diff --git a/agb/src/display/object/font/preprocess.rs b/agb/src/display/object/font/preprocess.rs
index e07356a2..71435074 100644
--- a/agb/src/display/object/font/preprocess.rs
+++ b/agb/src/display/object/font/preprocess.rs
@@ -86,8 +86,12 @@ impl Preprocessor {
                     );
                     self.width_in_sprite = 0;
                 }
-                if self.width_in_sprite != 0 {
-                    self.width_in_sprite += letter.xmin as i32;
+                self.width_in_sprite += letter.xmin as i32;
+                if self.width_in_sprite < 0 {
+                    if let Some(back) = widths.back_mut() {
+                        back.0 -= (-self.width_in_sprite).try_into().unwrap_or(0);
+                    }
+                    self.width_in_sprite = 0;
                 }
                 self.width_in_sprite += letter.advance_width as i32;
             }
diff --git a/agb/src/display/object/font/renderer.rs b/agb/src/display/object/font/renderer.rs
index bbd0628b..ac1f8f77 100644
--- a/agb/src/display/object/font/renderer.rs
+++ b/agb/src/display/object/font/renderer.rs
@@ -99,9 +99,8 @@ impl WordRender {
             None
         };
 
-        if self.working.x_offset != 0 {
-            self.working.x_offset += font_letter.xmin as i32;
-        }
+        self.working.x_offset += font_letter.xmin as i32;
+        self.working.x_offset = self.working.x_offset.max(0);
 
         let y_position = font.ascent() - font_letter.height as i32 - font_letter.ymin as i32;