diff --git a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Message.cs b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Message.cs
index 57cb173..7ca4d03 100644
--- a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Message.cs
+++ b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Message.cs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ private void ClearHeaders()
             return null;
         }
 
-        headerFieldLength = (uint)ProtocolConstants.Align((int)headerFieldLength, DBusType.Struct);
+        headerFieldLength = (uint)ProtocolConstants.Align((int)headerFieldLength, ProtocolConstants.StructAlignment);
 
         long totalLength = seqReader.Consumed + headerFieldLength + bodyLength;
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ private void ParseHeader(UnixFdCollection? handles, bool isMonitor)
         var reader = new Reader(IsBigEndian, _data.AsReadOnlySequence);
         reader.Advance(HeaderFieldsLengthOffset);
 
-        ArrayEnd headersEnd = reader.ReadArrayStart(DBusType.Struct);
+        ArrayEnd headersEnd = reader.ReadArrayStart(ProtocolConstants.StructAlignment);
         while (reader.HasNext(headersEnd))
         {
             MessageHeader hdrType = (MessageHeader)reader.ReadByte();
diff --git a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Basic.cs b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Basic.cs
index 0e527dc..bdf3da9 100644
--- a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Basic.cs
+++ b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Basic.cs
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@ public ref partial struct MessageWriter
 
     public void WriteBool(bool value) => WriteUInt32(value ? 1u : 0u);
 
-    public void WriteByte(byte value) => WritePrimitiveCore<byte>(value, DBusType.Byte);
+    public void WriteByte(byte value) => WritePrimitiveCore<byte>(value);
 
-    public void WriteInt16(short value) => WritePrimitiveCore<Int16>(value, DBusType.Int16);
+    public void WriteInt16(short value) => WritePrimitiveCore<Int16>(value);
 
-    public void WriteUInt16(ushort value) => WritePrimitiveCore<UInt16>(value, DBusType.UInt16);
+    public void WriteUInt16(ushort value) => WritePrimitiveCore<UInt16>(value);
 
-    public void WriteInt32(int value) => WritePrimitiveCore<Int32>(value, DBusType.Int32);
+    public void WriteInt32(int value) => WritePrimitiveCore<Int32>(value);
 
-    public void WriteUInt32(uint value) => WritePrimitiveCore<UInt32>(value, DBusType.UInt32);
+    public void WriteUInt32(uint value) => WritePrimitiveCore<UInt32>(value);
 
-    public void WriteInt64(long value) => WritePrimitiveCore<Int64>(value, DBusType.Int64);
+    public void WriteInt64(long value) => WritePrimitiveCore<Int64>(value);
 
-    public void WriteUInt64(ulong value) => WritePrimitiveCore<UInt64>(value, DBusType.UInt64);
+    public void WriteUInt64(ulong value) => WritePrimitiveCore<UInt64>(value);
 
-    public void WriteDouble(double value) => WritePrimitiveCore<double>(value, DBusType.Double);
+    public void WriteDouble(double value) => WritePrimitiveCore<double>(value);
 
     public void WriteString(scoped ReadOnlySpan<byte> value) => WriteStringCore(value);
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ private void WriteStringCore(scoped ReadOnlySpan<byte> span)
 
     private void WriteStringCore(string s)
     {
-        WritePadding(DBusType.UInt32);
+        WritePadding(ProtocolConstants.UInt32Alignment);
         Span<byte> lengthSpan = GetSpan(4);
         Advance(4);
         int bytesWritten = WriteRaw(s);
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ private void WriteStringCore(string s)
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    private void WritePrimitiveCore<T>(T value, DBusType type)
+    private void WritePrimitiveCore<T>(T value)
     {
-        WritePadding(type);
-        int length = ProtocolConstants.GetFixedTypeLength(type);
+        int length = Marshal.SizeOf<T>();
+        WritePadding(length);
         var span = GetSpan(length);
         Unsafe.WriteUnaligned<T>(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(span), value);
         Advance(length);
diff --git a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Dictionary.cs b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Dictionary.cs
index c5305f8..d1e2278 100644
--- a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Dictionary.cs
+++ b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Dictionary.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace Tmds.DBus.Protocol;
 public ref partial struct MessageWriter
 {
     public ArrayStart WriteDictionaryStart()
-        => WriteArrayStart(DBusType.Struct);
+        => WriteArrayStart(ProtocolConstants.StructAlignment);
 
     public void WriteDictionaryEnd(ArrayStart start)
         => WriteArrayEnd(start);
diff --git a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Header.cs b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Header.cs
index e9e10a5..f00b973 100644
--- a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Header.cs
+++ b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.Header.cs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public void WriteSignalHeader(
     private void WriteHeaderEnd(ArrayStart start)
     {
         WriteArrayEnd(start);
-        WritePadding(DBusType.Struct);
+        WritePadding(ProtocolConstants.StructAlignment);
     }
 
     private ArrayStart WriteHeaderStart(MessageType type, MessageFlags flags)
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ private ArrayStart WriteHeaderStart(MessageType type, MessageFlags flags)
         Debug.Assert(_offset == SerialOffset + 4);
 
