Index: write.c
===================================================================
--- write.c	(revision 38414)
+++ write.c	(revision 38415)
@@ -1439,6 +1439,15 @@
 	lht_dom_hash_put(ndt, build_textf("height", CFMT, g->height));
 	lht_dom_hash_put(ndt, build_textf("delta", CFMT, g->xdelta));
 
+#ifdef PCB_WANT_FONT2
+	if (g->advance_valid) {
+		if (wrver >= 9)
+			lht_dom_hash_put(ndt, build_textf("advance", CFMT, g->advance));
+		else
+			pcb_io_incompat_save(NULL, NULL, "font", "lihata board before v9 did not have font glyph advance", "glyph width and delta are saved; there may be slight variations in glyph spacing (this error should be in the range of nanometers)");
+	}
+#endif
+
 	lst = lht_dom_node_alloc(LHT_LIST, "objects");
 	lht_dom_hash_put(ndt, lst);
 	for(n = 0, a = g->atoms.array; n < g->atoms.used; n++,a++) {
Index: write_style.c
===================================================================
--- write_style.c	(revision 38414)
+++ write_style.c	(revision 38415)
@@ -470,10 +470,12 @@
 static const char *pat_width[]   = {"te:width", "*", NULL};
 static const char *pat_height[]  = {"te:height", "*", NULL};
 static const char *pat_delta[]   = {"te:delta", "*", NULL};
+static const char *pat_advance[] = {"te:advance", "*", NULL};
 static lhtpers_rule_t r_symbol[] = {
 	{pat_width,      &style_inline, NULL},
 	{pat_height,     &style_inline, NULL},
 	{pat_delta,      &style_inline, NULL},
+	{pat_advance,    &style_inline, NULL},
 	{pat_objects,    &style_nlstruct, NULL},
 	{pat_attributes,       &style_nlstruct, NULL},
 	{NULL, NULL, NULL}