diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1daac6e..2d9740c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0063 NEW)
-project(font-chef LANGUAGES C CXX VERSION 1.0.2)
+project(font-chef LANGUAGES C CXX VERSION 1.1.0)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake-modules)
 
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
diff --git a/include/font-chef/character-mapping.h b/include/font-chef/character-mapping.h
index bc7636b..4578c98 100644
--- a/include/font-chef/character-mapping.h
+++ b/include/font-chef/character-mapping.h
@@ -84,11 +84,12 @@ FONT_CHEF_EXPORT struct fc_rect fc_text_bounds(struct fc_character_mapping const
  * @param line_height The space between the topmost pixel in the line to the bottomost pixel in the line (this includes characters in the line itself)
  * @param space_width The width of a space character
  * @param alignment Which aligment should lines follow
+ * @return The line count in the text
  * @sa ::fc_render_wrapped
  * @sa fc::render_result::wrap
  * @sa fc_get_space_metrics
  */
-FONT_CHEF_EXPORT extern void fc_wrap(
+FONT_CHEF_EXPORT extern uint32_t fc_wrap(
     struct fc_character_mapping mapping[],
     size_t count,
     float line_width,
diff --git a/include/font-chef/font.h b/include/font-chef/font.h
index a10374c..e760c20 100644
--- a/include/font-chef/font.h
+++ b/include/font-chef/font.h
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ struct fc_pixels {
   struct fc_size dimensions;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @brief A structure holding the result of a call to `fc_render` or `fc_render_wrapped`
+ */
+struct fc_render_result {
+  /**
+   * @brief How many lines were produced
+   */
+  uint32_t line_count;
+
+  /**
+   * @brief How many glphs were produced
+   */
+  uint32_t glyph_count;
+};
+
 
 /**
  * @struct fc_font
@@ -191,9 +206,10 @@ FONT_CHEF_EXPORT extern void fc_cook(struct fc_font * font);
  * @param byte_count How many bytes are there in the character array
  * @param mapping An array of `fc_character_mapping` values that
  *                       must be at least `byte_count` long.
- * @return the actual number of glyphs to be rendered.
+ * @return how many glyphs and lines were produced
+ * @sa ::fc_render_result
  */
-FONT_CHEF_EXPORT extern int fc_render(
+FONT_CHEF_EXPORT extern struct fc_render_result fc_render(
   struct fc_font const * font,
   unsigned char const * text,
   size_t byte_count,
@@ -216,11 +232,12 @@ FONT_CHEF_EXPORT extern int fc_render(
  * @param alignment Which aligment should lines follow
  * @param mapping An array of `fc_character_mapping` values that
  *                       must be at least `byte_count` long.
+ * @return how many glyphs and lines were produced
  * @sa ::fc_render
  * @sa ::fc_wrap
  * @sa fc::render_result::wrap
  */
-FONT_CHEF_EXPORT int fc_render_wrapped(
+FONT_CHEF_EXPORT struct fc_render_result fc_render_wrapped(
     struct fc_font const * font,
     unsigned char const * text,
     size_t byte_count,
diff --git a/include/font-chef/font.hpp b/include/font-chef/font.hpp
index 038aae2..498f7da 100644
--- a/include/font-chef/font.hpp
+++ b/include/font-chef/font.hpp
@@ -209,8 +209,9 @@ namespace fc {
         result.font = data;
         std::vector<fc_character_mapping> & mapping = result.mapping;
         if (mapping.size() < text.length()) mapping.resize(text.length());
-        size_t count = fc_render(data, (uint8_t *) text.data(), text.size(), mapping.data());
-        mapping.resize(count);
+        struct fc_render_result r = fc_render(data, (uint8_t *) text.data(), text.size(), mapping.data());
+        mapping.resize(r.glyph_count);
+        result.line_count = r.line_count;
         return result;
       }
   };
diff --git a/include/font-chef/render-result.hpp b/include/font-chef/render-result.hpp
index ec932c7..55bd596 100644
--- a/include/font-chef/render-result.hpp
+++ b/include/font-chef/render-result.hpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "font-chef/character-mapping.h"
 #include "font-chef/font.h"
 #include <vector>
-#include <cstdio>
 
 
 /**
@@ -33,6 +32,11 @@ namespace fc {
      */
     std::vector<::fc_character_mapping> mapping;
 
+    /**
+     * @brief How many lines were produced
+     */
+     uint32_t line_count;
+
     /**
      * @brief A pointer to the ::fc_font used to generate this mapping
      */
@@ -49,8 +53,7 @@ namespace fc {
      * @sa fc::font::render
      */
     render_result(fc_font * font = nullptr, std::vector<fc_character_mapping> && mapping = {}) //NOLINT
-        : mapping(mapping), font(font) {
-      ::printf("construct render result");
+        : mapping(mapping), font(font), line_count(0) {
     };
 
     /**
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ namespace fc {
      * @param other A rvalue (moveable) ref to a fc::render_result instance
      */
     render_result(render_result && other) noexcept
-      : mapping(std::move(other.mapping)), font(other.font) {
+      : mapping(std::move(other.mapping)), font(other.font), line_count(other.line_count) {
       other.font = nullptr;
     };
 
