diff --git a/src/renderer.c b/src/renderer.c
index 4b4dd58e..6d557966 100644
--- a/src/renderer.c
+++ b/src/renderer.c
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ int ren_font_get_tab_size(RenFont *font) {
   return font_get_glyphset(font, '\t')->metrics['\t'].xadvance / font->space_advance;
 }
 
-int ren_font_get_width(RenFont *font, const char *text) {
-  int width = 0;
+float ren_font_get_width(RenFont *font, const char *text) {
+  float width = 0;
   const char* end = text + strlen(text);
   while (text < end) {
     unsigned int codepoint;
diff --git a/src/renderer.h b/src/renderer.h
index b798c2b5..052a5c89 100644
--- a/src/renderer.h
+++ b/src/renderer.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RenFont* ren_font_copy(RenFont* font, float size);
 void ren_font_free(RenFont *font);
 void ren_font_set_tab_size(RenFont *font, int n);
 int ren_font_get_tab_size(RenFont *font);
-int ren_font_get_width(RenFont *font, const char *text);
+float ren_font_get_width(RenFont *font, const char *text);
 int ren_font_get_height(RenFont *font);
 float ren_font_get_size(RenFont *font);
 int ren_draw_text(RenFont *font, const char *text, float x, int y, RenColor color);