diff --git a/library/src/math/row.rs b/library/src/math/row.rs
index a25178af7..9b693bc1c 100644
--- a/library/src/math/row.rs
+++ b/library/src/math/row.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::iter::once;
+
 use crate::layout::AlignElem;
 
 use super::*;
@@ -172,31 +174,46 @@ impl MathRow {
 
     fn into_line_frame(self, points: &[Abs], align: Align) -> Frame {
         let ascent = self.ascent();
-        let descent = self.descent();
-        let size = Size::new(Abs::zero(), ascent + descent);
-        let mut frame = Frame::new(size);
-        let mut x = Abs::zero();
+        let mut frame = Frame::new(Size::new(Abs::zero(), ascent + self.descent()));
         frame.set_baseline(ascent);
 
-        if let (Some(&first), Align::Center) = (points.first(), align) {
-            let mut offset = first;
-            for fragment in self.iter() {
-                offset -= fragment.width();
-                if matches!(fragment, MathFragment::Align) {
-                    x = offset;
-                    break;
+        let mut next_x = {
+            let mut widths = Vec::new();
+            if !points.is_empty() && align != Align::Left {
+                let mut width = Abs::zero();
+                for fragment in self.iter() {
+                    if matches!(fragment, MathFragment::Align) {
+                        widths.push(width);
+                        width = Abs::zero();
+                    } else {
+                        width += fragment.width();
+                    }
                 }
+                widths.push(width);
             }
-        }
+            let widths = widths;
 
-        let fragments = self.0.into_iter().peekable();
-        let mut i = 0;
-        for fragment in fragments {
+            let mut prev_points = once(Abs::zero()).chain(points.iter().copied());
+            let mut point_widths = points.iter().copied().zip(widths);
+            let mut alternator = LeftRightAlternator::Right;
+            move || match align {
+                Align::Left => prev_points.next(),
+                Align::Right => point_widths.next().map(|(point, width)| point - width),
+                _ => point_widths
+                    .next()
+                    .zip(prev_points.next())
+                    .zip(alternator.next())
+                    .map(|(((point, width), prev_point), alternator)| match alternator {
+                        LeftRightAlternator::Left => prev_point,
+                        LeftRightAlternator::Right => point - width,
+                    }),
+            }
+        };
+        let mut x = next_x().unwrap_or_default();
+
+        for fragment in self.0.into_iter() {
             if matches!(fragment, MathFragment::Align) {
-                if let Some(&point) = points.get(i) {
-                    x = point;
-                }
-                i += 1;
+                x = next_x().unwrap_or(x);
                 continue;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/geom/align.rs b/src/geom/align.rs
index 239a6e709..69f32bee9 100644
--- a/src/geom/align.rs
+++ b/src/geom/align.rs
@@ -183,3 +183,22 @@ impl Fold for GenAlign {
         self
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+pub enum LeftRightAlternator {
+    Left,
+    Right,
+}
+
+impl Iterator for LeftRightAlternator {
+    type Item = LeftRightAlternator;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        let r = Some(*self);
+        match self {
+            Self::Left => *self = Self::Right,
+            Self::Right => *self = Self::Left,
+        }
+        r
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ref/math/alignment.png b/tests/ref/math/alignment.png
index 5d7560e1b..c92e0ea98 100644
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diff --git a/tests/ref/math/matrix-alignment.png b/tests/ref/math/matrix-alignment.png
index b15412d69..b272a2906 100644
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diff --git a/tests/ref/math/multiline.png b/tests/ref/math/multiline.png
index 50f611b2a..a5e53bc7e 100644
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