diff --git a/clay.h b/clay.h
index 23cbef6..50f8585 100644
--- a/clay.h
+++ b/clay.h
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ CLAY__TYPEDEF(Clay__StringArray, struct {
     Clay_String *internalArray;
 });
 
+CLAY__TYPEDEF(Clay_StringSlice, struct {
+    int32_t length;
+    const char *chars;
+    // The source string / char* that this slice was derived from
+    const char *baseChars;
+});
+
 typedef struct Clay_Context Clay_Context;
 
 CLAY__TYPEDEF(Clay_Arena, struct {
@@ -527,7 +534,7 @@ bool Clay_Hovered(void);
 void Clay_OnHover(void (*onHoverFunction)(Clay_ElementId elementId, Clay_PointerData pointerData, intptr_t userData), intptr_t userData);
 bool Clay_PointerOver(Clay_ElementId elementId);
 Clay_ScrollContainerData Clay_GetScrollContainerData(Clay_ElementId id);
-void Clay_SetMeasureTextFunction(Clay_Dimensions (*measureTextFunction)(Clay_String *text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData), uintptr_t userData);
+void Clay_SetMeasureTextFunction(Clay_Dimensions (*measureTextFunction)(Clay_StringSlice text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData), uintptr_t userData);
 void Clay_SetQueryScrollOffsetFunction(Clay_Vector2 (*queryScrollOffsetFunction)(uint32_t elementId, uintptr_t userData), uintptr_t userData);
 Clay_RenderCommand * Clay_RenderCommandArray_Get(Clay_RenderCommandArray* array, int32_t index);
 void Clay_SetDebugModeEnabled(bool enabled);
@@ -1482,10 +1489,10 @@ Clay_String Clay__WriteStringToCharBuffer(Clay__CharArray *buffer, Clay_String s
 }
 
 #ifdef CLAY_WASM
-    __attribute__((import_module("clay"), import_name("measureTextFunction"))) Clay_Dimensions Clay__MeasureText(Clay_String *text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData);
+    __attribute__((import_module("clay"), import_name("measureTextFunction"))) Clay_Dimensions Clay__MeasureText(Clay_StringSlice text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData);
     __attribute__((import_module("clay"), import_name("queryScrollOffsetFunction"))) Clay_Vector2 Clay__QueryScrollOffset(uint32_t elementId, uintptr_t userData);
 #else
-    Clay_Dimensions (*Clay__MeasureText)(Clay_String *text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData);
+    Clay_Dimensions (*Clay__MeasureText)(Clay_StringSlice text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData);
     Clay_Vector2 (*Clay__QueryScrollOffset)(uint32_t elementId, uintptr_t userData);
 #endif
 
@@ -1701,7 +1708,7 @@ Clay__MeasureTextCacheItem *Clay__MeasureTextCached(Clay_String *text, Clay_Text
     float lineWidth = 0;
     float measuredWidth = 0;
     float measuredHeight = 0;
-    float spaceWidth = Clay__MeasureText(&CLAY__SPACECHAR, config, context->mesureTextUserData).width;
+    float spaceWidth = Clay__MeasureText(CLAY__INIT(Clay_StringSlice) { .length = 1, .chars = CLAY__SPACECHAR.chars, .baseChars = CLAY__SPACECHAR.chars }, config, context->mesureTextUserData).width;
     Clay__MeasuredWord tempWord = { .next = -1 };
     Clay__MeasuredWord *previousWord = &tempWord;
     while (end < text->length) {
@@ -1718,8 +1725,7 @@ Clay__MeasureTextCacheItem *Clay__MeasureTextCached(Clay_String *text, Clay_Text
         char current = text->chars[end];
         if (current == ' ' || current == '\n') {
             int32_t length = end - start;
-            Clay_String word = { .length = length, .chars = &text->chars[start] };
-            Clay_Dimensions dimensions = Clay__MeasureText(&word, config, context->mesureTextUserData);
+            Clay_Dimensions dimensions = Clay__MeasureText(CLAY__INIT(Clay_StringSlice) { .length = length, .chars = &text->chars[start], .baseChars = text->chars }, config, context->mesureTextUserData);
             measuredHeight = CLAY__MAX(measuredHeight, dimensions.height);
             if (current == ' ') {
                 dimensions.width += spaceWidth;
@@ -1741,8 +1747,7 @@ Clay__MeasureTextCacheItem *Clay__MeasureTextCached(Clay_String *text, Clay_Text
         end++;
     }
     if (end - start > 0) {
-        Clay_String lastWord = { .length = end - start, .chars = &text->chars[start] };
-        Clay_Dimensions dimensions = Clay__MeasureText(&lastWord, config, context->mesureTextUserData);
+        Clay_Dimensions dimensions = Clay__MeasureText(CLAY__INIT(Clay_StringSlice) { .length = end - start, .chars = &text->chars[start], .baseChars = text->chars }, config, context->mesureTextUserData);
         Clay__AddMeasuredWord(CLAY__INIT(Clay__MeasuredWord) { .startOffset = start, .length = end - start, .width = dimensions.width, .next = -1 }, previousWord);
         lineWidth += dimensions.width;
         measuredHeight = CLAY__MAX(measuredHeight, dimensions.height);
@@ -3680,7 +3685,7 @@ Clay_Arena Clay_CreateArenaWithCapacityAndMemory(uint32_t capacity, void *offset
 }
 
