diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index 745a7ca..60d306c 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -69,18 +69,3 @@ QList<TextItem*> Text::collidingItems(const TextItem *item) const
 
 	return list;
 }
-
-qreal Text::avgCharRatio(const QString &str, const QFont &font)
-{
-	qreal ratio;
-
-	if (str.at(0).unicode() > 0x2E80)
-		ratio = 1.0;
-	else {
-		ratio = (font.capitalization() == QFont::AllUppercase) ? 0.66 : 0.55;
-		if (font.bold())
-			ratio *= 1.1;
-	}
-
-	return ratio;
-}
diff --git a/src/text.h b/src/text.h
index 21b7586..1ba00e1 100644
--- a/src/text.h
+++ b/src/text.h
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ public:
 
 	void render(QPainter *painter) const;
 
-	static qreal avgCharRatio(const QString &str, const QFont &font);
-
 private:
 	void addItem(TextItem *item) {_items.append(item);}
 	QList<TextItem *> collidingItems(const TextItem *item) const;
diff --git a/src/textitem.h b/src/textitem.h
index 5478f20..2482d25 100644
--- a/src/textitem.h
+++ b/src/textitem.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define TEXTITEM_H
 
 #include <QPainterPath>
+#include <QFont>
 
 class TextItem
 {
@@ -29,6 +30,23 @@ public:
 		return other->shape().intersects(shape());
 	}
 
+protected:
+	static int avgCharWidth(const QString &str, const QFont &font)
+	{
+		qreal ratio;
+
+		if (str.at(0).unicode() >= 0x2E80)
+			ratio = 1.0;
+		else {
+			ratio = (font.capitalization() == QFont::AllUppercase)
+			  ? 0.66 : 0.55;
+			if (font.bold())
+				ratio *= 1.1;
+		}
+
+		return ratio * font.pixelSize();
+	}
+
 private:
 	QString _text;
 	bool _visible;
diff --git a/src/textpathitem.cpp b/src/textpathitem.cpp
index f7fe9d6..bb87174 100644
--- a/src/textpathitem.cpp
+++ b/src/textpathitem.cpp
@@ -136,13 +136,12 @@ TextPathItem::TextPathItem(const QString &text, const QPainterPath &path,
   const QFont &font, int maxAngle, const QRectF &tileRect)
   : TextItem(text), _font(font)
 {
-	qreal acr = Text::avgCharRatio(text, _font);
-	int textWidth = text.size() * _font.pixelSize() * acr;
+	int cw = avgCharWidth(text, font);
+	int textWidth = text.size() * cw;
 	if (textWidth > path.length())
 		return;
 
-	QPainterPath tp(textPath(path, textWidth, maxAngle, _font.pixelSize() * acr,
-	  tileRect));
+	QPainterPath tp(textPath(path, textWidth, maxAngle, cw, tileRect));
 	if (tp.isEmpty())
 		return;
 
diff --git a/src/textpointitem.cpp b/src/textpointitem.cpp
index 6fe042e..7f8c30d 100644
--- a/src/textpointitem.cpp
+++ b/src/textpointitem.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 #define FLAGS (Qt::AlignCenter | Qt::TextWordWrap | Qt::TextDontClip)
 
-static QRectF exactBoundingRect(const QString &str, const QFont &font,
-  int maxWidth)
+QRectF TextPointItem::exactBoundingRect(const QString &str,
+  const QFont &font, int maxWidth)
 {
 	QFontMetrics fm(font);
 	int limit = font.pixelSize() * maxWidth;
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ static QRectF exactBoundingRect(const QString &str, const QFont &font,
 	return br;
 }
 
-static QRectF fuzzyBoundingRect(const QString &str, const QFont &font,
-  int maxWidth)
+QRectF TextPointItem::fuzzyBoundingRect(const QString &str,
+  const QFont &font, int maxWidth)
 {
 	int limit = font.pixelSize() * maxWidth;
-	qreal cw = font.pixelSize() * Text::avgCharRatio(str, font);
+	qreal cw = avgCharWidth(str, font);
 	qreal lh = font.pixelSize() * 1.25;
 	int width = 0, lines = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/textpointitem.h b/src/textpointitem.h
index 7b73926..1100317 100644
--- a/src/textpointitem.h
+++ b/src/textpointitem.h
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	typedef QRectF (*BoundingRectFunction)(const QString &, const QFont &, int);
+
+	static QRectF exactBoundingRect(const QString &str, const QFont &font,
+	  int maxWidth);
+	static QRectF fuzzyBoundingRect(const QString &str, const QFont &font,
+	  int maxWidth);
+
 	QRectF computeTextRect(BoundingRectFunction brf) const;
 
 	QPointF _pos;