         // headers
-        ArrayStart start = WriteArrayStart(DBusType.Struct);
+        ArrayStart start = WriteArrayStart(ProtocolConstants.StructAlignment);
 
         // UnixFds
         WriteStructureStart();
diff --git a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.IntrospectionXml.cs b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.IntrospectionXml.cs
index d343592..cf2ff5d 100644
--- a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.IntrospectionXml.cs
+++ b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.IntrospectionXml.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ internal void WriteIntrospectionXml(
         scoped ReadOnlySpan<string> childNames,
         IEnumerable<string>? childNamesEnumerable)
     {
-        WritePadding(DBusType.UInt32);
+        WritePadding(ProtocolConstants.UInt32Alignment);
         Span<byte> lengthSpan = GetSpan(4);
         Advance(4);
 
diff --git a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.cs b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.cs
index 950c4b6..e06141b 100644
--- a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/MessageWriter.cs
@@ -67,13 +67,16 @@ internal MessageWriter(MessageBufferPool messagePool, uint serial)
     }
 
     public ArrayStart WriteArrayStart(DBusType elementType)
+        => WriteArrayStart(ProtocolConstants.GetTypeAlignment(elementType));
+
+    private ArrayStart WriteArrayStart(int alignment)
     {
         // Array length.
-        WritePadding(DBusType.UInt32);
+        WritePadding(ProtocolConstants.UInt32Alignment);
         Span<byte> lengthSpan = GetSpan(4);
         Advance(4);
 
-        WritePadding(elementType);
+        WritePadding(alignment);
 
         return new ArrayStart(lengthSpan, _offset);
     }
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ public void WriteArrayEnd(ArrayStart start)
 
     public void WriteStructureStart()
     {
-        WritePadding(DBusType.Struct);
+        WritePadding(ProtocolConstants.StructAlignment);
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
@@ -96,16 +99,6 @@ private void Advance(int count)
         _span = _span.Slice(count);
     }
 
-    private void WritePadding(DBusType type)
-    {
-        int pad = ProtocolConstants.GetPadding(_offset, type);
-        if (pad != 0)
-        {
-            GetSpan(pad).Slice(0, pad).Fill(0);
-            Advance(pad);
-        }
-    }
-
     private void WritePadding(int alignment)
     {
         int pad = ProtocolConstants.GetPadding(_offset, alignment);
diff --git a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/ProtocolConstants.cs b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/ProtocolConstants.cs
index 085795f..b9d0537 100644
--- a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/ProtocolConstants.cs
+++ b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/ProtocolConstants.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ static class ProtocolConstants
     public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> SignatureSignature => new byte[] { (byte)'g' };
     public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> VariantSignature => new byte[] { (byte)'v' };
 
+    public const int StructAlignment = 8;
+    public const int UInt32Alignment = 4;
+
     private static ReadOnlySpan<byte> SingleTypes => new byte[] { (byte)'y', (byte)'b', (byte)'n', (byte)'q', (byte)'i', (byte)'u', (byte)'x', (byte)'t', (byte)'d', (byte)'h', (byte)'s', (byte)'o', (byte)'g', (byte)'v' };
 
     public static bool IsSingleCompleteType(byte b)
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ public static int GetTypeAlignment(DBusType type)
             case DBusType.Int16: return 2;
             case DBusType.UInt16: return 2;
             case DBusType.Int32: return 4;
-            case DBusType.UInt32: return 4;
+            case DBusType.UInt32: return UInt32Alignment;
             case DBusType.Int64: return 8;
             case DBusType.UInt64: return 8;
             case DBusType.Double: return 8;
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ public static int GetTypeAlignment(DBusType type)
             case DBusType.ObjectPath: return 4;
             case DBusType.Signature: return 4;
             case DBusType.Array: return 4;
-            case DBusType.Struct: return 8;
+            case DBusType.Struct: return StructAlignment;
             case DBusType.Variant: return 1;
             case DBusType.DictEntry: return 8;
             case DBusType.UnixFd: return 4;
@@ -55,35 +58,9 @@ public static int GetTypeAlignment(DBusType type)
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    public static int GetFixedTypeLength(DBusType type)
-    {
-        switch (type)
-        {
-            case DBusType.Byte: return 1;
-            case DBusType.Bool: return 4;
-            case DBusType.Int16: return 2;
-            case DBusType.UInt16: return 2;
-            case DBusType.Int32: return 4;
-            case DBusType.UInt32: return 4;
-            case DBusType.Int64: return 8;
-            case DBusType.UInt64: return 8;
-            case DBusType.Double: return 8;
-            case DBusType.UnixFd: return 4;
-            default: return 0;
-        }
-    }
-
-    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    public static int Align(int offset, DBusType type)
-    {
-        return offset + GetPadding(offset, type);
-    }
-
-    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    public static int GetPadding(int offset, DBusType type)
+    public static int Align(int offset, int alignment)
     {
-        int alignment = GetTypeAlignment(type);
-        return GetPadding(offset ,alignment);
+        return offset + GetPadding(offset, alignment);
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
diff --git a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.Basic.cs b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.Basic.cs
index 119c8c1..6727308 100644
--- a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.Basic.cs
+++ b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.Basic.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public ushort ReadUInt16()
 
