diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d6661a23..b73663b8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ endif
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 
+# adding cblas
+if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+  deps += dependency('appleframeworks', modules: 'accelerate')
+else
+  deps += dependency('cblas')
+endif
+
 if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
   deps += cc.find_library('asound', required:true)
   deps += [dependency('x11'), dependency('xi'), dependency('xcursor'), dependency('egl'), dependency('gl')]
@@ -59,26 +66,12 @@ if storefront == 'steam'
   deps += dependency('qjs-steam',static:false)
 endif
 
-cmake = import('cmake')
-#cmake_ozz = cmake.subproject('ozz')
-cmake_sdl3 = cmake.subproject('SDL')
-message('CMake targets:\n - ' + '\n - '.join(cmake_sdl3.target_list()))
-sdl3_lib = cmake_sdl3.dependency('SDL3-shared')
-
-#deps += dependency('openblas')
 deps += dependency('qjs-layout',static:true)
 deps += dependency('qjs-nota',static:true)
 deps += dependency('qjs-miniz',static:true)
 deps += dependency('qjs-soloud',static:true)
-deps += sdl3_lib
-
+deps += dependency('sdl3')
 deps += dependency('physfs',static:true)
-#deps += cmake_ozz.dependency('ozz_base')
-#deps += dependency('sdl2_image')
-#deps += dependency('ogg') # for sdl2_mixer
-#deps += dependency('sdl2_mixer')
-#deps += dependency('sdl2_ttf')
-
 
 deps += dependency('threads')
 
diff --git a/scripts/layout.js b/scripts/layout.js
index 9d3a8b87..23319dd3 100644
--- a/scripts/layout.js
+++ b/scripts/layout.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var clay_base = {
   margin:0,
   offset:[0,0],
   size:undefined,
+  background_color: undefined
 };
 
 var root_item;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ clay.normalizeSpacing = function normalizeSpacing(spacing) {
   }
 }
 
-clay.draw = function draw(size, fn)
+clay.draw = function draw(size, fn, config = {})
 {
   lay_ctx.reset();
   boxes = [];
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ clay.draw = function draw(size, fn)
     box.marginbox.y -= margin.t;
     box.marginbox.width += margin.l+margin.r;
     box.marginbox.height += margin.t+margin.b;
+    box.content.y *= -1;
+    box.content.y += size.y;
+    box.boundingbox.y *= -1;
+    box.boundingbox.y += size.y;
     box.content.anchor_y = 1;
     box.boundingbox.anchor_y = 1;
   }
@@ -220,13 +225,10 @@ layout.newframe = function() { hovered = undefined; }
 layout.draw_commands = function draw_commands(cmds, pos = [0,0], mousepos)
 {
   for (var cmd of cmds) {
-    var boundingbox = geometry.rect_move(cmd.boundingbox,pos);
-//    boundingbox.x -= boundingbox.width*pos.anchor_x;
-//    boundingbox.y += boundingbox.height*pos.anchor_y;
-    var content = geometry.rect_move(cmd.content,pos);
-//    content.x -= content.width*pos.anchor_x;
-//    content.y += content.height*pos.anchor_y;
-    var config = cmd.config;
+    var config = cmd.config;  
+    var boundingbox = geometry.rect_move(cmd.boundingbox,pos.add(config.offset));
+    var content = geometry.rect_move(cmd.content,pos.add(config.offset));
+
 
     if (config.hovered && geometry.rect_point_inside(boundingbox, mousepos)) {
       config.hovered.__proto__ = config;
@@ -259,11 +261,7 @@ layout.draw_debug = function draw_debug(cmds, pos = [0,0])
   for (var i = 0; i < cmds.length; i++) {
     var cmd = cmds[i];
     var boundingbox = geometry.rect_move(cmd.boundingbox,pos);
-//    boundingbox.x -= boundingbox.width*pos.anchor_x;
-//    boundingbox.y += boundingbox.height*pos.anchor_y;
     var content = geometry.rect_move(cmd.content,pos);
-//    content.x -= content.width*pos.anchor_x;
-//    content.y += content.height*pos.anchor_y;
     render.rectangle(content, dbg_colors.content);
     render.rectangle(boundingbox, dbg_colors.boundingbox);
 //    render.rectangle(geometry.rect_move(cmd.marginbox,pos), dbg_colors.margin);
diff --git a/scripts/prosperon.js b/scripts/prosperon.js
index ef1377a5..d9fbd64d 100644
--- a/scripts/prosperon.js
+++ b/scripts/prosperon.js
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ prosperon.init = function () {
   };
   if (io.exists("game.js")) global.app = actor.spawn("game.js");
   else global.app = actor.spawn("nogame.js");
-
-  console.log(io.exists("game.js"))
 };
 
