diff --git a/frontends/monkey/plot.c b/frontends/monkey/plot.c
--- a/frontends/monkey/plot.c
+++ b/frontends/monkey/plot.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "monkey/browser.h"
 
 #if defined(__montauk__)
-extern const unsigned char mtk_font_data[] __asm__("_ZN3gui9font_dataE");
+#include "content/fetchers/montauk_bridge.h"
 
 struct bitmap {
 	void *ptr;
@@ -69,20 +69,10 @@ static void native_text(struct gui_window *gw, int x, int baseline,
 		const char *text, size_t length, const struct plot_font_style *style)
 {
 	int px = plot_style_fixed_to_int(style->size);
-	int sx = px > 8 ? px / 8 : 1;
-	int sy = px > 16 ? px / 16 : 1;
-	int top = baseline - 13 * sy;
-	uint32_t colour = native_colour(style->foreground);
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-		unsigned char ch = (unsigned char)text[i];
-		if (ch >= 128) continue;
-		const unsigned char *glyph = mtk_font_data + ch * 16;
-		for (int row = 0; row < 16; row++)
-			for (int col = 0; col < 8; col++)
-				if (glyph[row] & (0x80u >> col))
-					native_fill(gw, x + col * sx, top + row * sy,
-						x + (col + 1) * sx, top + (row + 1) * sy, colour);
-		x += px > 0 ? px : 8;
-	}
+	if (gw == NULL || gw->pixels == NULL) return;
+	mtk_netsurf_font_draw(gw->pixels, gw->width, gw->height,
+		gw->clip_x0, gw->clip_y0, gw->clip_x1, gw->clip_y1,
+		x, baseline, text, length, native_colour(style->foreground),
+		style->family, style->weight, style->flags, px);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/frontends/monkey/layout.c b/frontends/monkey/layout.c
--- a/frontends/monkey/layout.c
+++ b/frontends/monkey/layout.c
@@ -30,10 +30,25 @@
 
 #include "monkey/layout.h"
 
+#if defined(__montauk__)
+#include "content/fetchers/montauk_bridge.h"
+#endif
+
+static int font_width(const plot_font_style_t *fstyle,
+		const char *string, size_t length)
+{
+#if defined(__montauk__)
+	return mtk_netsurf_font_width(fstyle->family, fstyle->weight,
+		fstyle->flags, plot_style_fixed_to_int(fstyle->size), string, length);
+#else
+	return (fstyle->size * utf8_bounded_length(string, length)) / PLOT_STYLE_SCALE;
+#endif
+}
+
 static nserror nsfont_width(const plot_font_style_t *fstyle,
 			    const char *string, size_t length,
 			    int *width)
 {
-	*width = (fstyle->size * utf8_bounded_length(string, length)) / PLOT_STYLE_SCALE;
+	*width = font_width(fstyle, string, length);
 	return NSERROR_OK;
 }
@@ -55,8 +70,22 @@ static nserror nsfont_position_in_string(const plot_font_style_t *fstyle,
 					 int x, size_t *char_offset, int *actual_x)
 {
-	*char_offset = x / (fstyle->size / PLOT_STYLE_SCALE);
-	if (*char_offset > length)
-		*char_offset = length;
-	*actual_x = *char_offset * (fstyle->size / PLOT_STYLE_SCALE);
+	size_t offset = 0, previous = 0;
+	int previous_width = 0;
+	while (offset < length) {
+		previous = offset;
+		offset = utf8_next(string, length, offset);
+		int next_width = font_width(fstyle, string, offset);
+		if (next_width > x) {
+			if (x - previous_width > next_width - x) {
+				*char_offset = offset; *actual_x = next_width;
+			} else {
+				*char_offset = previous; *actual_x = previous_width;
+			}
+			return NSERROR_OK;
+		}
+		previous_width = next_width;
+	}
+	*char_offset = length;
+	*actual_x = previous_width;
 	return NSERROR_OK;
 }
@@ -90,21 +119,25 @@ static nserror nsfont_split(const plot_font_style_t *fstyle,
 			    int x, size_t *char_offset, int *actual_x)
 {
-	int c_off = *char_offset = x / (fstyle->size / PLOT_STYLE_SCALE);
-	if (*char_offset > length) {
+	size_t offset = 0, last_space = 0, first_over = length;
+	while (offset < length) {
+		size_t next = utf8_next(string, length, offset);
+		if (string[offset] == ' ') last_space = offset;
+		if (font_width(fstyle, string, next) > x) {
+			first_over = next;
+			break;
+		}
+		offset = next;
+	}
+	if (first_over == length && font_width(fstyle, string, length) <= x) {
 		*char_offset = length;
+	} else if (last_space != 0) {
+		*char_offset = last_space;
 	} else {
-		while (*char_offset > 0) {
-			if (string[*char_offset] == ' ')
-				break;
-			(*char_offset)--;
-		}
-		if (*char_offset == 0) {
-			*char_offset = c_off;
-			while (*char_offset < length && string[*char_offset] != ' ') {
-				(*char_offset)++;
-			}
-		}
+		*char_offset = first_over;
+		while (*char_offset < length && string[*char_offset] != ' ')
+			(*char_offset)++;
 	}
-	*actual_x = *char_offset * (fstyle->size / PLOT_STYLE_SCALE);
+	if (*char_offset == 0) *char_offset = first_over != 0 ? first_over : length;
+	*actual_x = font_width(fstyle, string, *char_offset);
 	return NSERROR_OK;
 }