diff --git a/packages/display/src/displays/webgl/buffer/addText.ts b/packages/display/src/displays/webgl/buffer/addText.ts
index 5fc11e19b..67832f17b 100644
--- a/packages/display/src/displays/webgl/buffer/addText.ts
+++ b/packages/display/src/displays/webgl/buffer/addText.ts
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ import {TextStyle} from '@here/xyz-maps-core';
 const EXTENT_SCALE = 64;
 
 const ANCHOR_OFFSET: Record<TextStyle['textAnchor'], { x: number, y: number }> = {
-    Center: {x: .5, y: 1},
-    Left: {x: 0, y: 1},
-    Right: {x: 1, y: 1},
-    Top: {x: .5, y: 0},
-    TopLeft: {x: 0, y: 0},
-    TopRight: {x: 1, y: 0},
-    Bottom: {x: .5, y: 2},
-    BottomLeft: {x: 0, y: 2},
-    BottomRight: {x: 1, y: 2}
+    Center: {x: .5, y: 0},
+    Left: {x: 0, y: 0},
+    Right: {x: 1, y: 0},
+    Top: {x: .5, y: -1},
+    TopLeft: {x: 0., y: -1},
+    TopRight: {x: 1, y: -1},
+    Bottom: {x: .5, y: 1},
+    BottomLeft: {x: 0, y: 1},
+    BottomRight: {x: 1, y: 1}
 };
 
 const addText = (
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ const addText = (
     const lineOffset = lines.length - 1;
     const lineHeight = glyphAtlas.lineHeight;
     const anchorOffset = ANCHOR_OFFSET[textAnchor] || ANCHOR_OFFSET.Center;
-    let ty = (glyphAtlas.baselineOffset + lineHeight * lineOffset * .5) * OFFSET_SCALE * anchorOffset.y;
+    // let ty = glyphAtlas.baselineOffset + lineHeight * lineOffset * .5;
+    // ty += lineHeight * lines.length * anchorOffset.y * .5;
+    let ty = glyphAtlas.baselineOffset + 0.5 * lineHeight * (lineOffset + lines.length * anchorOffset.y);
+    ty *= OFFSET_SCALE;
 
     // LSB defines visibility, visible by default
     cx = cx * EXTENT_SCALE << 1 | 1;