diff --git a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp
index 9e1def20ad..72535babb9 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,11 @@ FontEditorWidget::FontEditorWidget()
     });
     m_paste_action = GUI::CommonActions::make_paste_action([&](auto&) {
         m_glyph_editor_widget->paste_glyph();
-        m_glyph_map_widget->update_glyph(m_glyph_map_widget->selected_glyph());
+        if (m_edited_font->is_fixed_width())
+            m_glyph_editor_present_checkbox->set_checked(true, GUI::AllowCallback::No);
+        else
+            m_glyph_editor_width_spinbox->set_value(m_edited_font->raw_glyph_width(m_glyph_map_widget->selected_glyph()), GUI::AllowCallback::No);
+        update_statusbar();
     });
     m_paste_action->set_enabled(GUI::Clipboard::the().fetch_mime_type() == "glyph/x-fonteditor");
     m_delete_action = GUI::CommonActions::make_delete_action([this](auto&) {
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphEditorWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphEditorWidget.cpp
index a59298bdef..8c8c935f69 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphEditorWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphEditorWidget.cpp
@@ -115,8 +115,10 @@ void GlyphEditorWidget::paste_glyph()
     }
 
     auto bitmap = font().raw_glyph(m_glyph).glyph_bitmap();
-    for (int x = 0; x < min(bitmap.width(), buffer_width); x++) {
-        for (int y = 0; y < min(bitmap.height(), buffer_height); y++) {
+    if (bitmap.width() < buffer_width)
+        font().set_glyph_width(m_glyph, min(buffer_width, font().max_glyph_width()));
+    for (int x = 0; x < min(buffer_width, font().max_glyph_width()); x++) {
+        for (int y = 0; y < min(buffer_height, font().glyph_height()); y++) {
             bitmap.set_bit_at(x, y, bits[x][y]);
         }
     }