diff --git a/src/font/face/freetype.zig b/src/font/face/freetype.zig
index 82cf107c8..e63b55726 100644
--- a/src/font/face/freetype.zig
+++ b/src/font/face/freetype.zig
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ pub const Face = struct {
                     if (string.len > 1024) break :skip;
                     var tmp: [512]u16 = undefined;
                     const max = string.len / 2;
-                    for (@as([]const u16, @alignCast(@ptrCast(string))), 0..) |c, j| tmp[j] = @byteSwap(c);
+                    for (@as([]const u16, @ptrCast(@alignCast(string))), 0..) |c, j| tmp[j] = @byteSwap(c);
                     const len = std.unicode.utf16LeToUtf8(buf, tmp[0..max]) catch return string;
                     return buf[0..len];
                 }