diff --git a/capplets/font/ChangeLog b/capplets/font/ChangeLog
index 9b5d3a9fa..252f3c4a8 100644
--- a/capplets/font/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/font/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-08-01  Dennis Cranston  <dennis_cranston at yahoo com>
+
+	* font-properties.glade: Patch to fix spacing between action 
+	area and vbox of preferences dialog.
+
 Sat Aug  2 01:16:16 2003  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@gnome.org>
 
 	* main.c (application_font_to_gconf): Warn when a font larger than
diff --git a/capplets/font/font-properties.glade b/capplets/font/font-properties.glade
index f3fc8e015..4ee1dcc6b 100644
--- a/capplets/font/font-properties.glade
+++ b/capplets/font/font-properties.glade
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <widget class="GtkVBox" id="dialog-vbox1">
       <property name="visible">True</property>
       <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
-      <property name="spacing">6</property>
+      <property name="spacing">2</property>
 
       <child internal-child="action_area">
 	<widget class="GtkHButtonBox" id="dialog-action_area1">
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
     <widget class="GtkVBox" id="dialog-vbox3">
       <property name="visible">True</property>
       <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
-      <property name="spacing">0</property>
+      <property name="spacing">2</property>
 
       <child internal-child="action_area">
 	<widget class="GtkHButtonBox" id="dialog-action_area3">