diff --git a/addons/addon-canvas/src/BaseRenderLayer.ts b/addons/addon-canvas/src/BaseRenderLayer.ts
index 0868ba8eae..cd3cfa1f9b 100644
--- a/addons/addon-canvas/src/BaseRenderLayer.ts
+++ b/addons/addon-canvas/src/BaseRenderLayer.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { CellColorResolver } from 'browser/renderer/shared/CellColorResolver';
 import { acquireTextureAtlas } from 'browser/renderer/shared/CharAtlasCache';
 import { TEXT_BASELINE } from 'browser/renderer/shared/Constants';
 import { tryDrawCustomChar } from 'browser/renderer/shared/CustomGlyphs';
-import { isEmoji, throwIfFalsy } from 'browser/renderer/shared/RendererUtils';
+import { allowRescaling, throwIfFalsy } from 'browser/renderer/shared/RendererUtils';
 import { createSelectionRenderModel } from 'browser/renderer/shared/SelectionRenderModel';
 import { IRasterizedGlyph, IRenderDimensions, ISelectionRenderModel, ITextureAtlas } from 'browser/renderer/shared/Types';
 import { ICoreBrowserService, IThemeService } from 'browser/services/Services';
@@ -407,14 +407,7 @@ export abstract class BaseRenderLayer extends Disposable implements IRenderLayer
     // following cell (ie. the width is not 2).
     let renderWidth = glyph.size.x;
     if (this._optionsService.rawOptions.rescaleOverlappingGlyphs) {
-      if (
-        // Is single cell width
-        width === 1 &&
-        // Glyph exceeds cell bounds, + 1 to avoid hurting readability
-        glyph.size.x > this._deviceCellWidth + 1 &&
-        // Never rescale emoji
-        code && !isEmoji(code)
-      ) {
+      if (allowRescaling(code, width, glyph.size.x, this._deviceCellWidth)) {
         renderWidth = this._deviceCellWidth - 1; // - 1 to improve readability
       }
     }
diff --git a/addons/addon-webgl/src/GlyphRenderer.ts b/addons/addon-webgl/src/GlyphRenderer.ts
index 7ac89084f1..35b56eefe1 100644
--- a/addons/addon-webgl/src/GlyphRenderer.ts
+++ b/addons/addon-webgl/src/GlyphRenderer.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import { isEmoji, throwIfFalsy } from 'browser/renderer/shared/RendererUtils';
+import { allowRescaling, throwIfFalsy } from 'browser/renderer/shared/RendererUtils';
 import { TextureAtlas } from 'browser/renderer/shared/TextureAtlas';
 import { IRasterizedGlyph, IRenderDimensions, ITextureAtlas } from 'browser/renderer/shared/Types';
 import { NULL_CELL_CODE } from 'common/buffer/Constants';
@@ -281,14 +281,7 @@ export class GlyphRenderer extends Disposable {
     // Reduce scale horizontally for wide glyphs printed in cells that would overlap with the
     // following cell (ie. the width is not 2).
     if (this._optionsService.rawOptions.rescaleOverlappingGlyphs) {
-      if (
-        // Is single cell width
-        width === 1 &&
-        // Glyph exceeds cell bounds, + 1 to avoid hurting readability
-        $glyph.size.x > this._dimensions.device.cell.width + 1 &&
-        // Never rescale emoji
-        code && !isEmoji(code)
-      ) {
+      if (allowRescaling(code, width, $glyph.size.x, this._dimensions.device.cell.width)) {
         array[$i + 2] = (this._dimensions.device.cell.width - 1) / this._dimensions.device.canvas.width; // - 1 to improve readability
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/browser/renderer/shared/RendererUtils.ts b/src/browser/renderer/shared/RendererUtils.ts
index f99c23a13b..792d5b1d7b 100644
--- a/src/browser/renderer/shared/RendererUtils.ts
+++ b/src/browser/renderer/shared/RendererUtils.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ export function allowRescaling(codepoint: number | undefined, width: number, gly
   return (
     // Is single cell width
     width === 1 &&
-    // Glyph exceeds cell bounds, + 1 to avoid hurting readability
-    glyphSizeX > deviceCellWidth + 1 &&
+    // Glyph exceeds cell bounds, add 25% to avoid hurting readability by rescaling glyphs that
+    // barely overlap
+    glyphSizeX > deviceCellWidth * 1.25 &&
     // Never rescale emoji
     codepoint !== undefined && !isEmoji(codepoint) &&
     // Never rescale powerline or nerd fonts