diff --git a/limereport/items/lrtextitem.cpp b/limereport/items/lrtextitem.cpp
index 6fca5b5..0376655 100644
--- a/limereport/items/lrtextitem.cpp
+++ b/limereport/items/lrtextitem.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace LimeReport{
 TextItem::TextItem(QObject *owner, QGraphicsItem *parent)
     : ContentItemDesignIntf(xmlTag,owner,parent), m_angle(Angle0), m_trimValue(true), m_allowHTML(false),
       m_allowHTMLInFields(false), m_replaceCarriageReturns(false), m_followTo(""), m_follower(0), m_textIndent(0),
-      m_textLayoutDirection(Qt::LayoutDirectionAuto), m_hideIfEmpty(false)
+      m_textLayoutDirection(Qt::LayoutDirectionAuto), m_hideIfEmpty(false), m_fontLetterSpacing(0)
 {
     PageItemDesignIntf* pageItem = dynamic_cast<PageItemDesignIntf*>(parent);
     BaseDesignIntf* parentItem = dynamic_cast<BaseDesignIntf*>(parent);
@@ -547,6 +547,23 @@ TextItem::TextPtr TextItem::textDocument() const
 
 }
 
+int TextItem::fontLetterSpacing() const
+{
+    return m_fontLetterSpacing;
+}
+
+void TextItem::setFontLetterSpacing(int value)
+{
+    if (m_fontLetterSpacing != value){
+        int oldValue = m_fontLetterSpacing;
+        m_fontLetterSpacing = value;
+        QFont curFont = font();
+        curFont.setLetterSpacing(QFont::AbsoluteSpacing, m_fontLetterSpacing);
+        setFont(curFont);
+        notify("fontLetterSpacing", oldValue, value);
+    }
+}
+
 bool TextItem::hideIfEmpty() const
 {
     return m_hideIfEmpty;
@@ -969,6 +986,7 @@ void TextItem::setTextItemFont(QFont value)
 {
     if (font()!=value){
         QFont oldValue = font();
+        value.setLetterSpacing(QFont::AbsoluteSpacing, m_fontLetterSpacing);
         setFont(value);
         if (!isLoading()) update();
         notify("font",oldValue,value);
diff --git a/limereport/items/lrtextitem.h b/limereport/items/lrtextitem.h
index e57864e..abc1211 100644
--- a/limereport/items/lrtextitem.h
+++ b/limereport/items/lrtextitem.h
@@ -75,11 +75,12 @@ class TextItem : public LimeReport::ContentItemDesignIntf, IPageInit {
     Q_PROPERTY(bool watermark READ isWatermark WRITE setWatermark)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool replaceCRwithBR READ isReplaceCarriageReturns WRITE setReplaceCarriageReturns)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool hideIfEmpty READ hideIfEmpty WRITE setHideIfEmpty)
+    Q_PROPERTY(int fontLetterSpacing READ fontLetterSpacing WRITE setFontLetterSpacing)
 public:
 
-    enum AutoWidth{NoneAutoWidth,MaxWordLength,MaxStringLength};
-    enum AngleType{Angle0,Angle90,Angle180,Angle270,Angle45,Angle315};
-    enum ValueType{Default,DateTime,Double};
+    enum AutoWidth{NoneAutoWidth, MaxWordLength, MaxStringLength};
+    enum AngleType{Angle0, Angle90, Angle180, Angle270, Angle45, Angle315};
+    enum ValueType{Default, DateTime, Double};
 
     void Init();
     TextItem(QObject* owner=0, QGraphicsItem* parent=0);
@@ -176,6 +177,9 @@ public:
     bool hideIfEmpty() const;
     void setHideIfEmpty(bool hideIfEmpty);
 
+    int fontLetterSpacing() const;
+    void setFontLetterSpacing(int fontLetterSpacing);
+
 protected:
     void updateLayout();
     bool isNeedExpandContent() const;
@@ -220,7 +224,7 @@ private:
     qreal m_textIndent;
     Qt::LayoutDirection m_textLayoutDirection;
     bool m_hideIfEmpty;
-
+    int m_fontLetterSpacing;
 };
 
 }