diff --git a/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/data/tdf144222.ods b/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/data/tdf144222.ods
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b572d301abc
Binary files /dev/null and b/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/data/tdf144222.ods differ
diff --git a/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/pdfexport.cxx b/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/pdfexport.cxx
index 0da9bedd33ef..ad19395c5669 100644
--- a/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/pdfexport.cxx
+++ b/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/pdfexport.cxx
@@ -2945,6 +2945,48 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(PdfExportTest, testPdfImageRotate180)
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_DOUBLES_EQUAL(-1.0, aScale.getX(), 0.01);
 }
 
+CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(PdfExportTest, testTdf144222)
+{
+// Assume Windows has the font for U+4E2D
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    OUString aURL = m_directories.getURLFromSrc(DATA_DIRECTORY) + "tdf144222.ods";
+    utl::MediaDescriptor aMediaDescriptor;
+    aMediaDescriptor["FilterName"] <<= OUString("calc_pdf_Export");
+    auto pPdfDocument = exportAndParse(aURL, aMediaDescriptor);
+
+    // The document has one page.
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(1, pPdfDocument->getPageCount());
+    std::unique_ptr<vcl::pdf::PDFiumPage> pPdfPage = pPdfDocument->openPage(/*nIndex=*/0);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(pPdfPage);
+    std::unique_ptr<vcl::pdf::PDFiumTextPage> pTextPage = pPdfPage->getTextPage();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(pTextPage);
+
+    int nPageObjectCount = pPdfPage->getObjectCount();
+    const OUString sChar = u"\u4E2D";
+    basegfx::B2DRectangle aRect1, aRect2;
+    int nCount = 0;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < nPageObjectCount; ++i)
+    {
+        std::unique_ptr<vcl::pdf::PDFiumPageObject> pPdfPageObject = pPdfPage->getObject(i);
+        if (pPdfPageObject->getType() == vcl::pdf::PDFPageObjectType::Text)
+        {
+            ++nCount;
+            OUString sText = pPdfPageObject->getText(pTextPage);
+            if (sText == sChar)
+                aRect1 = pPdfPageObject->getBounds();
+            else
+                aRect2 = pPdfPageObject->getBounds();
+        }
+    }
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(2, nCount);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!aRect1.isEmpty());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!aRect2.isEmpty());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!aRect1.overlaps(aRect2));
+#endif
+}
+
 } // end anonymous namespace
 
 CPPUNIT_PLUGIN_IMPLEMENT();
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
index 7718cbd39f9c..b987c948bd6d 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
@@ -5841,8 +5841,6 @@ void PDFWriterImpl::drawVerticalGlyphs(
         if (rGlyphs[i].m_pGlyph->IsVertical())
         {
             fDeltaAngle = M_PI/2.0;
-            aDeltaPos.setX( GetFontMetric().GetAscent() );
-            aDeltaPos.setY( static_cast<int>(static_cast<double>(GetFontMetric().GetDescent()) * fXScale) );
             fYScale = fXScale;
             fTempXScale = 1.0;
             fSkewA = -fSkewB;