diff --git a/rendering/cases/text-style/expected.png b/rendering/cases/text-style/expected.png
index 30108c0950..716cbc9b48 100644
Binary files a/rendering/cases/text-style/expected.png and b/rendering/cases/text-style/expected.png differ
diff --git a/rendering/cases/text-style/main.js b/rendering/cases/text-style/main.js
index 547d2e1c36..654563d36b 100644
--- a/rendering/cases/text-style/main.js
+++ b/rendering/cases/text-style/main.js
@@ -65,6 +65,22 @@ feature.setStyle(new Style({
 }));
 vectorSource.addFeature(feature);
 
+// align left
+feature = new Feature({
+  geometry: new Point([50, 50])
+});
+feature.setStyle(new Style({
+  text: new Text({
+    font: 'Ubuntu',
+    text: 'align left',
+    textAlign: 'left',
+    stroke: new Stroke({
+      color: [10, 10, 10, 0.5]
+    })
+  })
+}));
+vectorSource.addFeature(feature);
+
 // background and padding
 feature = new Feature({
   geometry: new Point([-10, 0])
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas.js b/src/ol/render/canvas.js
index 8d0bfc2913..d396f42ff1 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas.js
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ export const measureTextHeight = (function() {
 export function measureTextWidth(font, text) {
   const measureContext = getMeasureContext();
   if (font != measureFont) {
-    measureContext.font = measureFont = font;
+    measureContext.font = font;
+    measureFont = measureContext.font;
   }
   return measureContext.measureText(text).width;
 }