diff --git a/include/ghostty/vt.h b/include/ghostty/vt.h
index 34a7f2d4b..5b670f80a 100644
--- a/include/ghostty/vt.h
+++ b/include/ghostty/vt.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <ghostty/vt/modes.h>
 #include <ghostty/vt/mouse.h>
 #include <ghostty/vt/paste.h>
+#include <ghostty/vt/size_report.h>
 #include <ghostty/vt/wasm.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/include/ghostty/vt/size_report.h b/include/ghostty/vt/size_report.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4622b5bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ghostty/vt/size_report.h
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/**
+ * @file size_report.h
+ *
+ * Size report encoding - encode terminal size reports into escape sequences.
+ */
+
+#ifndef GHOSTTY_VT_SIZE_REPORT_H
+#define GHOSTTY_VT_SIZE_REPORT_H
+
+/** @defgroup size_report Size Report Encoding
+ *
+ * Utilities for encoding terminal size reports into escape sequences,
+ * supporting in-band size reports (mode 2048) and XTWINOPS responses
+ * (CSI 14 t, CSI 16 t, CSI 18 t).
+ *
+ * ## Basic Usage
+ *
+ * Use ghostty_size_report_encode() to encode a size report into a
+ * caller-provided buffer. If the buffer is too small, the function
+ * returns GHOSTTY_OUT_OF_SPACE and sets the required size in the
+ * output parameter.
+ *
+ * ## Example
+ *
+ * @code{.c}
+ * #include <stdio.h>
+ * #include <ghostty/vt.h>
+ *
+ * int main() {
+ *   GhosttySizeReportSize size = {
+ *     .rows = 24,
+ *     .columns = 80,
+ *     .cell_width = 9,
+ *     .cell_height = 18,
+ *   };
+ *
+ *   char buf[64];
+ *   size_t written = 0;
+ *
+ *   GhosttyResult result = ghostty_size_report_encode(
+ *       GHOSTTY_SIZE_REPORT_MODE_2048, size, buf, sizeof(buf), &written);
+ *
+ *   if (result == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS) {
+ *     printf("Encoded %zu bytes: ", written);
+ *     fwrite(buf, 1, written, stdout);
+ *     printf("\n");
+ *   }
+ *
+ *   return 0;
+ * }
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <ghostty/vt/types.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Size report style.
+ *
+ * Determines the output format for the terminal size report.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+    /** In-band size report (mode 2048): ESC [ 48 ; rows ; cols ; height ; width t */
+    GHOSTTY_SIZE_REPORT_MODE_2048 = 0,
+    /** XTWINOPS text area size in pixels: ESC [ 4 ; height ; width t */
+    GHOSTTY_SIZE_REPORT_CSI_14_T = 1,
+    /** XTWINOPS cell size in pixels: ESC [ 6 ; height ; width t */
+    GHOSTTY_SIZE_REPORT_CSI_16_T = 2,
+    /** XTWINOPS text area size in characters: ESC [ 8 ; rows ; cols t */
+    GHOSTTY_SIZE_REPORT_CSI_18_T = 3,
+} GhosttySizeReportStyle;
+
+/**
+ * Terminal size information for encoding size reports.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+    /** Terminal row count in cells. */
+    uint16_t rows;
+    /** Terminal column count in cells. */
+    uint16_t columns;
+    /** Width of a single terminal cell in pixels. */
+    uint32_t cell_width;
+    /** Height of a single terminal cell in pixels. */
+    uint32_t cell_height;
+} GhosttySizeReportSize;
+
+/**
+ * Encode a terminal size report into an escape sequence.
+ *
+ * Encodes a size report in the format specified by @p style into the
+ * provided buffer.
+ *
+ * If the buffer is too small, the function returns GHOSTTY_OUT_OF_SPACE
+ * and writes the required buffer size to @p out_written. The caller can
+ * then retry with a sufficiently sized buffer.
+ *
+ * @param style The size report format to encode
+ * @param size Terminal size information
+ * @param buf Output buffer to write the encoded sequence into (may be NULL)
+ * @param buf_len Size of the output buffer in bytes
+ * @param[out] out_written On success, the number of bytes written. On
+ *             GHOSTTY_OUT_OF_SPACE, the required buffer size.
+ * @return GHOSTTY_SUCCESS on success, GHOSTTY_OUT_OF_SPACE if the buffer
+ *         is too small
+ */
+GhosttyResult ghostty_size_report_encode(
+    GhosttySizeReportStyle style,
+    GhosttySizeReportSize size,
+    char* buf,
+    size_t buf_len,
+    size_t* out_written);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+/** @} */
+
+#endif /* GHOSTTY_VT_SIZE_REPORT_H */
diff --git a/src/lib_vt.zig b/src/lib_vt.zig
index 16b47a6be..aabd78592 100644
--- a/src/lib_vt.zig
+++ b/src/lib_vt.zig
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ pub const RenderState = terminal.RenderState;
 pub const Screen = terminal.Screen;
 pub const ScreenSet = terminal.ScreenSet;
 pub const Selection = terminal.Selection;
+pub const size_report = terminal.size_report;
 pub const SizeReportStyle = terminal.SizeReportStyle;
 pub const StringMap = terminal.StringMap;
 pub const Style = terminal.Style;
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ comptime {
         @export(&c.focus_encode, .{ .name = "ghostty_focus_encode" });
         @export(&c.mode_report_encode, .{ .name = "ghostty_mode_report_encode" });
         @export(&c.paste_is_safe, .{ .name = "ghostty_paste_is_safe" });
+        @export(&c.size_report_encode, .{ .name = "ghostty_size_report_encode" });
         @export(&c.color_rgb_get, .{ .name = "ghostty_color_rgb_get" });
         @export(&c.sgr_new, .{ .name = "ghostty_sgr_new" });
         @export(&c.sgr_free, .{ .name = "ghostty_sgr_free" });
diff --git a/src/renderer/size.zig b/src/renderer/size.zig
index 565e95e2c..7a022cdb4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/size.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/size.zig
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 const configpkg = @import("../config.zig");
-const font = @import("../font/main.zig");
-const terminal = @import("../terminal/main.zig");
+const terminal_size = @import("../terminal/size.zig");
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.renderer_size);
 
