diff --git a/src/element/textElement.ts b/src/element/textElement.ts
index 4de9373a..552214c0 100644
--- a/src/element/textElement.ts
+++ b/src/element/textElement.ts
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ export const measureText = (
   container.appendChild(span);
   // Baseline is important for positioning text on canvas
   const baseline = span.offsetTop + span.offsetHeight;
-  const width = container.offsetWidth;
+  // since we are adding a span of width 1px
+  const width = container.offsetWidth + 1;
   const height = container.offsetHeight;
   document.body.removeChild(container);
   if (isTestEnv()) {
diff --git a/src/element/textWysiwyg.test.tsx b/src/element/textWysiwyg.test.tsx
index cb24386e..af8e487c 100644
--- a/src/element/textWysiwyg.test.tsx
+++ b/src/element/textWysiwyg.test.tsx
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ describe("textWysiwyg", () => {
       resize(rectangle, "ne", [rectangle.x + 100, rectangle.y - 100]);
       expect([h.elements[1].x, h.elements[1].y]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Array [
-          110,
+          109.5,
           17,
         ]
       `);
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ describe("textWysiwyg", () => {
       resize(rectangle, "ne", [rectangle.x + 100, rectangle.y - 100]);
       expect([h.elements[1].x, h.elements[1].y]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Array [
-          425,
+          424,
           -539,
         ]
       `);
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ describe("textWysiwyg", () => {
       mouse.up(rectangle.x + 100, rectangle.y + 50);
       expect(rectangle.x).toBe(80);
       expect(rectangle.y).toBe(85);
-      expect(text.x).toBe(90);
+      expect(text.x).toBe(89.5);
       expect(text.y).toBe(90);
 
       Keyboard.withModifierKeys({ ctrl: true }, () => {
diff --git a/src/tests/__snapshots__/linearElementEditor.test.tsx.snap b/src/tests/__snapshots__/linearElementEditor.test.tsx.snap
index afc175cb..bebfda9d 100644
--- a/src/tests/__snapshots__/linearElementEditor.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/tests/__snapshots__/linearElementEditor.test.tsx.snap
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ exports[`Test Linear Elements Test bound text element should match styles for te
   class="excalidraw-wysiwyg"
   data-type="wysiwyg"
   dir="auto"
-  style="position: absolute; display: inline-block; min-height: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0; resize: none; background: transparent; overflow: hidden; z-index: var(--zIndex-wysiwyg); word-break: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: content-box; width: 0px; height: 0px; left: 40px; top: 20px; transform: translate(0px, 0px) scale(1) rotate(0deg); text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); opacity: 1; filter: var(--theme-filter); max-height: -20px; font: Emoji 20px 20px; line-height: 0px; font-family: Virgil, Segoe UI Emoji;"
+  style="position: absolute; display: inline-block; min-height: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0; resize: none; background: transparent; overflow: hidden; z-index: var(--zIndex-wysiwyg); word-break: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: content-box; width: 1px; height: 0px; left: 39.5px; top: 20px; transform: translate(0px, 0px) scale(1) rotate(0deg); text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); opacity: 1; filter: var(--theme-filter); max-height: -20px; font: Emoji 20px 20px; line-height: 0px; font-family: Virgil, Segoe UI Emoji;"
   tabindex="0"
   wrap="off"
 />
diff --git a/src/tests/data/__snapshots__/restore.test.ts.snap b/src/tests/data/__snapshots__/restore.test.ts.snap
index 20cf1e7d..8af4f83c 100644
--- a/src/tests/data/__snapshots__/restore.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/tests/data/__snapshots__/restore.test.ts.snap
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Object {
   "versionNonce": 0,
   "verticalAlign": "middle",
   "width": 100,
-  "x": 0,
+  "x": -0.5,
   "y": 0,
 }
 `;
diff --git a/src/tests/linearElementEditor.test.tsx b/src/tests/linearElementEditor.test.tsx
index 4f766ae0..d4b1d903 100644
--- a/src/tests/linearElementEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/src/tests/linearElementEditor.test.tsx
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ describe("Test Linear Elements", () => {
       expect(getBoundTextElementPosition(container, textElement))
         .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
-          "x": 387,
+          "x": 386.5,
           "y": 70,
         }
       `);
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ describe("Test Linear Elements", () => {
       expect(getBoundTextElementPosition(container, textElement))
         .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
-          "x": 190,
+          "x": 189.5,
           "y": 20,
         }
       `);