diff --git a/tcpdf.php b/tcpdf.php
index d242125..462f8d2 100644
--- a/tcpdf.php
+++ b/tcpdf.php
@@ -17129,6 +17129,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 							}
 						}
 					}
+					$element = preg_replace("/ /i", " ", $element);
 				}
 				$dom[$key]['value'] = stripslashes($this->unhtmlentities($element));
 			}