diff --git a/pkg/freetype/face.zig b/pkg/freetype/face.zig
index d4f74b7ee..cd949e357 100644
--- a/pkg/freetype/face.zig
+++ b/pkg/freetype/face.zig
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub const Face = struct {
 
     /// Select a given charmap by its encoding tag (as listed in freetype.h).
     pub fn selectCharmap(self: Face, encoding: Encoding) Error!void {
-        return intToError(c.FT_Select_Charmap(self.handle, @intFromEnum(encoding)));
+        return intToError(c.FT_Select_Charmap(self.handle, @intCast(@intFromEnum(encoding))));
     }
 
     /// Call FT_Request_Size to request the nominal size (in points).
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub const Face = struct {
     pub fn renderGlyph(self: Face, render_mode: RenderMode) Error!void {
         return intToError(c.FT_Render_Glyph(
             self.handle.*.glyph,
-            @intFromEnum(render_mode),
+            @intCast(@intFromEnum(render_mode)),
         ));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/font/face/freetype.zig b/src/font/face/freetype.zig
index 827753254..528f72d52 100644
--- a/src/font/face/freetype.zig
+++ b/src/font/face/freetype.zig
@@ -679,13 +679,16 @@ pub const Face = struct {
             else => |f| {
                 // Glyph formats are tags, so we can
                 // output a semi-readable error here.
+                // Use @bitCast to u32 because MSVC translates C enums
+                // as signed int, while GCC/Clang uses unsigned int.
+                const tag: u32 = @bitCast(f);
                 log.err(
                     "Can't render glyph with unsupported glyph format \"{s}\"",
                     .{[4]u8{
-                        @truncate(f >> 24),
-                        @truncate(f >> 16),
-                        @truncate(f >> 8),
-                        @truncate(f >> 0),
+                        @truncate(tag >> 24),
+                        @truncate(tag >> 16),
+                        @truncate(tag >> 8),
+                        @truncate(tag >> 0),
                     }},
                 );
                 return error.UnsupportedGlyphFormat;