diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 08bd44a..5a56c46 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default class TinySDF {
         const glyphLeft = 0;
 
         // If the glyph overflows the canvas size, it will be clipped at the bottom/right
-        const glyphWidth = Math.min(this.size - this.buffer, Math.ceil(actualBoundingBoxRight - actualBoundingBoxLeft));
+        const glyphWidth = Math.max(0, Math.min(this.size - this.buffer, Math.ceil(actualBoundingBoxRight - actualBoundingBoxLeft)));
         const glyphHeight = Math.min(this.size - this.buffer, glyphTop + Math.ceil(actualBoundingBoxDescent));
 
         const width = glyphWidth + 2 * this.buffer;
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 2281706..f197483 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -89,3 +89,22 @@ test('does not crash on diacritic marks', (t) => {
     sdf.draw('G̱'[1]);
     t.end();
 });
+
+test('does not return negative-width glylphs', (t) => {
+    const sdf = new MockTinySDF();
+    // stub these because they vary across environments
+    sdf.ctx.measureText = () => ({
+        width: 0,
+        actualBoundingBoxLeft: 23.3759765625,
+        actualBoundingBoxRight: -17.6162109375,
+        actualBoundingBoxAscent: 20.2080078125,
+        actualBoundingBoxDescent: -14.51953125,
+        emHeightAscent: 26,
+        emHeightDescent: 9,
+        alphabeticBaseline: 7.51953125
+    });
+    const glyph = sdf.draw('゙');
+    t.equal(glyph.glyphWidth, 0);
+    t.equal(glyph.width, 6); // zero-width glyph with 3px buffer
+    t.end();
+});