diff --git a/src/fontfile/fontdir.c b/src/fontfile/fontdir.c
index aae1f2e..44124b9 100644
--- a/src/fontfile/fontdir.c
+++ b/src/fontfile/fontdir.c
@@ -358,59 +358,28 @@ SetupWildMatch(FontTablePtr table, FontN
 static int
 PatternMatch(char *pat, int patdashes, char *string, int stringdashes)
 {
-    char        c,
-                t;
+    int i;
+    char c;
 
-    if (stringdashes < patdashes)
+    for (i = 0; (c = pat[i]) == string[i] || c == '?'; i++)
+	if (!c)
+	    return 1;
+    if (c != '*')
 	return 0;
     for (;;) {
-	switch (c = *pat++) {
-	case '*':
-	    if (!(c = *pat++))
-		return 1;
-	    if (c == XK_minus) {
-		patdashes--;
-		for (;;) {
-		    while ((t = *string++) != XK_minus)
-			if (!t)
-			    return 0;
-		    stringdashes--;
-		    if (PatternMatch(pat, patdashes, string, stringdashes))
-			return 1;
-		    if (stringdashes == patdashes)
-			return 0;
-		}
-	    } else {
-		for (;;) {
-		    while ((t = *string++) != c) {
-			if (!t)
-			    return 0;
-			if (t == XK_minus) {
-			    if (stringdashes-- < patdashes)
-				return 0;
-			}
-		    }
-		    if (PatternMatch(pat, patdashes, string, stringdashes))
-			return 1;
-		}
-	    }
-	case '?':
-	    if (*string++ == XK_minus)
-		stringdashes--;
-	    break;
-	case '\0':
-	    return (*string == '\0');
-	case XK_minus:
-	    if (*string++ == XK_minus) {
-		patdashes--;
-		stringdashes--;
-		break;
-	    }
-	    return 0;
-	default:
-	    if (c == *string++)
+	pat += i + 1;
+	if (!*pat)
+	    return 1;
+	string += i;
+	for (;;) {
+	    for (i = 0; (c = pat[i]) == string[i] || c == '?'; i++)
+		if (!c)
+		    return 1;
+	    if (c == '*')
 		break;
-	    return 0;
+	    if (!*string)
+		return 0;
+	    string++;
 	}
     }
 }