 prosperon.release_mode = function () {
diff --git a/scripts/render.js b/scripts/render.js
index b541cc88..75c3054d 100644
--- a/scripts/render.js
+++ b/scripts/render.js
@@ -865,6 +865,8 @@ render.rectangle = function render_rectangle(rect, color = Color.white, shader =
 };
 
 render.text = function text(str, rect, font = cur_font, size = 0, color = Color.white, wrap = -1, ) {
+  if (typeof font === 'string')
+    font = render.get_font(font)
   var mesh = os.make_text_buffer(str, rect, 0, color, wrap, font);
   render._main.geometry(font.texture, mesh);
   return;
@@ -1171,7 +1173,6 @@ render.get_font = function get_font(path,size)
   }
   path = Resources.find_font(path);  
   var fontstr = `${path}.${size}`;
-  console.log(`getting ${fontstr}`);
   if (fontcache[fontstr]) return fontcache[fontstr];
   
   var data = io.slurpbytes(path);
diff --git a/scripts/std.js b/scripts/std.js
index 4d69bb48..2b934099 100644
--- a/scripts/std.js
+++ b/scripts/std.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ if (ignore = io.slurp('.prosperonignore')) {
   }
 }
 */
-//console.info(allpaths)
 
 var appy = {};
 appy.inputs = {};
@@ -302,8 +301,6 @@ Cmdline.register_order(
     if (io.exists("config.js")) global.mixin("config.js");
     else console.warn("No config.js file found. Starting with default parameters.");
     var window = game.engine_start(prosperon);
-   console.log(game.renderers());    
-   console.log(game.cameras());
    var renderer = window.make_renderer("gpu");
    render._main = renderer;
 
diff --git a/source/font.c b/source/font.c
index 903ff9ea..fd3e4061 100644
--- a/source/font.c
+++ b/source/font.c
@@ -86,26 +86,24 @@ struct sFont *MakeFont(void *ttf_buffer, size_t len, int height) {
       if (!SDL_WriteSurfacePixel(newfont->surface, j, i, 255,255,255,bitmap[i*packsize+j]))
         printf("SDLERROR: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
   
-  printf("FONT SURFACE IS %p\n", newfont->surface);
-
   for (unsigned char c = 32; c < 127; c++) {
     stbtt_packedchar glyph = glyphs[c - 32];
 
-    struct rect r;
-    r.x = (glyph.x0) / (float)packsize;
-    r.w = (glyph.x1-glyph.x0) / (float)packsize;
-    r.y = (glyph.y1) / (float)packsize;
-    r.h = (glyph.y0-glyph.y1) / (float)packsize;
+    rect uv;
+    uv.x = (glyph.x0) / (float)packsize;
+    uv.w = (glyph.x1-glyph.x0) / (float)packsize;
+    uv.y = (glyph.y1) / (float)packsize;
+    uv.h = (glyph.y0-glyph.y1) / (float)packsize;
+    newfont->Characters[c].uv = uv;
 
-    newfont->Characters[c].size = (HMM_Vec2){
-      .x = glyph.x1-glyph.x0,
-      .y = glyph.y1-glyph.y0
-    };
-
-    newfont->Characters[c].Advance = glyph.xadvance; /* x distance from this char to the next */
-    newfont->Characters[c].leftbearing = glyph.xoff;
-    newfont->Characters[c].topbearing = glyph.yoff2;//newfont->ascent - glyph.yoff;   -glyph.yoff2;
-    newfont->Characters[c].rect = r;
+    rect quad;
+    quad.x = glyph.xoff;
+    quad.w = glyph.xoff2-glyph.xoff;
+    quad.y = -glyph.yoff2;
+    quad.h = glyph.yoff2-glyph.yoff;
+    newfont->Characters[c].quad = quad;
+    newfont->Characters[c].advance = glyph.xadvance;
+//    printf("glyph for %c is x0,y0,x1,y1: %d,%d,%d,%d\n xoff %g, yoff %g, xadvance %g, xoff2 %g, yoff2 %g\n", c, glyph.x0, glyph.y1, glyph.x1, glyph.y1, glyph.xoff, glyph.yoff, glyph.xadvance, glyph.xoff2, glyph.yoff2);
   }
 