 #ifndef CLAY_WASM
-void Clay_SetMeasureTextFunction(Clay_Dimensions (*measureTextFunction)(Clay_String *text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData), uintptr_t userData) {
+void Clay_SetMeasureTextFunction(Clay_Dimensions (*measureTextFunction)(Clay_StringSlice text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData), uintptr_t userData) {
     Clay_Context* context = Clay_GetCurrentContext();
     Clay__MeasureText = measureTextFunction;
     context->mesureTextUserData = userData;
diff --git a/examples/SDL3-simple-demo/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/SDL3-simple-demo/CMakeLists.txt
index 844cfad..4a86f0e 100644
--- a/examples/SDL3-simple-demo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/SDL3-simple-demo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27)
 project(clay_examples_sdl3_simple_demo C)
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
 
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g -Wall -Werror")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3")
 
 include(FetchContent)
diff --git a/examples/SDL3-simple-demo/main.c b/examples/SDL3-simple-demo/main.c
index 4e74ab5..c3e6d3b 100644
--- a/examples/SDL3-simple-demo/main.c
+++ b/examples/SDL3-simple-demo/main.c
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@ typedef struct app_state {
     SDL_Renderer *renderer;
 } AppState;
 
-static inline Clay_Dimensions SDL_MeasureText(Clay_String *text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData)
+static inline Clay_Dimensions SDL_MeasureText(Clay_StringSlice text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData)
 {
-
-
     TTF_Font *font = gFonts[config->fontId];
     int width, height;
 
-    if (!TTF_GetStringSize(font, text->chars, text->length, &width, &height)) {
+    if (!TTF_GetStringSize(font, text.chars, text.length, &width, &height)) {
         SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR, "Failed to measure text: %s", SDL_GetError());
     }
 
diff --git a/examples/clay-official-website/build/clay/index.wasm b/examples/clay-official-website/build/clay/index.wasm
index 1ac9753..f9ed308 100755
Binary files a/examples/clay-official-website/build/clay/index.wasm and b/examples/clay-official-website/build/clay/index.wasm differ
diff --git a/renderers/SDL2/clay_renderer_SDL2.c b/renderers/SDL2/clay_renderer_SDL2.c
index c78a916..b107aaa 100644
--- a/renderers/SDL2/clay_renderer_SDL2.c
+++ b/renderers/SDL2/clay_renderer_SDL2.c
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ typedef struct
 } SDL2_Font;
 
 
-static Clay_Dimensions SDL2_MeasureText(Clay_String *text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData)
+static Clay_Dimensions SDL2_MeasureText(Clay_StringSlice text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData)
 {
     SDL2_Font *fonts = (SDL2_Font*)userData;
 
     TTF_Font *font = fonts[config->fontId].font;
-    char *chars = (char *)calloc(text->length + 1, 1);
-    memcpy(chars, text->chars, text->length);
+    char *chars = (char *)calloc(text.length + 1, 1);
+    memcpy(chars, text.chars, text.length);
     int width = 0;
     int height = 0;
     if (TTF_SizeUTF8(font, chars, &width, &height) < 0) {
diff --git a/renderers/raylib/clay_renderer_raylib.c b/renderers/raylib/clay_renderer_raylib.c
index 4fc4bd9..177925b 100644
--- a/renderers/raylib/clay_renderer_raylib.c
+++ b/renderers/raylib/clay_renderer_raylib.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Ray GetScreenToWorldPointWithZDistance(Vector2 position, Camera camera, int scre
 
 uint32_t measureCalls = 0;
 
-static inline Clay_Dimensions Raylib_MeasureText(Clay_String *text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData) {
+static inline Clay_Dimensions Raylib_MeasureText(Clay_StringSlice text, Clay_TextElementConfig *config, uintptr_t userData) {
     measureCalls++;
     // Measure string size for Font
     Clay_Dimensions textSize = { 0 };
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ static inline Clay_Dimensions Raylib_MeasureText(Clay_String *text, Clay_TextEle
     Font fontToUse = Raylib_fonts[config->fontId].font;
     float scaleFactor = config->fontSize/(float)fontToUse.baseSize;
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < text->length; ++i)
+    for (int i = 0; i < text.length; ++i)
     {
-        if (text->chars[i] == '\n') {
+        if (text.chars[i] == '\n') {
             maxTextWidth = fmax(maxTextWidth, lineTextWidth);
             lineTextWidth = 0;
             continue;
         }
-        int index = text->chars[i] - 32;
+        int index = text.chars[i] - 32;
         if (fontToUse.glyphs[index].advanceX != 0) lineTextWidth += fontToUse.glyphs[index].advanceX;
         else lineTextWidth += (fontToUse.recs[index].width + fontToUse.glyphs[index].offsetX);
     }