diff --git a/src/text_font.cc b/src/text_font.cc
index cd43447..df76706 100644
--- a/src/text_font.cc
+++ b/src/text_font.cc
@@ -125,9 +125,18 @@ int textFontLoad(int font)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (fileRead(textFontDescriptor, sizeof(TextFontDescriptor), 1, stream) != 1) {
-        goto out;
-    }
+    // NOTE: Original code reads entire descriptor in one go. This does not work
+    // in x64 because of the two pointers.
+
+    if (fileRead(&(textFontDescriptor->glyphCount), 4, 1, stream) != 1) goto out;
+    if (fileRead(&(textFontDescriptor->lineHeight), 4, 1, stream) != 1) goto out;
+    if (fileRead(&(textFontDescriptor->letterSpacing), 4, 1, stream) != 1) goto out;
+
+    int glyphsPtr;
+    if (fileRead(&glyphsPtr, 4, 1, stream) != 1) goto out;
+
+    int dataPtr;
+    if (fileRead(&dataPtr, 4, 1, stream) != 1) goto out;
 
     textFontDescriptor->glyphs = (TextFontGlyph*)internal_malloc(textFontDescriptor->glyphCount * sizeof(TextFontGlyph));
     if (textFontDescriptor->glyphs == NULL) {