diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/font.tex b/docs/latex/wx/font.tex
index 50738f75fa..7e17100438 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/font.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/font.tex
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ to `this'.
 
 Equality operator. Two fonts are equal if they contain pointers
 to the same underlying font data. It does not compare each attribute,
-so two indefontdently-created fonts using the same parameters will
+so two independently-created fonts using the same parameters will
 fail the test.
 
 \membersection{wxFont::operator $!=$}\label{wxfontnotequals}