diff --git a/src/main.c3 b/src/main.c3
index dc833e0..7dbc648 100644
--- a/src/main.c3
+++ b/src/main.c3
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn int main(String[] args)
 {
 	ugui::Ctx ui;
 	ui.init()!!;
-	ui.font.load("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/FreeSans.ttf", 16)!!;
+	ui.font.load("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/FreeSans.ttf", 16, scale: 1.5)!!;
 
 	short width = 800;
 	short height = 450;
@@ -168,10 +168,16 @@ fn int main(String[] args)
 				};
 				rl::Vector2 position = {
 					.x = cmd.sprite.rect.x,
-					.y = (float)cmd.sprite.rect.y - cmd.sprite.rect.h,
+					.y = cmd.sprite.rect.y,
 				};
 				
 				rl::draw_texture_rec(font_texture, source, position, rl::WHITE);
+				//rl::draw_rectangle(cmd.sprite.rect.x,
+				//    cmd.sprite.rect.y,
+				//    cmd.sprite.rect.w,
+				//    cmd.sprite.rect.h,
+				//    rl::WHITE
+				//);
 			default:
 				io::printfn("Unknown cmd type: %s", cmd.type);
 			}
diff --git a/src/ugui_font.c3 b/src/ugui_font.c3
index 350f7ca..f188fbb 100644
--- a/src/ugui_font.c3
+++ b/src/ugui_font.c3
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module ugui;
 import schrift;
 import std::collections::map;
 import std::core::mem;
+import std::io;
 
 // unicode code point, different type for a different hash
 def Codepoint = uint;
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ def Codepoint = uint;
  *   |       |oy   |   | |
  *   |       v     |   | |
  *   |      .ii.   |   | |
- *   |     @@@@@@. |<->| |
- *   |    V@Mio@@o |adv| |h
- *   |    :i.  V@V |   | |
+ *   |     @@@@@@. |   | |
+ *   |    V@Mio@@o |   | |
+ *   |    :i.  V@V |   | h
  *   |      :oM@@M |   | |
  *   |    :@@@MM@M |   | |
  *   |    @@o  o@M |   | |
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ def Codepoint = uint;
  *   |ox  @@@o@@@@ |   | |
  *   |    :M@@V:@@.|   | v
  *   +-------------*---+ -
- *   |<------------->|
- *           w
+ *   |<---- w ---->|
+ *   |<------ adv ---->|
  */
 struct Glyph {
 	Codepoint code;
@@ -137,11 +138,12 @@ fn void! Font.load(&font, String path, uint height, float scale = 1)
 	font.ascender  = (float)lmetrics.ascender;
 	font.descender = (float)lmetrics.descender;
 	font.linegap   = (float)lmetrics.lineGap;
+	//io::printfn("ascender:%d, descender:%d, linegap:%d", font.ascender, font.descender, font.linegap);
 
 	// TODO: allocate buffer based on FONT_CACHED and the size of a sample letter
 	//       like the letter 'A'
 	font.atlas = mem::new_array(AtlasBW, 1);
-	ushort size = (ushort)font.size*512;
+	ushort size = (ushort)font.size*256;
 	font.atlas[0].new(size, size)!;
 	
 	// preallocate the ASCII range
@@ -191,9 +193,11 @@ fn Glyph*! Font.get_glyph(&font, Codepoint code, bool* is_new = null)
 	glyph.code = code;
 	glyph.w = (ushort)img.width;
 	glyph.h = (ushort)img.height;
-	glyph.ox = (short)-gmtx.leftSideBearing;
-	glyph.oy = (short)-gmtx.yOffset;
+	glyph.ox = (short)gmtx.leftSideBearing;
+	glyph.oy = (short)gmtx.yOffset;
 	glyph.adv = (short)gmtx.advanceWidth;
+	//io::printfn("code=%c, w=%d, h=%d, ox=%d, oy=%d, adv=%d",
+	//    glyph.code, glyph.w, glyph.h, glyph.ox, glyph.oy, glyph.adv);
 
 	Point uv = font.atlas[0].place(pixels, glyph.w, glyph.h)!;
 	glyph.idx = 0;
diff --git a/src/ugui_text.c3 b/src/ugui_text.c3
index 1e6cb29..f60eff5 100644
--- a/src/ugui_text.c3
+++ b/src/ugui_text.c3
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ fn void! Ctx.text_unbounded(&ctx, String label, String text)
 	// this resets the flags
 	c_elem.type     = ETYPE_TEXT;
 
+	short line_height = (short)ctx.font.ascender - (short)ctx.font.descender;
+	short baseline = (short)ctx.font.ascender;
 	bool update_atlas;
 	// if the element is new or the parent was updated then redo layout
 	if (c_elem.flags.is_new || parent.flags.updated) {
@@ -26,8 +28,8 @@ fn void! Ctx.text_unbounded(&ctx, String label, String text)
 			Codepoint cp = (Codepoint)c;
 			bool n;
 			gp = ctx.font.get_glyph(cp, &n)!;
-			text_size.w += gp.w + gp.ox + gp.adv;
-			text_size.h += gp.h + gp.oy;
+			text_size.w += gp.adv;
+			text_size.h += line_height;
 			if (n) { update_atlas = true; }
 		}
 		
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ fn void! Ctx.text_unbounded(&ctx, String label, String text)
 			.type = CMD_SPRITE,
 			.sprite.rect = {
 				.x = orig.x + gp.ox,
-				.y = orig.y + gp.oy,
+				.y = orig.y + gp.oy + baseline,
 				.w = gp.w,
 				.h = gp.h,
 			},
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ fn void! Ctx.text_unbounded(&ctx, String label, String text)
 				.h = gp.h,
 			},
 		};
-		orig.x += gp.w + gp.ox;
+		orig.x += gp.adv;
 		ctx.cmd_queue.enqueue(&cmd)!;
 	}
 }