diff --git a/CHANGELOG.TXT b/CHANGELOG.TXT
index 8d7b789..0ab197f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.TXT
+++ b/CHANGELOG.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+6.0.054 (2014-01-13)
+	- Bug #877 "Parenteses causing corrupt text" was fixed.
+
 6.0.053 (2014-01-03)
 	- Bug #876 "Cell padding should not be multiplied with number of lines in getStringHeight" was fixed.
 	- Patch #68 "Empty img src attribute leads to access of uninitialized string offset" was applied.
diff --git a/README.TXT b/README.TXT
index 315380e..985d294 100644
--- a/README.TXT
+++ b/README.TXT
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=128076
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Name: TCPDF
-Version: 6.0.053
-Release date: 2014-01-03
+Version: 6.0.054
+Release date: 2014-01-13
 Author:	Nicola Asuni
 
 Copyright (c) 2002-2014:
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0cc9809..d993856 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "tecnick.com/tcpdf",
-	"version": "6.0.053",
+	"version": "6.0.054",
 	"homepage": "http://www.tcpdf.org/",
 	"type": "library",
 	"description": "TCPDF is a PHP class for generating PDF documents.",
diff --git a/examples/example_039.php b/examples/example_039.php
index 5d5ad3b..1784381 100644
--- a/examples/example_039.php
+++ b/examples/example_039.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //============================================================+
 // File name   : example_039.php
 // Begin       : 2008-10-16
-// Last Update : 2013-05-14
+// Last Update : 2014-01-13
 //
 // Description : Example 039 for TCPDF class
 //               HTML justification
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ $pdf->SetFont('helvetica', 'B', 20);
 $pdf->Write(0, 'Example of HTML Justification', '', 0, 'L', true, 0, false, false, 0);
 
 // create some HTML content
-$html = '<span style="text-align:justify;">a <u>abc</u> abcdefghijkl abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd <img src="images/logo_example.png" border="0" height="41" width="41" /> <img src="images/tiger.ai" alt="test alt attribute" width="100" height="100" border="0" /> abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a <u>abc</u> abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd <a href="http://tcpdf.org">abcdef abcdefg</a> start a abc before <span style="background-color:yellow">yellow color</span> after a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd end abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi<br />abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi<br />abcd abcde abcdef</span>';
+$html = '<span style="text-align:justify;">a <u>abc</u> abcdefghijkl (abcdef) abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a ((abc)) abcd <img src="images/logo_example.png" border="0" height="41" width="41" /> <img src="images/tiger.ai" alt="test alt attribute" width="100" height="100" border="0" /> abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a <u>abc</u> abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc \(abcd\) abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc \\\(abcd\\\) abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg <b>abcdefghi</b> a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd <a href="http://tcpdf.org">abcdef abcdefg</a> start a abc before <span style="background-color:yellow">yellow color</span> after a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd end abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi a abc abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi<br />abcd abcdef abcdefg abcdefghi<br />abcd abcde abcdef</span>';
 
 // set core font
 $pdf->SetFont('helvetica', '', 10);
diff --git a/tcpdf.php b/tcpdf.php
index 6005329..531a210 100644
--- a/tcpdf.php
+++ b/tcpdf.php
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 //============================================================+
 // File name   : tcpdf.php
-// Version     : 6.0.053
+// Version     : 6.0.054
 // Begin       : 2002-08-03
-// Last Update : 2014-01-03
+// Last Update : 2014-01-13
 // Author      : Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD - www.tecnick.com - info@tecnick.com
 // License     : GNU-LGPL v3 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html)
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
  * Tools to encode your unicode fonts are on fonts/utils directory.</p>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @author Nicola Asuni
- * @version 6.0.053
+ * @version 6.0.054
  */
 
 // TCPDF configuration
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/include/tcpdf_static.php');
  * TCPDF project (http://www.tcpdf.org) has been originally derived in 2002 from the Public Domain FPDF class by Olivier Plathey (http://www.fpdf.org), but now is almost entirely rewritten.<br>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @brief PHP class for generating PDF documents without requiring external extensions.
- * @version 6.0.053
+ * @version 6.0.054
  * @author Nicola Asuni - info@tecnick.com
  */
 class TCPDF {
@@ -6226,7 +6226,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 		}
 		$this->adjustCellPadding($border);
 		$lines = $this->getNumLines($txt, $w, $reseth, $autopadding, $cellpadding, $border);
-		$height = $this->getCellHeight(($lines * $this->FontSize), $autopadding);
+		$height = $lines * $this->getCellHeight($this->FontSize, $autopadding);
 		$this->cell_padding = $prev_cell_padding;
 		$this->lasth = $prev_lasth;
 		return $height;
@@ -17768,14 +17768,20 @@ Putting 1 is equivalent to putting 0 and calling Ln() just after. Default value:
 										$spacew /= ($this->font_stretching / 100);
 									}
 									// escape special characters
+									$pos = 0;
 									$pmid = preg_replace('/[\\\][\(]/x', '\\#!#OP#!#', $pmid);
 									$pmid = preg_replace('/[\\\][\)]/x', '\\#!#CP#!#', $pmid);
 									if (preg_match_all('/\[\(([^\)]*)\)\]/x', $pmid, $pamatch) > 0) {
 										foreach($pamatch[0] as $pk => $pmatch) {
-											$pmatch = str_replace('#!#OP#!#', '(', $pmatch);
-											$pmatch = str_replace('#!#CP#!#', ')', $pmatch);
-											$newpmid = '[('.str_replace(chr(0).chr(32), ') '.sprintf('%F', $spacew).' (', $pamatch[1][$pk]).')]';
-											$pmid = str_replace($pmatch, $newpmid, $pmid);
+											$replace = $pamatch[1][$pk];
+											$replace = str_replace('#!#OP#!#', '(', $replace);
+											$replace = str_replace('#!#CP#!#', ')', $replace);
+											$newpmid = '[('.str_replace(chr(0).chr(32), ') '.sprintf('%F', $spacew).' (', $replace).')]';
+											$pos = strpos($pmid, $pmatch, $pos);
+											if ($pos !== FALSE) {
+												$pmid = substr_replace($pmid, $newpmid, $pos, strlen($pmatch));
+											}
+											++$pos;
 										}
 										unset($pamatch);
 									}