Regression, status bar left margin is too large, and recently got even larger

The left margin of text in status bars regressed lately during 0.4.12-dev.
I use the application Abiword 2.6.8 here, but the effect can also be seen in our taskmgrs status bar.

Expected result
xpsp3.png
2K3_SP2.png

Observed result
0.4.12-dev-822-ge587316_marginMUCHtoolarge.png
0.4.12-dev-8-g958ae44__marginAbitTooLarge.png

0.4.12-dev-822-ge587316.log