diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 7710f387b..732b8565b 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -397,20 +397,6 @@ pub fn init(
         .right = padding_right,
     };
 
-    // Create our terminal grid with the initial size
-    const app_mailbox: App.Mailbox = .{ .rt_app = rt_app, .mailbox = &app.mailbox };
-    var renderer_impl = try Renderer.init(alloc, .{
-        .config = try Renderer.DerivedConfig.init(alloc, config),
-        .font_grid = font_grid,
-        .padding = .{
-            .explicit = padding,
-            .balance = config.@"window-padding-balance",
-        },
-        .surface_mailbox = .{ .surface = self, .app = app_mailbox },
-        .rt_surface = rt_surface,
-    });
-    errdefer renderer_impl.deinit();
-
     // Build our size struct which has all the sizes we need.
     const size: renderer.Size = size: {
         var size: renderer.Size = .{
@@ -433,6 +419,17 @@ pub fn init(
         break :size size;
     };
 
+    // Create our terminal grid with the initial size
+    const app_mailbox: App.Mailbox = .{ .rt_app = rt_app, .mailbox = &app.mailbox };
+    var renderer_impl = try Renderer.init(alloc, .{
+        .config = try Renderer.DerivedConfig.init(alloc, config),
+        .font_grid = font_grid,
+        .size = size,
+        .surface_mailbox = .{ .surface = self, .app = app_mailbox },
+        .rt_surface = rt_surface,
+    });
+    errdefer renderer_impl.deinit();
+
     // The mutex used to protect our renderer state.
     const mutex = try alloc.create(std.Thread.Mutex);
     mutex.* = .{};
diff --git a/src/renderer/Metal.zig b/src/renderer/Metal.zig
index 742dfbcd4..aebbc5c39 100644
--- a/src/renderer/Metal.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/Metal.zig
@@ -70,12 +70,8 @@ surface_mailbox: apprt.surface.Mailbox,
 /// Current font metrics defining our grid.
 grid_metrics: font.face.Metrics,
 
-/// Current screen size dimensions for this grid. This is set on the first
-/// resize event, and is not immediately available.
-screen_size: ?renderer.ScreenSize,
-
-/// Explicit padding.
-padding: renderer.Options.Padding,
+/// The size of everything.
+size: renderer.Size,
 
 /// True if the window is focused
 focused: bool,
@@ -631,8 +627,7 @@ pub fn init(alloc: Allocator, options: renderer.Options) !Metal {
         .config = options.config,
         .surface_mailbox = options.surface_mailbox,
         .grid_metrics = font_critical.metrics,
-        .screen_size = null,
-        .padding = options.padding,
+        .size = options.size,
         .focused = true,
         .foreground_color = options.config.foreground,
         .background_color = options.config.background,
@@ -796,19 +791,6 @@ pub fn hasVsync(self: *const Metal) bool {
     return display_link.isRunning();
 }
 
-/// Returns the grid size for a given screen size. This is safe to call
-/// on any thread.
-fn gridSize(self: *Metal) ?renderer.GridSize {
-    const screen_size = self.screen_size orelse return null;
-    return renderer.GridSize.init(
-        screen_size.subPadding(self.padding.explicit),
-        .{
-            .width = self.grid_metrics.cell_width,
-            .height = self.grid_metrics.cell_height,
-        },
-    );
-}
-
 /// Callback when the focus changes for the terminal this is rendering.
 ///
 /// Must be called on the render thread.
@@ -878,15 +860,13 @@ pub fn setFontGrid(self: *Metal, grid: *font.SharedGrid) void {
     //
     // If the screen size isn't set, it will be eventually so that'll call
     // the setScreenSize automatically.
-    if (self.screen_size) |size| {
-        self.setScreenSize(size, self.padding.explicit) catch |err| {
-            // The setFontGrid function can't fail but resizing our cell
-            // buffer definitely can fail. If it does, our renderer is probably
-            // screwed but let's just log it and continue until we can figure
-            // out a better way to handle this.
-            log.err("error resizing cells buffer err={}", .{err});
-        };
-    }
+    self.setScreenSize(self.size) catch |err| {
+        // The setFontGrid function can't fail but resizing our cell
+        // buffer definitely can fail. If it does, our renderer is probably
+        // screwed but let's just log it and continue until we can figure
+        // out a better way to handle this.
+        log.err("error resizing cells buffer err={}", .{err});
+    };
 }
 
 /// Update the frame data.
@@ -898,9 +878,6 @@ pub fn updateFrame(
 ) !void {
     _ = surface;
 
-    // If we don't have a screen size yet then we can't render anything.
-    if (self.screen_size == null) return;
-
     // Data we extract out of the critical area.
     const Critical = struct {
         bg: terminal.color.RGB,
@@ -1116,9 +1093,6 @@ pub fn updateFrame(
 pub fn drawFrame(self: *Metal, surface: *apprt.Surface) !void {
     _ = surface;
 
-    // If we don't have a screen size yet then we can't render anything.
-    if (self.screen_size == null) return;
-
     // If we have no cells rebuilt we can usually skip drawing since there
     // is no changed data. However, if we have active animations we still
     // need to draw so that we can update the time uniform and render the
@@ -1972,38 +1946,19 @@ pub fn changeConfig(self: *Metal, config: *DerivedConfig) !void {
 /// Resize the screen.
 pub fn setScreenSize(
     self: *Metal,
-    dim: renderer.ScreenSize,
-    pad: renderer.Padding,
+    size: renderer.Size,
 ) !void {
     // Store our sizes
-    self.screen_size = dim;
-    self.padding.explicit = pad;
-
-    // Recalculate the rows/columns. This can't fail since we just set
-    // the screen size above.
-    const grid_size = self.gridSize().?;
-
-    // Determine if we need to pad the window. For "auto" padding, we take
-    // the leftover amounts on the right/bottom that don't fit a full grid cell
-    // and we split them equal across all boundaries.
-    const padding = if (self.padding.balance)
-        renderer.Padding.balanced(
-            dim,
-            grid_size,
-            .{
-                .width = self.grid_metrics.cell_width,
-                .height = self.grid_metrics.cell_height,
-            },
-        )
-    else
-        self.padding.explicit;
-    const padded_dim = dim.subPadding(padding);
+    self.size = size;
+    const grid_size = size.grid();
+    const terminal_size = size.terminal();
 