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ pub const ScreenSize = extern struct {
 
 /// The dimensions of the grid itself, in rows/columns units.
 pub const GridSize = extern struct {
-    pub const Unit = terminal.size.CellCountInt;
+    pub const Unit = terminal_size.CellCountInt;
 
     columns: Unit = 0,
     rows: Unit = 0,
diff --git a/src/terminal/c/main.zig b/src/terminal/c/main.zig
index c8388ef08..72fa74345 100644
--- a/src/terminal/c/main.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/c/main.zig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub const mouse_event = @import("mouse_event.zig");
 pub const mouse_encode = @import("mouse_encode.zig");
 pub const paste = @import("paste.zig");
 pub const sgr = @import("sgr.zig");
+pub const size_report = @import("size_report.zig");
 pub const terminal = @import("terminal.zig");
 
 // The full C API, unexported.
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ pub const mouse_encoder_encode = mouse_encode.encode;
 
 pub const paste_is_safe = paste.is_safe;
 
+pub const size_report_encode = size_report.encode;
+
 pub const terminal_new = terminal.new;
 pub const terminal_free = terminal.free;
 pub const terminal_reset = terminal.reset;
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ test {
     _ = mouse_encode;
     _ = paste;
     _ = sgr;
+    _ = size_report;
     _ = terminal;
 
