diff --git a/src/mol-geo/geometry/text/text.ts b/src/mol-geo/geometry/text/text.ts
index cd4e2071984a75d43fca0725bc5b69d537e58b6a..5fce7cb71024db95359a14bfd910e3d51cc8fabe 100644
--- a/src/mol-geo/geometry/text/text.ts
+++ b/src/mol-geo/geometry/text/text.ts
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export namespace Text {
             ...BaseGeometry.createValues(props, counts),
             uSizeFactor: ValueCell.create(props.sizeFactor),
 
-            uBorderWidth: ValueCell.create(clamp(props.borderWidth / 2, 0, 0.5)),
+            uBorderWidth: ValueCell.create(clamp(props.borderWidth, 0, 0.5)),
             uBorderColor: ValueCell.create(Color.toArrayNormalized(props.borderColor, Vec3.zero(), 0)),
             uOffsetX: ValueCell.create(props.offsetX),
             uOffsetY: ValueCell.create(props.offsetY),