diff --git a/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/Control.tsx b/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/Control.tsx
index 4bd0d58f83..af1cedfbcc 100644
--- a/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/Control.tsx
+++ b/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/Control.tsx
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ export const Control = ({
   progress,
   active,
 }: ControlProps) => {
-  const labelWidth = font
-    .getGlyphWidths(font.getGlyphIDs(label))
-    .reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+  const labelWidth = font.getTextWidth(label);
   return (
     <Group transform={translate({ x: x + 30, y: y + 30 })}>
       <Text
diff --git a/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/ProgressBar.tsx b/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/ProgressBar.tsx
index 240e55dea7..aff445a0b9 100644
--- a/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/ProgressBar.tsx
+++ b/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/ProgressBar.tsx
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ export const ProgressBar = ({ progress }: ProgressBarProps) => {
   if (font === null) {
     return null;
   }
-  const textWidth = font
-    .getGlyphWidths(font.getGlyphIDs("00°C"))
-    .reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+  const textWidth = font.getTextWidth("00°C");
   return (
     <Group transform={translate({ x: 100, y: 223 })}>
       <Group>
diff --git a/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/Title.tsx b/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/Title.tsx
index cc0f19c0e6..3704189315 100644
--- a/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/Title.tsx
+++ b/example/src/Examples/Neumorphism/Dashboard/components/Title.tsx
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ export const Title = ({ title }: Title) => {
   if (!font) {
     return null;
   }
-  const titleWidth = font
-    .getGlyphWidths(font.getGlyphIDs(title))
-    .reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+  const titleWidth = font.getTextWidth(title);
   const offsetX = 30 + BUTTON_SIZE;
   const space = 298 - offsetX;
   return (
diff --git a/example/src/Examples/Wallet/components/Label.tsx b/example/src/Examples/Wallet/components/Label.tsx
index 2fcbb4bb75..87eb6caf36 100644
--- a/example/src/Examples/Wallet/components/Label.tsx
+++ b/example/src/Examples/Wallet/components/Label.tsx
@@ -49,17 +49,13 @@ export const Label = ({ state, y, graphs, width, height }: LabelProps) => {
     }
     const graph = graphs[state.current.current];
     const title = format(graph.data.maxPrice);
-    const titleWidth = titleFont
-      .getGlyphWidths(titleFont.getGlyphIDs(title))
-      .reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+    const titleWidth = titleFont.getTextWidth(title);
     return width / 2 - titleWidth / 2;
   }, [state, titleFont]);
   if (!titleFont || !subtitleFont) {
     return null;
   }
-  const subtitleWidth = subtitleFont
-    .getGlyphWidths(subtitleFont.getGlyphIDs(subtitle))
-    .reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+  const subtitleWidth = subtitleFont.getTextWidth(subtitle);
   return (
     <>
       <Text
diff --git a/package/cpp/api/JsiSkFont.h b/package/cpp/api/JsiSkFont.h
index 4db47f2518..49d69ec48c 100644
--- a/package/cpp/api/JsiSkFont.h
+++ b/package/cpp/api/JsiSkFont.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
+#include <numeric>
 
 #include <jsi/jsi.h>
 #include "JsiSkHostObjects.h"
@@ -86,6 +87,28 @@ namespace RNSkia
             return jsiWidths;
         }
 
+        JSI_HOST_FUNCTION(getTextWidth) {
+            auto str = arguments[0].asString(runtime).utf8(runtime);
+            auto numGlyphIDs = str.length();
+            std::vector<SkGlyphID> glyphs;
+            glyphs.resize(numGlyphIDs);
+            int glyphsSize = static_cast<int>(numGlyphIDs);
+            getObject()->textToGlyphs(str.c_str(), str.length(), SkTextEncoding::kUTF8,
+                                      static_cast<SkGlyphID *>(glyphs.data()), glyphsSize);
+            std::vector<SkScalar> widthPtrs;
+            widthPtrs.resize(numGlyphIDs);
+            if (count > 1)
+            {
+                auto paint = JsiSkPaint::fromValue(runtime, arguments[1]);
+                getObject()->getWidthsBounds(glyphs.data(), glyphsSize, static_cast<SkScalar *>(widthPtrs.data()), nullptr, paint.get());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                getObject()->getWidthsBounds(glyphs.data(), glyphsSize, static_cast<SkScalar *>(widthPtrs.data()), nullptr, nullptr);
+            }
+            return jsi::Value(std::accumulate(widthPtrs.begin(), widthPtrs.end(), 0));
+        }
+
         JSI_HOST_FUNCTION(getMetrics)
         {
             SkFontMetrics fm;
@@ -273,7 +296,8 @@ namespace RNSkia
             JSI_EXPORT_FUNC(JsiSkFont, setEmbolden),
             JSI_EXPORT_FUNC(JsiSkFont, setSubpixel),
             JSI_EXPORT_FUNC(JsiSkFont, setTypeface),
-            JSI_EXPORT_FUNC(JsiSkFont, getGlyphWidths))
+            JSI_EXPORT_FUNC(JsiSkFont, getGlyphWidths),
+            JSI_EXPORT_FUNC(JsiSkFont, getTextWidth))
 
         JsiSkFont(std::shared_ptr<RNSkPlatformContext> context, const SkFont &font)
             : JsiSkWrappingSharedPtrHostObject(std::move(context),
diff --git a/package/src/skia/types/Font/Font.ts b/package/src/skia/types/Font/Font.ts
index 6f5c568c8b..dc11eb622a 100644
--- a/package/src/skia/types/Font/Font.ts
+++ b/package/src/skia/types/Font/Font.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ export interface FontMetrics {
 }
 
 export interface SkFont extends SkJSIInstance<"Font"> {
+  /**
+   * Retrieves the total width of the provided text
+   * @param text
+   * @param paint
+   */
+  getTextWidth(text: string, paint?: SkPaint): number;
+
   /**
    * Retrieves the advanceX measurements for each glyph.
    * If paint is not null, its stroking, PathEffect, and MaskFilter fields are respected.
diff --git a/package/src/skia/web/JsiSkFont.ts b/package/src/skia/web/JsiSkFont.ts
index b83a79aa5b..c7716b8214 100644
--- a/package/src/skia/web/JsiSkFont.ts
+++ b/package/src/skia/web/JsiSkFont.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ Clients should use "Font.getGlyphWidths" instead (the latter does no shaping)`
     return new JsiSkRect(this.CanvasKit, this.CanvasKit.XYWHRect(0, 0, 0, 0));
   }
 
+  getTextWidth(text: string, paint?: SkPaint | undefined) {
+    const ids = this.getGlyphIDs(text);
+    const widths = this.getGlyphWidths(ids, paint);
+    return widths.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+  }
+
   getMetrics() {
     const result = this.ref.getMetrics();
     return {