diff --git a/stepmania/src/Font.cpp b/stepmania/src/Font.cpp
index 92a49a173a..7da4345348 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Font.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Font.cpp
@@ -505,7 +505,9 @@ void Font::LoadFontPageSettings( FontPageSettings &cfg, IniFile &ini, const RStr
 				 * This lets us assign characters very compactly and readably. */
 
 				RString sRowStr = sName.substr(5);
+				TrimLeft( sRowStr );
 				ASSERT( IsAnInt(sRowStr) );
+
 				const int iRow = atoi( sRowStr.c_str() );
 				const int iFirstFrame = iRow * iNumFramesWide;