     // We want to make sure we run the tests for the C allocator interface.
diff --git a/src/terminal/c/size_report.zig b/src/terminal/c/size_report.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dac909a5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/terminal/c/size_report.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const terminal_size_report = @import("../size_report.zig");
+const Result = @import("result.zig").Result;
+
+/// C: GhosttySizeReportStyle
+pub const Style = terminal_size_report.Style;
+
+/// C: GhosttySizeReportSize
+pub const Size = terminal_size_report.Size;
+
+pub fn encode(
+    style: Style,
+    size: Size,
+    out_: ?[*]u8,
+    out_len: usize,
+    out_written: *usize,
+) callconv(.c) Result {
+    var writer: std.Io.Writer = .fixed(if (out_) |out| out[0..out_len] else &.{});
+    terminal_size_report.encode(&writer, style, size) catch |err| switch (err) {
+        error.WriteFailed => {
+            var discarding: std.Io.Writer.Discarding = .init(&.{});
+            terminal_size_report.encode(&discarding.writer, style, size) catch unreachable;
+            out_written.* = @intCast(discarding.count);
+            return .out_of_space;
+        },
+    };
+
+    out_written.* = writer.end;
+    return .success;
+}
+
+test "encode mode 2048" {
+    var buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
+    var written: usize = 0;
+    const result = encode(.mode_2048, .{
+        .rows = 24,
+        .columns = 80,
+        .cell_width = 9,
+        .cell_height = 18,
+    }, &buf, buf.len, &written);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(.success, result);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("\x1B[48;24;80;432;720t", buf[0..written]);
+}
+
+test "encode csi 14 t" {
+    var buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
+    var written: usize = 0;
+    const result = encode(.csi_14_t, .{
+        .rows = 24,
+        .columns = 80,
+        .cell_width = 9,
+        .cell_height = 18,
+    }, &buf, buf.len, &written);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(.success, result);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("\x1b[4;432;720t", buf[0..written]);
+}
+
+test "encode with insufficient buffer" {
+    var buf: [1]u8 = undefined;
+    var written: usize = 0;
+    const result = encode(.csi_18_t, .{
+        .rows = 24,
+        .columns = 80,
+        .cell_width = 9,
+        .cell_height = 18,
+    }, &buf, buf.len, &written);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(.out_of_space, result);
+    try std.testing.expect(written > 1);
+}
+
+test "encode with null buffer" {
+    var written: usize = 0;
+    const result = encode(.csi_18_t, .{
+        .rows = 24,
+        .columns = 80,
+        .cell_width = 9,
+        .cell_height = 18,
+    }, null, 0, &written);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(.out_of_space, result);
+    try std.testing.expect(written > 0);
+}
diff --git a/src/terminal/main.zig b/src/terminal/main.zig
index bbdea1542..17cc3a81d 100644
--- a/src/terminal/main.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/main.zig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub const parse_table = @import("parse_table.zig");
 pub const search = @import("search.zig");
 pub const sgr = @import("sgr.zig");
 pub const size = @import("size.zig");
+pub const size_report = @import("size_report.zig");
 pub const tmux = if (options.tmux_control_mode) @import("tmux.zig") else struct {};
 pub const x11_color = @import("x11_color.zig");
 
diff --git a/src/terminal/size_report.zig b/src/terminal/size_report.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8089f96e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/terminal/size_report.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const build_options = @import("terminal_options");
+const lib = @import("../lib/main.zig");
+const lib_target: lib.Target = if (build_options.c_abi) .c else .zig;
+const CellCountInt = @import("size.zig").CellCountInt;
+
+/// Output formats for terminal size reports written to the PTY.
+pub const Style = lib.Enum(lib_target, &.{
+    // In-band size reports (mode 2048)
+    "mode_2048",
+    // XTWINOPS: report text area size in pixels
+    "csi_14_t",
+    // XTWINOPS: report cell size in pixels
+    "csi_16_t",
+    // XTWINOPS: report text area size in characters
+    "csi_18_t",
+});
+
+/// Runtime size values used to encode terminal size reports.
+pub const Size = lib.Struct(lib_target, struct {
+    /// Terminal row count in cells.
+    rows: CellCountInt,
+
+    /// Terminal column count in cells.
+    columns: CellCountInt,
+
+    /// Width of a single terminal cell in pixels.
+    cell_width: u32,
+
+    /// Height of a single terminal cell in pixels.
+    cell_height: u32,
+});
+
+fn widthPixels(s: Size) u64 {
+    return @as(u64, s.columns) * @as(u64, s.cell_width);
+}
+
+fn heightPixels(s: Size) u64 {
+    return @as(u64, s.rows) * @as(u64, s.cell_height);
+}
+
+/// Encode a terminal size report sequence.
+pub fn encode(
+    writer: *std.Io.Writer,
+    style: Style,
+    size: Size,
+) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
+    switch (style) {
+        .mode_2048 => try writer.print(
+            "\x1B[48;{};{};{};{}t",
+            .{
+                size.rows,
+                size.columns,
+                heightPixels(size),
+                widthPixels(size),
+            },
+        ),
+
+        .csi_14_t => try writer.print(
+            "\x1b[4;{};{}t",
+            .{
+                heightPixels(size),
+                widthPixels(size),
+            },
+        ),
+
+        .csi_16_t => try writer.print(
+            "\x1b[6;{};{}t",
+            .{
+                size.cell_height,
+                size.cell_width,
+            },
+        ),
+
+        .csi_18_t => try writer.print(
+            "\x1b[8;{};{}t",
+            .{
+                size.rows,
+                size.columns,
+            },
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
+fn testSize() Size {
+    return .{
+        .rows = 24,
+        .columns = 80,
+        .cell_width = 9,
+        .cell_height = 18,
+    };
+}
+
+test "encode mode 2048" {
+    var buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
+    var writer: std.Io.Writer = .fixed(&buf);
+    try encode(&writer, .mode_2048, testSize());
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("\x1B[48;24;80;432;720t", writer.buffered());
+}
+
+test "encode csi 14 t" {
+    var buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
+    var writer: std.Io.Writer = .fixed(&buf);
+    try encode(&writer, .csi_14_t, testSize());
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("\x1b[4;432;720t", writer.buffered());
+}
+
+test "encode csi 16 t" {
+    var buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
+    var writer: std.Io.Writer = .fixed(&buf);
+    try encode(&writer, .csi_16_t, testSize());
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("\x1b[6;18;9t", writer.buffered());
+}
+
+test "encode csi 18 t" {
+    var buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
+    var writer: std.Io.Writer = .fixed(&buf);
+    try encode(&writer, .csi_18_t, testSize());
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("\x1b[8;24;80t", writer.buffered());
+}
+
+test "encode max values for all fields" {
+    const max_size: Size = .{
+        .rows = std.math.maxInt(@FieldType(Size, "rows")),
+        .columns = std.math.maxInt(@FieldType(Size, "columns")),
+        .cell_width = std.math.maxInt(@FieldType(Size, "cell_width")),
+        .cell_height = std.math.maxInt(@FieldType(Size, "cell_height")),
+    };
+
+    const Case = struct {
+        style: Style,
+        expected: []const u8,
+    };
+
+    inline for ([_]Case{
+        .{
+            .style = .mode_2048,
+            .expected = "\x1B[48;65535;65535;281470681677825;281470681677825t",
+        },
+        .{
+            .style = .csi_14_t,
+            .expected = "\x1b[4;281470681677825;281470681677825t",
+        },
+        .{
+            .style = .csi_16_t,
+            .expected = "\x1b[6;4294967295;4294967295t",
+        },
+        .{
+            .style = .csi_18_t,
+            .expected = "\x1b[8;65535;65535t",
+        },
+    }) |case| {
+        var buf: [128]u8 = undefined;
+        var writer: std.Io.Writer = .fixed(&buf);
+        try encode(&writer, case.style, max_size);
+        try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(case.expected, writer.buffered());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/termio/Termio.zig b/src/termio/Termio.zig
index 73e1c46d5..4a99e8221 100644
--- a/src/termio/Termio.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Termio.zig
@@ -526,48 +526,24 @@ pub fn sizeReport(self: *Termio, td: *ThreadData, style: termio.Message.SizeRepo
 
