diff --git a/include/components/renderer.hpp b/include/components/renderer.hpp
index 69268d30..77e20837 100644
--- a/include/components/renderer.hpp
+++ b/include/components/renderer.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "cairo/fwd.hpp"
 #include "common.hpp"
+#include "components/renderer_interface.hpp"
 #include "components/types.hpp"
 #include "events/signal_fwd.hpp"
 #include "events/signal_receiver.hpp"
@@ -32,12 +33,12 @@ struct alignment_block {
 };
 
 class renderer
-    : public signal_receiver<SIGN_PRIORITY_RENDERER, signals::ui::request_snapshot, signals::parser::change_background,
+    : public renderer_interface,
+      public signal_receiver<SIGN_PRIORITY_RENDERER, signals::ui::request_snapshot, signals::parser::change_background,
           signals::parser::change_foreground, signals::parser::change_underline, signals::parser::change_overline,
           signals::parser::change_font, signals::parser::change_alignment, signals::parser::reverse_colors,
-          signals::parser::offset_pixel, signals::parser::attribute_set, signals::parser::attribute_unset,
-          signals::parser::attribute_toggle, signals::parser::action_begin, signals::parser::action_end,
-          signals::parser::text, signals::parser::control> {
+          signals::parser::attribute_set, signals::parser::attribute_unset, signals::parser::attribute_toggle,
+          signals::parser::action_begin, signals::parser::action_end, signals::parser::text, signals::parser::control> {
  public:
   using make_type = unique_ptr<renderer>;
   static make_type make(const bar_settings& bar);
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ class renderer
   void fill_borders();
   void draw_text(const string& contents);
 
+  void render_offset(const tags::context& ctxt, int pixels) override;
+
  protected:
   double block_x(alignment a) const;
   double block_y(alignment a) const;
@@ -79,7 +82,6 @@ class renderer
   bool on(const signals::parser::change_font& evt) override;
   bool on(const signals::parser::change_alignment& evt) override;
   bool on(const signals::parser::reverse_colors&) override;
-  bool on(const signals::parser::offset_pixel& evt) override;
   bool on(const signals::parser::attribute_set& evt) override;
   bool on(const signals::parser::attribute_unset& evt) override;
   bool on(const signals::parser::attribute_toggle& evt) override;
diff --git a/include/components/renderer_interface.hpp b/include/components/renderer_interface.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8adf94d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/components/renderer_interface.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "common.hpp"
+#include "tags/context.hpp"
+POLYBAR_NS
+
+class renderer_interface {
+ public:
+  virtual void render_offset(const tags::context& ctxt, int pixels) = 0;
+};
+
+POLYBAR_NS_END
diff --git a/include/events/signal.hpp b/include/events/signal.hpp
index 45c34f05..7cc09691 100644
--- a/include/events/signal.hpp
+++ b/include/events/signal.hpp
@@ -153,9 +153,6 @@ namespace signals {
     struct reverse_colors : public detail::base_signal<reverse_colors> {
       using base_type::base_type;
     };
-    struct offset_pixel : public detail::value_signal<offset_pixel, int> {
-      using base_type::base_type;
-    };
     struct attribute_set : public detail::value_signal<attribute_set, tags::attribute> {
       using base_type::base_type;
     };
diff --git a/include/events/signal_fwd.hpp b/include/events/signal_fwd.hpp
index f2efba98..790625a4 100644
--- a/include/events/signal_fwd.hpp
+++ b/include/events/signal_fwd.hpp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ namespace signals {
     struct change_font;
     struct change_alignment;
     struct reverse_colors;
-    struct offset_pixel;
     struct attribute_set;
     struct attribute_unset;
     struct attribute_toggle;
diff --git a/include/tags/context.hpp b/include/tags/context.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..174ffe88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/tags/context.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common.hpp"
+
+POLYBAR_NS
+
+namespace tags {
+  class context {};
+}  // namespace tags
+
+POLYBAR_NS_END
diff --git a/include/tags/dispatch.hpp b/include/tags/dispatch.hpp
index fc0fc7a7..7a022abb 100644
--- a/include/tags/dispatch.hpp
+++ b/include/tags/dispatch.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "common.hpp"
+#include "components/renderer_interface.hpp"
 #include "errors.hpp"
 
 POLYBAR_NS
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ namespace tags {
     static make_type make();
 
     explicit dispatch(signal_emitter& emitter, const logger& logger);
-    void parse(const bar_settings& bar, string data);
+    void parse(const bar_settings& bar, renderer_interface&, string data);
 
    protected:
     void text(string&& data);
diff --git a/src/components/bar.cpp b/src/components/bar.cpp
index ed3c4c59..9224f6f2 100644
--- a/src/components/bar.cpp
+++ b/src/components/bar.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void bar::parse(string&& data, bool force) {
   m_renderer->begin(rect);
 
   try {
-    m_dispatch->parse(settings(), data);
+    m_dispatch->parse(settings(), *m_renderer, data);
   } catch (const exception& err) {
     m_log.err("Failed to parse contents (reason: %s)", err.what());
   }
diff --git a/src/components/renderer.cpp b/src/components/renderer.cpp
index 394e644f..c6b84540 100644
--- a/src/components/renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/components/renderer.cpp
@@ -711,6 +711,11 @@ void renderer::draw_text(const string& contents) {
   }
 }
 
+void renderer::render_offset(const tags::context&, int pixels) {
+  m_log.trace_x("renderer: offset_pixel(%f)", pixels);
+  m_blocks[m_align].x += pixels;
+}
+
 /**
  * Colorize the bounding box of created action blocks
  */
@@ -813,12 +818,6 @@ bool renderer::on(const signals::parser::reverse_colors&) {
   return true;
 }
 
-bool renderer::on(const signals::parser::offset_pixel& evt) {
-  m_log.trace_x("renderer: offset_pixel(%f)", evt.cast());
-  m_blocks[m_align].x += evt.cast();
-  return true;
-}
-
 bool renderer::on(const signals::parser::attribute_set& evt) {
   m_log.trace_x("renderer: attribute_set(%i)", static_cast<int>(evt.cast()));
   m_attr.set(static_cast<int>(evt.cast()), true);
diff --git a/src/tags/dispatch.cpp b/src/tags/dispatch.cpp
index 82f49ca3..514fa492 100644
--- a/src/tags/dispatch.cpp
+++ b/src/tags/dispatch.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace tags {
   /**
    * Process input string
    */
-  void dispatch::parse(const bar_settings& bar, string data) {
+  void dispatch::parse(const bar_settings& bar, renderer_interface& renderer, string data) {
     tags::parser p;
     p.set(std::move(data));
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace tags {
                 m_sig.emit(change_font{el.tag_data.font});
                 break;
               case tags::syntaxtag::O:
-                m_sig.emit(offset_pixel{el.tag_data.offset});
+                renderer.render_offset(tags::context{}, el.tag_data.offset);
                 break;
               case tags::syntaxtag::R:
                 m_sig.emit(reverse_colors{});