diff --git a/src/g_template.c b/src/g_template.c
index 2d09debe1b16cd43ed33219a7a5c3e95ead7104a..38a765b4b23ab5f3aa063c0a6f4a2d6ccc832e6a 100644
--- a/src/g_template.c
+++ b/src/g_template.c
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ static void drawnumber_vis(t_gobj *z, t_glist *glist,
         drawnumber_sprintf(x, buf, &at);
         sys_vgui(".x%lx.c create text %d %d -anchor nw -fill %s -text {%s}",
                 glist_getcanvas(glist), xloc, yloc, colorstring, buf);
-        sys_vgui(" -font {{%s} %d %s}", sys_font,
+        sys_vgui(" -font {{%s} -%d %s}", sys_font,
 				 sys_hostfontsize(glist_getfont(glist)), sys_fontweight);
         sys_vgui(" -tags .x%lx.x%lx.drawnumber%lx\n", 
 			glist_getcanvas(glist), glist, data);