   free(bitmap);
@@ -136,17 +134,17 @@ int text_flush() {
 */
 }
 
-void sdrawCharacter(struct text_vert **buffer, struct Character c, HMM_Vec2 cursor, float scale, struct rgba color) {
+void sdrawCharacter(struct text_vert **buffer, stbtt_packedchar c, HMM_Vec2 cursor, float scale, struct rgba color) {
   struct text_vert vert;
 
-  vert.pos.x = cursor.X + c.leftbearing;
-  vert.pos.y = cursor.Y + c.topbearing;
+//  vert.pos.x = cursor.X + c.leftbearing;
+//  vert.pos.y = cursor.Y + c.topbearing;
 //  vert.wh = c.size;
 
 //  if (vert.pos.x > frame.l || vert.pos.y > frame.t || (vert.pos.y + vert.wh.y) < frame.b || (vert.pos.x + vert.wh.x) < frame.l) return;
 
-  vert.uv.x = c.rect.x;
-  vert.uv.y = c.rect.y;
+//  vert.uv.x = c.rect.x;
+//  vert.uv.y = c.rect.y;
 //  vert.st.x = c.rect.w;
 //  vert.st.y = c.rect.h;
   rgba2floats(vert.color.e, color);
@@ -154,30 +152,32 @@ void sdrawCharacter(struct text_vert **buffer, struct Character c, HMM_Vec2 curs
   arrput(*buffer, vert);
 }
 
-void draw_char_verts(struct text_vert **buffer, struct Character c, HMM_Vec2 cursor, float scale, struct rgba color)
+void draw_char_verts(struct text_vert **buffer, struct character c, HMM_Vec2 cursor, float scale, struct rgba color)
 {
+  // packedchar has 
   // Adds four verts: bottom left, bottom right, top left, top right
   text_vert bl;
-  bl.pos.x = cursor.X + c.leftbearing;
-  bl.pos.y = cursor.Y - c.topbearing;
-  bl.uv.x = c.rect.x;
-  bl.uv.y = c.rect.y+c.rect.h;
+  bl.pos.x = cursor.X + c.quad.x;
+  bl.pos.y = cursor.Y + c.quad.y;
+  bl.uv.x = c.uv.x;
+  bl.uv.y = c.uv.y;
   rgba2floats(bl.color.e, color);
   arrput(*buffer, bl);
 
+  
   text_vert br = bl;
-  br.pos.x += c.size.x;
-  br.uv.x += c.rect.w;
+  br.pos.x += c.quad.w;
+  br.uv.x += c.uv.w;
   arrput(*buffer, br);
   
   text_vert ul = bl;
-  ul.pos.y -= c.size.y;
-  ul.uv.y = c.rect.y;
+  ul.pos.y += c.quad.h;
+  ul.uv.y += c.uv.h;
   arrput(*buffer, ul);
 
   text_vert ur = ul;
-  ur.pos.x += c.size.x;
-  ur.uv.x += c.rect.w;
+  ur.pos.x = br.pos.x;
+  ur.uv.x = br.uv.x;
   arrput(*buffer, ur);
 }
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ HMM_Vec2 measure_text(const char *text, font *f, float size, float letterSpacing
       height += lineHeight + f->linegap;
       continue;
     }
-    lineWidth += f->Characters[*c].Advance + letterSpacing;
+    lineWidth += f->Characters[*c].advance + letterSpacing;
   }
 
   maxWidth = fmaxf(maxWidth, lineWidth);
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ struct text_vert *renderText(const char *text, HMM_Vec2 pos, font *f, float scal
     }
 
