diff --git a/src/base/ftcalc.c b/src/base/ftcalc.c
index a5bd61491..1ee2e8096 100644
--- a/src/base/ftcalc.c
+++ b/src/base/ftcalc.c
@@ -69,13 +69,15 @@
 
   /* transfer sign, leaving a positive number;                        */
   /* we need an unsigned value to safely negate INT_MIN (or LONG_MIN) */
-#define FT_MOVE_SIGN( x, x_unsigned, s ) \
-  FT_BEGIN_STMNT                         \
-    if ( x < 0 )                         \
-    {                                    \
-      x_unsigned = 0U - (x_unsigned);    \
-      s          = -s;                   \
-    }                                    \
+#define FT_MOVE_SIGN( utype, x, x_unsigned, s ) \
+  FT_BEGIN_STMNT                                \
+    if ( x < 0 )                                \
+    {                                           \
+      x_unsigned = 0U - (utype)x;               \
+      s          = -s;                          \
+    }                                           \
+    else                                        \
+      x_unsigned = (utype)x;                    \
   FT_END_STMNT
 
   /* The following three functions are available regardless of whether */
@@ -179,13 +181,9 @@
     FT_Long    d_;
 
 
-    a = (FT_UInt64)a_;
-    b = (FT_UInt64)b_;
-    c = (FT_UInt64)c_;
-
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( a_, a, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( b_, b, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( c_, c, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt64, a_, a, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt64, b_, b, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt64, c_, c, s );
 
     d = c > 0 ? ( a * b + ( c >> 1 ) ) / c
               : 0x7FFFFFFFUL;
@@ -208,13 +206,9 @@
     FT_Long    d_;
 
 
-    a = (FT_UInt64)a_;
-    b = (FT_UInt64)b_;
-    c = (FT_UInt64)c_;
-
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( a_, a, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( b_, b, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( c_, c, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt64, a_, a, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt64, b_, b, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt64, c_, c, s );
 
     d = c > 0 ? a * b / c
               : 0x7FFFFFFFUL;
@@ -257,11 +251,8 @@
     FT_Long    q_;
 
 
-    a = (FT_UInt64)a_;
-    b = (FT_UInt64)b_;
-
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( a_, a, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( b_, b, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt64, a_, a, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt64, b_, b, s );
 
     q = b > 0 ? ( ( a << 16 ) + ( b >> 1 ) ) / b
               : 0x7FFFFFFFUL;
@@ -422,13 +413,9 @@
 
     /* XXX: this function does not allow 64-bit arguments */
 
-    a = (FT_UInt32)a_;
-    b = (FT_UInt32)b_;
-    c = (FT_UInt32)c_;
-
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( a_, a, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( b_, b, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( c_, c, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, a_, a, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, b_, b, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, c_, c, s );
 
     if ( c == 0 )
       a = 0x7FFFFFFFUL;
@@ -470,13 +457,9 @@
 
     /* XXX: this function does not allow 64-bit arguments */
 
-    a = (FT_UInt32)a_;
-    b = (FT_UInt32)b_;
-    c = (FT_UInt32)c_;
-
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( a_, a, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( b_, b, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( c_, c, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, a_, a, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, b_, b, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, c_, c, s );
 
     if ( c == 0 )
       a = 0x7FFFFFFFUL;
@@ -575,11 +558,8 @@
 
     /* XXX: this function does not allow 64-bit arguments */
 
-    a = (FT_UInt32)a_;
-    b = (FT_UInt32)b_;
-
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( a_, a, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( b_, b, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, a_, a, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, b_, b, s );
 
     if ( a + ( b >> 8 ) <= 8190UL )
       a = ( a * b + 0x8000UL ) >> 16;
@@ -614,11 +594,8 @@
 
     /* XXX: this function does not allow 64-bit arguments */
 
-    a = (FT_UInt32)a_;
-    b = (FT_UInt32)b_;
-
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( a_, a, s );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( b_, b, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, a_, a, s );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, b_, b, s );
 
     if ( b == 0 )
     {
@@ -829,11 +806,8 @@
     FT_Int     sx = 1, sy = 1, shift;
 
 
-    x = (FT_UInt32)x_;
-    y = (FT_UInt32)y_;
-
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( x_, x, sx );
-    FT_MOVE_SIGN( y_, y, sy );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, x_, x, sx );
+    FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, y_, y, sy );
 
     /* trivial cases */
     if ( x == 0 )
@@ -1122,11 +1096,8 @@
       FT_UInt32  factor;
 
 
-      scalar = (FT_UInt32)s[i];
-      factor = (FT_UInt32)f[i];
-
-      FT_MOVE_SIGN( s[i], scalar, sign );
-      FT_MOVE_SIGN( f[i], factor, sign );
+      FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, s[i], scalar, sign );
+      FT_MOVE_SIGN( FT_UInt32, f[i], factor, sign );
 
       ft_multo64( scalar, factor, &multResult );