diff --git a/src/SixLabors.Fonts/TextMeasurer.cs b/src/SixLabors.Fonts/TextMeasurer.cs
index fdc6a36a..41785917 100644
--- a/src/SixLabors.Fonts/TextMeasurer.cs
+++ b/src/SixLabors.Fonts/TextMeasurer.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,24 @@ public static FontRectangle MeasureBounds(ReadOnlySpan<char> text, TextOptions o
         public static bool TryMeasureCharacterBounds(ReadOnlySpan<char> text, TextOptions options, out GlyphBounds[] characterBounds)
             => TextMeasurerInt.Default.TryMeasureCharacterBounds(text, options, out characterBounds);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the number of lines contained within the text.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="text">The text.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The style.</param>
+        /// <returns>The line count.</returns>
+        public static int CountLines(string text, TextOptions options)
+            => TextMeasurerInt.Default.CountLines(text.AsSpan(), options);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the number of lines contained within the text.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="text">The text.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The style.</param>
+        /// <returns>The line count.</returns>
+        public static int CountLines(ReadOnlySpan<char> text, TextOptions options)
+            => TextMeasurerInt.Default.CountLines(text, options);
+
         internal static FontRectangle GetSize(IReadOnlyList<GlyphLayout> glyphLayouts, float dpi)
         {
             if (glyphLayouts.Count == 0)
@@ -195,6 +213,20 @@ internal FontRectangle Measure(ReadOnlySpan<char> text, TextOptions options)
 
                 return GetSize(glyphsToRender, options.Dpi);
             }
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Gets the number of lines contained within the text.
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <param name="text">The text.</param>
+            /// <param name="options">The style.</param>
+            /// <returns>The line count.</returns>
+            internal int CountLines(ReadOnlySpan<char> text, TextOptions options)
+            {
+                IReadOnlyList<GlyphLayout> glyphsToRender = this.layoutEngine.GenerateLayout(text, options);
+                int usedLines = glyphsToRender.Count(x => x.IsStartOfLine);
+
+                return usedLines;
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/SixLabors.Fonts.Tests/TextLayoutTests.cs b/tests/SixLabors.Fonts.Tests/TextLayoutTests.cs
index 8b124c4d..00c318ca 100644
--- a/tests/SixLabors.Fonts.Tests/TextLayoutTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SixLabors.Fonts.Tests/TextLayoutTests.cs
@@ -334,6 +334,51 @@ public void MeasureTextLeadingFraction()
             Assert.NotEqual(FontRectangle.Empty, measurement);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("hello world", 1)]
+        [InlineData("hello world\nhello world", 2)]
+        [InlineData("hello world\nhello world\nhello world", 3)]
+        public void CountLines(string text, int usedLines)
+        {
+            Font font = CreateFont(text);
+            int count = TextMeasurer.CountLines(text, new TextOptions(font) { Dpi = font.FontMetrics.ScaleFactor });
+
+            Assert.Equal(usedLines, count);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CountLinesWithSpan()
+        {
+            Font font = CreateFont("hello\n!");
+
+            Span<char> text = stackalloc char[]
+            {
+                'h',
+                'e',
+                'l',
+                'l',
+                'o',
+                '\n',
+                '!'
+            };
+            int count = TextMeasurer.CountLines(text, new TextOptions(font) { Dpi = font.FontMetrics.ScaleFactor });
+
+            Assert.Equal(2, count);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("This is a long and Honorificabilitudinitatibus califragilisticexpialidocious", 25, 7)]
+        [InlineData("This is a long and Honorificabilitudinitatibus califragilisticexpialidocious", 50, 7)]
+        [InlineData("This is a long and Honorificabilitudinitatibus califragilisticexpialidocious", 100, 6)]
+        [InlineData("This is a long and Honorificabilitudinitatibus califragilisticexpialidocious", 200, 6)]
+        public void CountLinesWrappingLength(string text, int wrappingLength, int usedLines)
+        {
+            Font font = CreateFont(text);
+            int count = TextMeasurer.CountLines(text, new TextOptions(font) { Dpi = font.FontMetrics.ScaleFactor, WrappingLength = wrappingLength });
+
+            Assert.Equal(usedLines, count);
+        }
+
         public static Font CreateFont(string text)
         {
             var fc = (IFontMetricsCollection)new FontCollection();