 fn sizeReportLocked(self: *Termio, td: *ThreadData, style: termio.Message.SizeReport) !void {
     const grid_size = self.size.grid();
+    const report_size: terminalpkg.size_report.Size = .{
+        .rows = grid_size.rows,
+        .columns = grid_size.columns,
+        .cell_width = self.size.cell.width,
+        .cell_height = self.size.cell.height,
+    };
 
     // 1024 bytes should be enough for size report since report
     // in columns and pixels.
     var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
-    const message = switch (style) {
-        .mode_2048 => try std.fmt.bufPrint(
-            &buf,
-            "\x1B[48;{};{};{};{}t",
-            .{
-                grid_size.rows,
-                grid_size.columns,
-                grid_size.rows * self.size.cell.height,
-                grid_size.columns * self.size.cell.width,
-            },
-        ),
-        .csi_14_t => try std.fmt.bufPrint(
-            &buf,
-            "\x1b[4;{};{}t",
-            .{
-                grid_size.rows * self.size.cell.height,
-                grid_size.columns * self.size.cell.width,
-            },
-        ),
-        .csi_16_t => try std.fmt.bufPrint(
-            &buf,
-            "\x1b[6;{};{}t",
-            .{
-                self.size.cell.height,
-                self.size.cell.width,
-            },
-        ),
-        .csi_18_t => try std.fmt.bufPrint(
-            &buf,
-            "\x1b[8;{};{}t",
-            .{
-                grid_size.rows,
-                grid_size.columns,
-            },
-        ),
-    };
+    var writer: std.Io.Writer = .fixed(&buf);
+    try terminalpkg.size_report.encode(
+        &writer,
+        style,
+        report_size,
+    );
 
-    try self.queueWrite(td, message, false);
+    try self.queueWrite(td, writer.buffered(), false);
 }
 
 /// Reset the synchronized output mode. This is usually called by timer
diff --git a/src/termio/message.zig b/src/termio/message.zig
index d7a59bf5e..4ee7f245e 100644
--- a/src/termio/message.zig
+++ b/src/termio/message.zig
@@ -93,13 +93,8 @@ pub const Message = union(enum) {
         };
     }
 
-    /// The types of size reports that we support
-    pub const SizeReport = enum {
-        mode_2048,
-        csi_14_t,
-        csi_16_t,
-        csi_18_t,
-    };
+    /// The types of size reports that we support.
+    pub const SizeReport = terminal.size_report.Style;
 };
 
 test {