     draw_char_verts(&buffer, f->Characters[*c], cursor, scale, color);
-    cursor.x += f->Characters[*c].Advance;
+    cursor.x += f->Characters[*c].advance;
   }
   return buffer;
 /*
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ struct text_vert *renderText(const char *text, HMM_Vec2 pos, font *f, float scal
   while (*line != '\0') {
     if (isblank(*line)) {
       sdrawCharacter(f->Characters[*line], cursor, scale, usecolor);
-      cursor.X += f->Characters[*line].Advance * scale;
+      cursor.X += f->Characters[*line].advance * scale;
       line++;
     } else if (isspace(*line)) {
       sdrawCharacter(f->Characters[*line], cursor, scale, usecolor);
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ struct text_vert *renderText(const char *text, HMM_Vec2 pos, font *f, float scal
 
       while (!isspace(*line) && *line != '\0') {
 
-        wordWidth += f->Characters[*line].Advance * scale; 
+        wordWidth += f->Characters[*line].advance * scale; 
         line++;
       }
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ struct text_vert *renderText(const char *text, HMM_Vec2 pos, font *f, float scal
 
         sdrawCharacter(f->Characters[*wordstart], cursor, scale, usecolor);
 
-        cursor.X += f->Characters[*wordstart].Advance * scale;
+        cursor.X += f->Characters[*wordstart].advance * scale;
         wordstart++;
       }
     }
diff --git a/source/font.h b/source/font.h
index d09d5a71..a36cf5a3 100644
--- a/source/font.h
+++ b/source/font.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <quickjs.h>
 #include "texture.h"
 #include <SDL3/SDL.h>
+#include "render.h"
 
 typedef enum {
   LEFT,
@@ -25,13 +26,14 @@ typedef struct text_vert text_vert;
 struct shader;
 struct window;
 
-/// Holds all state information relevant to a character as loaded using FreeType
-struct Character {
-  float Advance; // Horizontal offset to advance to next glyph
-  float leftbearing; // X offset from cursor to render at
-  float topbearing; // Y offset from cursor to render at 
-  struct rect rect; // the rect on the font image to render from, uv coordinates
-  HMM_Vec2 size; // The pixel size of this letter
+struct character {
+  float advance;
+  rect quad;
+  rect uv;
+  float xoff;
+  float yoff;
+  float width;
+  float height;
 };
 
 // text data
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ struct sFont {
   float ascent; // pixels
   float descent; // pixels
   float linegap; //pixels
-  struct Character Characters[256];
+  struct character Characters[256];
   SDL_Surface *surface;
 };
 
diff --git a/source/jsffi.c b/source/jsffi.c
index dfe4d16c..3a0ff9b5 100644
--- a/source/jsffi.c
+++ b/source/jsffi.c
@@ -497,8 +497,6 @@ int js_print_exception(JSContext *js, JSValue v)
   return 0;
 }
 
-typedef SDL_FRect rect;
-
 rect js2rect(JSContext *js,JSValue v) {
   rect rect;
   rect.w = js_getnum(js,v,width_atom);
@@ -716,12 +714,13 @@ JSValue make_quad_indices_buffer(JSContext *js, int quads)
 
 JSC_CCALL(os_make_text_buffer,
   const char *s = JS_ToCString(js, argv[0]);
-  HMM_Vec2 startpos = js2vec2(js,argv[1]);
+  rect rectpos = js2rect(js,argv[1]);
   float size = js2number(js,argv[2]);
   font *f = js2font(js,argv[5]);
   if (!size) size = f->height;
   struct rgba c = js2color(js,argv[3]);
   int wrap = js2number(js,argv[4]);
+  HMM_Vec2 startpos = {.x = rectpos.x, .y = rectpos.y };
   text_vert *buffer = renderText(s, startpos, f, size, c, wrap);
   size_t verts = arrlen(buffer);  
 
@@ -2740,7 +2739,6 @@ JSC_CCALL(os_make_font,
   if (!f) return JS_ThrowReferenceError(js, "could not create font");
   ret = font2js(js,f);
   JS_SetPropertyStr(js, ret, "surface", SDL_Surface2js(js,f->surface));
-  printf("texture is %dx%d at %p\n", f->surface->w, f->surface->h, f->surface);
 )
 
 JSC_CCALL(os_make_transform, return transform2js(js,make_transform()))
diff --git a/source/render.h b/source/render.h
index 117c90c2..23c38e16 100644
--- a/source/render.h
+++ b/source/render.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ struct rect {
   float x,y,w,h;
 };
 
+typedef SDL_FRect rect;
+
 float *rgba2floats(float *r, struct rgba c);
 
 static inline float lerp(float f, float a, float b)