diff --git a/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfFont.java b/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfFont.java
index b1d2183b7..0f80b75aa 100644
--- a/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfFont.java
+++ b/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfFont.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
  */
 
 public class PdfFont implements Comparable {
+    private static final int ONE_THOUSAND = 1000 ;
 
     private Font oriFont;
 
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ public class PdfFont implements Comparable {
 
     float width(String s) {
         java.awt.Font font = this.getAwtFont();
-        float scale = 1000 / font.getSize2D();
+        float scale = ONE_THOUSAND / font.getSize2D();
         java.awt.Font derivedFont = font.deriveFont(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(scale, scale));
         double width = derivedFont.getStringBounds(s,  new FontRenderContext(new AffineTransform(), true, true)).getWidth();
         if (derivedFont.isTransformed()){