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ namespace fc {
       if (this == &other) return *this;
       this->mapping = std::move(other.mapping);
       this->font = other.font;
+      this->line_count = other.line_count;
       other.font = nullptr;
       return *this;
     }
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ namespace fc {
     wrap(float line_width, float line_height_multiplier = 1.0f, fc_alignment alignment = fc_align_left) & {
       if (!font) return *this;
       fc_size space_metrics = fc_get_space_metrics(font);
-      fc_wrap(
+      this->line_count = fc_wrap(
           mapping.data(),
           mapping.size(),
           line_width,
diff --git a/src/examples/c/main.c b/src/examples/c/main.c
index 227b134..1d71591 100644
--- a/src/examples/c/main.c
+++ b/src/examples/c/main.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ int main(int argc, char const ** argv) {
 
   struct fc_character_mapping mapping[256];
   const char text[] = "Hello, handsome! I mean... world!";
-  int txt_glyph_count = fc_render_wrapped(
+  struct fc_render_result result = fc_render_wrapped(
       font,
       (uint8_t *) text,
       strlen(text),
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ int main(int argc, char const ** argv) {
       1.0f,
       fc_align_left, mapping
   );
-  fc_move(mapping, txt_glyph_count, 0.0f, state.bounds.bottom / 2 - 20);
+  fc_move(mapping, result.glyph_count, 0.0f, state.bounds.bottom / 2 - 20);
 
   while (update(&state)) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < txt_glyph_count; i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < result.glyph_count; i++) {
       render(font_texture, mapping[i].source, mapping[i].target);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/font-chef/font.c b/src/font-chef/font.c
index d17922e..fc680cd 100644
--- a/src/font-chef/font.c
+++ b/src/font-chef/font.c
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include <font-chef/character-mapping.h>
 
 
-#define fc_fabs(x) ((float) fabs((double) x))
-
 struct fc_font * fc_construct(
     uint8_t const * font_data,
     struct fc_font_size font_size,
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ void fc_cook(struct fc_font * font) {
   free(pixels_1bpp);
 }
 
-int fc_render(
+struct fc_render_result fc_render(
     struct fc_font const * font,
     unsigned char const * text,
     size_t byte_count,
@@ -154,11 +152,6 @@ int fc_render(
 
     m->codepoint = decode.codepoint;
 
-    /* stores the top offset to add it later to the mappings, to make sure
-     * that rendering starts at 0 */
-//    if ((dst->top < top_offset) || target_index == 0)
-//      top_offset = dst->top;
-
     /* checks to see if there is kerning to add to the next character, and
      * sets it to be used in the next iteration */
     kern = 0;
@@ -171,18 +164,13 @@ int fc_render(
     }
   }
 
-  /* characters are rendered around a baseline, which was set to 0 when
-   * fc_cook was called. the following loop goes through all glyph
-   * mappings and adjusts them to remove the "empty" space on top caused
-   * by that. */
-//  top_offset = fc_fabs(top_offset);
-//  for (size_t i = 0; i < target_index; i++) {
-//    mapping[i].target.top += top_offset;
-//    mapping[i].target.bottom += top_offset;
-//  }
-
   /* end of the loop, target_index will be the amount of decoded glyphs */
-  return (int) target_index;
+  struct fc_render_result result = {
+      .line_count = 1,
+      .glyph_count = (uint32_t) target_index
+  };
+
+  return result;
 }
 
 struct fc_font_size fc_get_font_size(struct fc_font const * font) {
@@ -229,7 +217,7 @@ void fc_destruct(struct fc_font * font) {
   free(font);
 }
 
-int fc_render_wrapped(
+struct fc_render_result fc_render_wrapped(
     struct fc_font const * font,
     unsigned char const * text,
     size_t byte_count,
@@ -238,10 +226,10 @@ int fc_render_wrapped(
     enum fc_alignment alignment,
     struct fc_character_mapping * mapping
 ) {
-  int rendered = fc_render(font, text, byte_count, mapping);
+  struct fc_render_result result = fc_render(font, text, byte_count, mapping);
   struct fc_size space_metrics = fc_get_space_metrics(font);
-  fc_wrap(mapping, rendered, (float) line_width, font->metrics.line_height * line_height_multiplier, space_metrics.width, alignment);
-  return rendered;
+  result.line_count = fc_wrap(mapping, result.glyph_count, (float) line_width, font->metrics.line_height * line_height_multiplier, space_metrics.width, alignment);
+  return result;
 }
 
 struct fc_size fc_get_space_metrics(struct fc_font const * font) {
diff --git a/src/font-chef/render-result.c b/src/font-chef/render-result.c
index 8db156a..41ccf76 100644
--- a/src/font-chef/render-result.c
+++ b/src/font-chef/render-result.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ float fc_text_segment_width(struct fc_text_segment const * segment, struct fc_ch
   return mapping[segment->last].target.right - mapping[segment->first].target.left;
 }
 
-void fc_wrap(struct fc_character_mapping mapping[], size_t glyph_count, float line_width, float line_height, float space_width, enum fc_alignment aligment) {
+uint32_t fc_wrap(struct fc_character_mapping mapping[], size_t glyph_count, float line_width, float line_height, float space_width, enum fc_alignment aligment) {
   struct fc_text_segment * words = calloc(sizeof(*words), glyph_count);
   struct fc_text_segment * lines = calloc(sizeof(*lines), glyph_count);
   size_t word_count = 0;
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ void fc_wrap(struct fc_character_mapping mapping[], size_t glyph_count, float li
       current_word->last = i;
       word_count += 1;
     }
-
   }
 
   /* identify lines */
@@ -123,6 +122,7 @@ void fc_wrap(struct fc_character_mapping mapping[], size_t glyph_count, float li
   }
   free(words);
   free(lines);
+  return line_count;
 }
 
 void fc_move(struct fc_character_mapping * mapping, size_t count, float left, float baseline) {