     // Blank space around the grid.
-    const blank: renderer.Padding = dim.blankPadding(padding, grid_size, .{
-        .width = self.grid_metrics.cell_width,
-        .height = self.grid_metrics.cell_height,
-    }).add(padding);
+    const blank: renderer.Padding = size.screen.blankPadding(
+        size.padding,
+        grid_size,
+        size.cell,
+    ).add(size.padding);
 
     var padding_extend = self.uniforms.padding_extend;
     switch (self.config.padding_color) {
@@ -2030,18 +1985,18 @@ pub fn setScreenSize(
 
     // Set the size of the drawable surface to the bounds
     self.layer.setProperty("drawableSize", macos.graphics.Size{
-        .width = @floatFromInt(dim.width),
-        .height = @floatFromInt(dim.height),
+        .width = @floatFromInt(size.screen.width),
+        .height = @floatFromInt(size.screen.height),
     });
 
     // Setup our uniforms
     const old = self.uniforms;
     self.uniforms = .{
         .projection_matrix = math.ortho2d(
-            -1 * @as(f32, @floatFromInt(padding.left)),
-            @floatFromInt(padded_dim.width + padding.right),
-            @floatFromInt(padded_dim.height + padding.bottom),
-            -1 * @as(f32, @floatFromInt(padding.top)),
+            -1 * @as(f32, @floatFromInt(size.padding.left)),
+            @floatFromInt(terminal_size.width + size.padding.right),
+            @floatFromInt(terminal_size.height + size.padding.bottom),
+            -1 * @as(f32, @floatFromInt(size.padding.top)),
         ),
         .cell_size = .{
             @floatFromInt(self.grid_metrics.cell_width),
@@ -2082,8 +2037,8 @@ pub fn setScreenSize(
         }
 
         state.uniforms.resolution = .{
-            @floatFromInt(dim.width),
-            @floatFromInt(dim.height),
+            @floatFromInt(size.screen.width),
+            @floatFromInt(size.screen.height),
             1,
         };
 
@@ -2097,8 +2052,8 @@ pub fn setScreenSize(
                 break :init id_init;
             };
             desc.setProperty("pixelFormat", @intFromEnum(mtl.MTLPixelFormat.bgra8unorm));
-            desc.setProperty("width", @as(c_ulong, @intCast(dim.width)));
-            desc.setProperty("height", @as(c_ulong, @intCast(dim.height)));
+            desc.setProperty("width", @as(c_ulong, @intCast(size.screen.width)));
+            desc.setProperty("height", @as(c_ulong, @intCast(size.screen.height)));
             desc.setProperty(
                 "usage",
                 @intFromEnum(mtl.MTLTextureUsage.render_target) |
@@ -2127,8 +2082,8 @@ pub fn setScreenSize(
                 break :init id_init;
             };
             desc.setProperty("pixelFormat", @intFromEnum(mtl.MTLPixelFormat.bgra8unorm));
-            desc.setProperty("width", @as(c_ulong, @intCast(dim.width)));
-            desc.setProperty("height", @as(c_ulong, @intCast(dim.height)));
+            desc.setProperty("width", @as(c_ulong, @intCast(size.screen.width)));
+            desc.setProperty("height", @as(c_ulong, @intCast(size.screen.height)));
             desc.setProperty(
                 "usage",
                 @intFromEnum(mtl.MTLTextureUsage.render_target) |
@@ -2148,7 +2103,7 @@ pub fn setScreenSize(
         };
     }
 
-    log.debug("screen size screen={} grid={}, cell_width={} cell_height={}", .{ dim, grid_size, self.grid_metrics.cell_width, self.grid_metrics.cell_height });
+    log.debug("screen size size={}", .{size});
 }
 
 /// Convert the terminal state to GPU cells stored in CPU memory. These
diff --git a/src/renderer/Options.zig b/src/renderer/Options.zig
index 8c68affe8..d1f0f7996 100644
--- a/src/renderer/Options.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/Options.zig
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ config: renderer.Renderer.DerivedConfig,
 /// The font grid that should be used along with the key for deref-ing.
 font_grid: *font.SharedGrid,
 
-/// Padding options for the viewport.
-padding: Padding,
+/// The size of everything.
+size: renderer.Size,
 
 /// The mailbox for sending the surface messages. This is only valid
 /// once the thread has started and should not be used outside of the thread.
diff --git a/src/renderer/Thread.zig b/src/renderer/Thread.zig
index 8c4be3c60..91e355480 100644
--- a/src/renderer/Thread.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/Thread.zig
@@ -371,10 +371,7 @@ fn drainMailbox(self: *Thread) !void {
                 self.renderer.markDirty();
             },
 
-            .resize => |v| try self.renderer.setScreenSize(
-                v.screen,
-                v.padding,
-            ),
+            .resize => |v| try self.renderer.setScreenSize(v),
 
             .change_config => |config| {
                 defer config.alloc.destroy(config.thread);