diff --git a/d2renderers/d2fonts/d2fonts_test.go b/d2renderers/d2fonts/d2fonts_test.go
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+++ b/d2renderers/d2fonts/d2fonts_test.go
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+package d2fonts
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf"
+	"oss.terrastruct.com/util-go/assert"
+	"oss.terrastruct.com/util-go/diff"
+)
+
+func TestCutFont(t *testing.T) {
+	f := Font{
+		Family: SourceCodePro,
+		Style:  FONT_STYLE_REGULAR,
+	}
+	fontBuf := FontFaces[f]
+	fontBuf = gofpdf.UTF8CutFont(fontBuf, "a")
+	err := diff.Testdata(filepath.Join("testdata", "d2fonts", "cut"), ".txt", fontBuf)
+	assert.Success(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/d2renderers/d2fonts/testdata/d2fonts/cut.exp.txt b/d2renderers/d2fonts/testdata/d2fonts/cut.exp.txt
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