diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d27ae10a99de7..092c92be6f89e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pdf.js",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0-issue8276",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.2.2",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs": "^7.2.0",
diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index d15422273c9a0..19feb152c8d8a 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -1507,8 +1507,14 @@ var PartialEvaluator = (function PartialEvaluatorClosure() {
         }
 
         // Do final text scaling
-        textContentItem.width *= textContentItem.textAdvanceScale;
-        textContentItem.height *= textContentItem.textAdvanceScale;
+        var font = textState.font;
+        if (font) {
+          if (font.vertical) {
+            textContentItem.height *= textContentItem.textAdvanceScale;
+          } else {
+            textContentItem.width *= textContentItem.textAdvanceScale;
+          }
+        }
         textContent.items.push(runBidiTransform(textContentItem));
 
         textContentItem.initialized = false;