diff --git a/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_commands.cpp b/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_commands.cpp
index 91e7aa06c0..65be83f7d2 100644
--- a/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_commands.cpp
+++ b/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_commands.cpp
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 					str = sc.String;
 			}
 			sc.MustGetToken(',');
-			GetCoordinates(sc, fullScreenOffsets, x, y);
+			GetCoordinates(sc, fullScreenOffsets, startX, y);
 			if(sc.CheckToken(',')) //spacing
 			{
 				sc.MustGetToken(TK_IntConst);
@@ -590,10 +590,7 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 			}
 			sc.MustGetToken(';');
 
-			if(script->spacingCharacter == '\0')
-				x -= static_cast<int> (font->StringWidth(str)+(spacing * str.Len()));
-			else //monospaced, so just multiplay the character size
-				x -= static_cast<int> ((font->GetCharWidth((int) script->spacingCharacter) + spacing) * str.Len());
+			RealignString();
 		}
 		void	Reset()
 		{
@@ -619,6 +616,7 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 					{
 						cache = level.lumpnum;
 						str = level.LevelName;
+						RealignString();
 					}
 					break;
 				case LEVELLUMP:
@@ -626,6 +624,7 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 					{
 						cache = level.lumpnum;
 						str = level.mapname;
+						RealignString();
 					}
 					break;
 				case SKILLNAME:
@@ -633,6 +632,7 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 					{
 						cache = level.lumpnum;
 						str = G_SkillName();
+						RealignString();
 					}
 					break;
 				case PLAYERCLASS:
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 					{
 						cache = statusBar->CPlayer->userinfo.PlayerClass;
 						str = statusBar->CPlayer->cls->Meta.GetMetaString(APMETA_DisplayName);
+						RealignString();
 					}
 					break;
 				case AMMO1TAG:
@@ -658,12 +659,14 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 					// Can't think of a good way to detect changes to this, so
 					// I guess copying it every tick will have to do.
 					str = statusBar->CPlayer->userinfo.netname;
+					RealignString();
 					break;
 				case GLOBALVAR:
 					if(ACS_GlobalVars[valueArgument] != cache)
 					{
 						cache = ACS_GlobalVars[valueArgument];
 						str = FBehavior::StaticLookupString(ACS_GlobalVars[valueArgument]);
+						RealignString();
 					}
 					break;
 				case GLOBALARRAY:
@@ -671,6 +674,7 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 					{
 						cache = ACS_GlobalArrays[valueArgument][consoleplayer];
 						str = FBehavior::StaticLookupString(ACS_GlobalArrays[valueArgument][consoleplayer]);
+						RealignString();
 					}
 					break;
 				default:
@@ -678,6 +682,15 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 			}
 		}
 	protected:
+		void RealignString()
+		{
+			x = startX;
+			if(script->spacingCharacter == '\0')
+				x -= static_cast<int> (font->StringWidth(str)+(spacing * str.Len()));
+			else //monospaced, so just multiplay the character size
+				x -= static_cast<int> ((font->GetCharWidth((int) script->spacingCharacter) + spacing) * str.Len());
+		}
+
 		enum StringValueType
 		{
 			LEVELNAME,
@@ -701,6 +714,7 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 		int					spacing;
 		FFont				*font;
 		EColorRange			translation;
+		SBarInfoCoordinate	startX;
 		SBarInfoCoordinate	x;
 		SBarInfoCoordinate	y;
 		int					cache; /// General purpose cache.
@@ -717,6 +731,7 @@ class CommandDrawString : public SBarInfoCommand
 				{
 					cache = actor->GetClass()->ClassIndex;
 					str = actor->GetTag();
+					RealignString();
 				}
 			}
 			else
@@ -1061,9 +1076,7 @@ class CommandDrawNumber : public CommandDrawString
 				translation = lowTranslation;
 			else if(highValue != -1 && drawValue >= highValue) //high
 				translation = highTranslation;
-		
-			x = startX;
-		
+
 			// 10^9 is a largest we can hold in a 32-bit int.  So if we go any larger we have to toss out the positions limit.
 			int maxval = length <= 9 ? (int) ceil(pow(10., length))-1 : INT_MAX;
 			if(!fillZeros || length == 1)
@@ -1083,10 +1096,8 @@ class CommandDrawNumber : public CommandDrawString
 						str.Insert(0, "0");
 				}
 			}
-			if(script->spacingCharacter == '\0')
-				x -= static_cast<int> (font->StringWidth(str)+(spacing * str.Len()));
-			else //monospaced, so just multiplay the character size
-				x -= static_cast<int> ((font->GetCharWidth((int) script->spacingCharacter) + spacing) * str.Len());
+
+			RealignString();
 		}
 	protected:
 		enum ValueType
@@ -1131,8 +1142,6 @@ class CommandDrawNumber : public CommandDrawString
 		ValueType			value;
 		const PClass		*inventoryItem;
 
-		SBarInfoCoordinate	startX;
-
 		friend class CommandDrawInventoryBar;
 };