diff --git a/lib/stroke_extractor.js b/lib/stroke_extractor.js
index 802ac734..9798582f 100644
--- a/lib/stroke_extractor.js
+++ b/lib/stroke_extractor.js
@@ -431,8 +431,16 @@ function extract_stroke(paths, endpoint_map, bridge_adjacency, log,
       if (self_intersecting) {
         log.push(['error', 'Extracted a self-intersecting stroke.']);
       }
+      var num_segments_on_path = 0;
       for (var index in visited) {
         extracted_indices[index] = true;
+        num_segments_on_path += 1;
+      }
+      // Single-segment strokes may be due to graphical artifacts in the font.
+      // We drop them to remove these artifacts.
+      if (num_segments_on_path === 1) {
+        log.push(['success', 'Dropping single-segment stroke.']);
+        return undefined;
       }
       return result;
     } else if (extracted_indices[key] || visited[key]) {