diff --git a/font b/font
index 147612c..3b781eb 100755
--- a/font
+++ b/font
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ sub _resize_xft_string
   foreach my $piece (@pieces)
   {
     # Assumption: xft:fontname comes before pixelsize=whatever
-    $monaco ||= $piece =~ /Monaco/i;
+    $monaco ||= $piece =~ /^Monaco$/i;
 
     # matching string
     if ($piece =~ /pixelsize=(\d*)/)