diff --git a/libs/hwui/SkiaCanvas.cpp b/libs/hwui/SkiaCanvas.cpp
index 2b0b22d..40b811d 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/SkiaCanvas.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/SkiaCanvas.cpp
@@ -764,6 +764,13 @@
 void SkiaCanvas::drawLayoutOnPath(const minikin::Layout& layout, float hOffset, float vOffset,
                                   const SkPaint& paint, const SkPath& path, size_t start,
                                   size_t end) {
+    // Set align to left for drawing, as we don't want individual
+    // glyphs centered or right-aligned; the offsets take care of
+    // that portion of the alignment.
+    SkPaint paintCopy(paint);
+    paintCopy.setTextAlign(SkPaint::kLeft_Align);
+    SkASSERT(paintCopy.getTextEncoding() == SkPaint::kGlyphID_TextEncoding);
+
     const int N = end - start;
     SkAutoSTMalloc<1024, uint8_t> storage(N * (sizeof(uint16_t) + sizeof(SkRSXform)));
     SkRSXform* xform = (SkRSXform*)storage.get();
@@ -788,7 +795,7 @@
         xform[i - start].fTy = pos.y() + tan.x() * y - halfWidth * tan.y();
     }
 
-    this->asSkCanvas()->drawTextRSXform(glyphs, sizeof(uint16_t) * N, xform, nullptr, paint);
+    this->asSkCanvas()->drawTextRSXform(glyphs, sizeof(uint16_t) * N, xform, nullptr, paintCopy);
 }
 
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