+                // Based on https://martin.hoppenheit.info/blog/2018/pdfa-validation-and-inconsistent-glyph-width-information/
+                // which quotes: section 6.2.11.5 of ISO 19005-2:2011 (PDF/A-2) clarifies this issue: “For ISO 19005, consistent is defined to be a difference of no more than 1/1000 unit.”
+                scale = 0.001;
+            }
+
+            var advanceWidth = scale * width;
 
             var result = new CharacterBoundingBox(boundingBox, advanceWidth);