diff --git a/src/SFML/Graphics/Font.cpp b/src/SFML/Graphics/Font.cpp
index dbe4de9f..4576987c 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Graphics/Font.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Graphics/Font.cpp
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ Glyph Font::loadGlyph(Uint32 codePoint, unsigned int characterSize, bool bold, f
     {
         // Leave a small padding around characters, so that filtering doesn't
         // pollute them with pixels from neighbors
-        const unsigned int padding = 1;
+        const unsigned int padding = 2;
 
         width += 2 * padding;
         height += 2 * padding;
diff --git a/src/SFML/Graphics/Text.cpp b/src/SFML/Graphics/Text.cpp
index 45172c87..7cb4f889 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Graphics/Text.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Graphics/Text.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace
     // Add a glyph quad to the vertex array
     void addGlyphQuad(sf::VertexArray& vertices, sf::Vector2f position, const sf::Color& color, const sf::Glyph& glyph, float italicShear, float outlineThickness = 0)
     {
-        float padding = 0.5;
+        float padding = 1.0;
 
         float left   = glyph.bounds.left - padding;
         float top    = glyph.bounds.top - padding;