     public short ReadInt16()
     {
-        AlignReader(DBusType.Int16);
+        AlignReader(alignment: 2);
         bool dataRead = _isBigEndian ? _reader.TryReadBigEndian(out short rv) : _reader.TryReadLittleEndian(out rv);
         if (!dataRead)
         {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public uint ReadUInt32()
 
     public int ReadInt32()
     {
-        AlignReader(DBusType.Int32);
+        AlignReader(alignment: 4);
         bool dataRead = _isBigEndian ? _reader.TryReadBigEndian(out int rv) : _reader.TryReadLittleEndian(out rv);
         if (!dataRead)
         {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public ulong ReadUInt64()
 
     public long ReadInt64()
     {
-        AlignReader(DBusType.Int64);
+        AlignReader(alignment: 8);
         bool dataRead = _isBigEndian ? _reader.TryReadBigEndian(out long rv) : _reader.TryReadLittleEndian(out rv);
         if (!dataRead)
         {
diff --git a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.Dictionary.cs b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.Dictionary.cs
index 9b794a9..6311dcb 100644
--- a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.Dictionary.cs
+++ b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.Dictionary.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Tmds.DBus.Protocol;
 public ref partial struct Reader
 {
     public ArrayEnd ReadDictionaryStart()
-        => ReadArrayStart(DBusType.Struct);
+        => ReadArrayStart(ProtocolConstants.StructAlignment);
 
     // Read method for the common 'a{sv}' type.
     [UnconditionalSuppressMessage("ReflectionAnalysis", "IL2026")] // It's safe to call ReadDictionary with these types.
diff --git a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.cs b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.cs
index 2289dbc..3023774 100644
--- a/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.cs
+++ b/src/Tmds.DBus.Protocol/Reader.cs
@@ -24,16 +24,8 @@ internal Reader(bool isBigEndian, ReadOnlySequence<byte> sequence, UnixFdCollect
         _handleCount = handleCount;
     }
 
-    public void AlignStruct() => AlignReader(DBusType.Struct);
-
-    private void AlignReader(DBusType type)
-    {
-        long pad = ProtocolConstants.GetPadding((int)_reader.Consumed, type);
-        if (pad != 0)
-        {
-            _reader.Advance(pad);
-        }
-    }
+    public void AlignStruct()
+        => AlignReader(ProtocolConstants.StructAlignment);
 
     private void AlignReader(int alignment)
     {
@@ -45,17 +37,20 @@ private void AlignReader(int alignment)
     }
 
     public ArrayEnd ReadArrayStart(DBusType elementType)
+        => ReadArrayStart(ProtocolConstants.GetTypeAlignment(elementType));
+
+    internal ArrayEnd ReadArrayStart(int alignment)
     {
         uint arrayLength = ReadUInt32();
-        AlignReader(elementType);
+        AlignReader(alignment);
         int endOfArray = (int)(_reader.Consumed + arrayLength);
-        return new ArrayEnd(elementType, endOfArray);
+        return new ArrayEnd(alignment, endOfArray);
     }
 
     public bool HasNext(ArrayEnd iterator)
     {
         int consumed = (int)_reader.Consumed;
-        int nextElement = ProtocolConstants.Align(consumed, iterator.Type);
+        int nextElement = ProtocolConstants.Align(consumed, iterator.Alignment);
         if (nextElement >= iterator.EndOfArray)
         {
             return false;
@@ -77,12 +72,12 @@ public void SkipTo(ArrayEnd end)
 
 public ref struct ArrayEnd
 {
-    internal readonly DBusType Type;
+    internal readonly int Alignment;
     internal readonly int EndOfArray;
 
-    internal ArrayEnd(DBusType type, int endOfArray)
+    internal ArrayEnd(int alignment, int endOfArray)
     {
-        Type = type;
+        Alignment = alignment;
         EndOfArray = endOfArray;
     }
 }
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