diff --git a/korge-sandbox/src/Main.kt b/korge-sandbox/src/Main.kt
index 1277c92ad..3b5012493 100644
--- a/korge-sandbox/src/Main.kt
+++ b/korge-sandbox/src/Main.kt
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ suspend fun main() = Korge(
         //Demo(::MainMasks),
         //Demo(::MainShape2dScene),
         //Demo(::MainUIStacks),
-        Demo(::MainAudioScene),
+        Demo(::MainTextBounds2),
+        //Demo(::MainAudioScene),
         //Demo(::MainAsteroids),
         //Demo(::MainSprites10k),
         //Demo(::MainStressMatrixMultiplication),
diff --git a/korge-sandbox/src/samples/MainTextBounds2.kt b/korge-sandbox/src/samples/MainTextBounds2.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed8f8e518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/korge-sandbox/src/samples/MainTextBounds2.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package samples
+
+import korlibs.image.color.*
+import korlibs.image.font.*
+import korlibs.image.text.*
+import korlibs.korge.scene.*
+import korlibs.korge.view.*
+import korlibs.math.geom.*
+
+class MainTextBounds2 : Scene() {
+    override suspend fun SContainer.sceneMain() {
+        for ((tbindex, withTextBounds) in listOf(true, false).withIndex()) {
+            for ((tindex, text) in listOf("hello world", "hello\nworld").withIndex()) {
+                for ((findex, font) in listOf(DefaultTtfFontAsBitmap, DefaultTtfFont).withIndex()) {
+                    for ((hindex, horizontal) in listOf(HorizontalAlign.LEFT, HorizontalAlign.CENTER, HorizontalAlign.RIGHT, HorizontalAlign.JUSTIFY).withIndex()) {
+                        for ((vindex, vertical) in listOf(VerticalAlign.TOP, VerticalAlign.CENTER, VerticalAlign.BOTTOM, VerticalAlign.BASELINE).withIndex()) {
+                            val textColor = if (findex == 0) Colors.RED else Colors.GREEN
+                            container {
+                                val W = 70
+                                val H = 60
+                                val PAD = 6
+                                position(
+                                    10 + (W + PAD) * (hindex) + ((findex + (tindex * 2.1)) * ((W + PAD + 2) * 4)),
+                                    10 + (H + PAD) * vindex + (tbindex * ((H + PAD + 4) * 4))
+                                )
+                                if (withTextBounds) {
+                                    solidRect(Size(W, H), Colors.DIMGREY)
+                                    text(text, alignment = TextAlignment(horizontal, vertical), color = textColor, font = font, textSize = 10) {
+                                        this.setTextBounds(Rectangle(0, 0, W, H))
+                                    }
+                                } else {
+                                    line(Point(-4, 0), Point(+4, 0), Colors.DIMGREY)
+                                    line(Point(0, -4), Point(0, +4), Colors.DIMGREY)
+                                    text(text, alignment = TextAlignment(horizontal, vertical), color = textColor, font = font, textSize = 10)
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/korge/src/korlibs/korge/view/Text.kt b/korge/src/korlibs/korge/view/Text.kt
index 8c4590fa5..943f1e02f 100644
--- a/korge/src/korlibs/korge/view/Text.kt
+++ b/korge/src/korlibs/korge/view/Text.kt
@@ -309,13 +309,25 @@ open class Text(
                     //println("lineInfos=$lineInfos")
                     //println("Text.BitmapFont: bounds=$bounds, firstBounds=$firstBounds, textWidth=$textWidth, textHeight=$textHeight, verticalAlign=$verticalAlign")
 
-                    //val dx = (-_textBounds.width - textWidth) * horizontalAlign.ratio
-                    val dx = _textBounds.x
-                    val dy: Double = when (verticalAlign) {
-                        VerticalAlign.BASELINE -> 0.0
-                        VerticalAlign.TOP -> firstLineInfos.maxTop
-                        else -> firstLineInfos.maxTop - (totalHeight) * verticalAlign.ratioFake
+                    val dx = when {
+                        autoSize -> _textBounds.x
+                        else -> _textBounds.x + 1 + ((_textBounds.width - textWidth) * horizontalAlign.ratio)
                     }
+                    val dy: Double = when {
+                        autoSize -> {
+                            _textBounds.y + firstLineInfos.maxTop
+                        }
+                        else -> {
+                            when (verticalAlign) {
+                                VerticalAlign.BASELINE -> _textBounds.y
+                                else -> (_textBounds.y + firstLineInfos.maxTop) + ((_textBounds.height - totalHeight) * verticalAlign.ratioFake)
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                    }
+
+
+                    //println("dx=$dx, dy=$dy, totalHeight=$totalHeight, textHeight=$textHeight, textWidth=$textWidth, _textBounds=$_textBounds")
 
                     val program = font.agProgram
                     //val program = null