diff --git a/core/base/inc/TVirtualPad.h b/core/base/inc/TVirtualPad.h
index 9e527e1559286..2153eb9766469 100644
--- a/core/base/inc/TVirtualPad.h
+++ b/core/base/inc/TVirtualPad.h
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ class TVirtualPad : public TObject, public TAttLine, public TAttFill,
    virtual Int_t    VtoPixel(Double_t v) const = 0;
    virtual Int_t    XtoAbsPixel(Double_t x) const = 0;
    virtual Int_t    YtoAbsPixel(Double_t y) const = 0;
+   virtual Int_t    HtoAbsPixel(Double_t y1, Double_t y2) const = 0;
+   virtual Int_t    WtoAbsPixel(Double_t x1, Double_t x2) const = 0;
    virtual void     XYtoAbsPixel(Double_t x, Double_t y, Int_t &xpixel, Int_t &ypixel) const = 0;
    virtual void     XYtoAbsPixel(Double_t x, Double_t y, Double_t &xpixel, Double_t &ypixel) const = 0;
    virtual Double_t XtoPad(Double_t x) const = 0;
diff --git a/core/base/src/TAttText.cxx b/core/base/src/TAttText.cxx
index d8808e656729c..fe879ec5d3b2b 100644
--- a/core/base/src/TAttText.cxx
+++ b/core/base/src/TAttText.cxx
@@ -311,10 +311,8 @@ Float_t TAttText::GetTextSizePercent(Float_t size)
 {
    Float_t rsize = size;
    if (fTextFont%10 > 2 && gPad) {
-      UInt_t w = std::abs(gPad->XtoAbsPixel(gPad->GetX2()) -
-                          gPad->XtoAbsPixel(gPad->GetX1()));
-      UInt_t h = std::abs(gPad->YtoAbsPixel(gPad->GetY2()) -
-                          gPad->YtoAbsPixel(gPad->GetY1()));
+      UInt_t w = gPad->WtoAbsPixel(gPad->GetX1(), gPad->GetX2());
+      UInt_t h = gPad->HtoAbsPixel(gPad->GetY1(), gPad->GetY2());
       if (w < h)
          rsize = rsize/w;
       else
diff --git a/graf2d/gpad/inc/TPad.h b/graf2d/gpad/inc/TPad.h
index 5bc9c9f481276..b33188d5b1d05 100644
--- a/graf2d/gpad/inc/TPad.h
+++ b/graf2d/gpad/inc/TPad.h
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ friend class TWebCanvas;
    TObject          *WaitPrimitive(const char *pname="", const char *emode="") override;
    Int_t             XtoAbsPixel(Double_t x) const override;
    Int_t             YtoAbsPixel(Double_t y) const override;
+   Int_t             HtoAbsPixel(Double_t y1, Double_t y2) const override;
+   Int_t             WtoAbsPixel(Double_t x1, Double_t x2) const override;
    Double_t          XtoPad(Double_t x) const override;
    Double_t          YtoPad(Double_t y) const override;
    Int_t             XtoPixel(Double_t x) const override;
diff --git a/graf2d/gpad/src/TPad.cxx b/graf2d/gpad/src/TPad.cxx
index cf9eeee37086a..dbb48e79ee232 100644
--- a/graf2d/gpad/src/TPad.cxx
+++ b/graf2d/gpad/src/TPad.cxx
@@ -7652,6 +7652,27 @@ Int_t TPad::YtoAbsPixel(Double_t y) const
    return TMath::Nint(pixel_boundary(fYtoAbsPixelk + y*fYtoPixel));
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// Convert a vertical distance [y1,y2] to pixel
+
+Int_t TPad::HtoAbsPixel(Double_t y1, Double_t y2) const
+{
+   double h1 = fYtoAbsPixelk + y1 * fYtoPixel;
+   double h2 = fYtoAbsPixelk + y2 * fYtoPixel;
+   return TMath::Nint(pixel_boundary(std::abs(h1 - h2)));
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// Convert a horizontal distance [x1,x2] to pixel
+
+Int_t TPad::WtoAbsPixel(Double_t x1, Double_t x2) const
+{
+   double w1 = fXtoAbsPixelk + x1 * fXtoPixel;
+   double w2 = fXtoAbsPixelk + x2 * fXtoPixel;
+   return TMath::Nint(pixel_boundary(std::abs(w1 - w2)));
+}
+
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// Convert Y coordinate to pixel