diff --git a/interface/src/ui/overlays/TextOverlay.cpp b/interface/src/ui/overlays/TextOverlay.cpp
index 1632722398..0ecc2d6287 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/overlays/TextOverlay.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/overlays/TextOverlay.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ QSizeF TextOverlay::textSize(const QString& text) const {
     QFont font(ROBOTO_FONT_FAMILY);
     font.setPixelSize(18);
     QFontMetrics fm(font);
-    QSizeF result = QSizeF(fm.width(text), 18 * lines);
-    return result; 
+    QSizeF result = QSizeF(fm.horizontalAdvance(text), 18 * lines);
+    return result;
 }
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