diff --git a/src/gpufont/font.hpp b/src/gpufont/font.hpp
index d4eb652..1f7f310 100644
--- a/src/gpufont/font.hpp
+++ b/src/gpufont/font.hpp
@@ -538,11 +538,11 @@ class Font {
                     widthCurveTextureLayer = curveBufferSize;
                     glTexStorage3D(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, 1, GL_RG32F, curveBufferSize, 1, neededLayers);
                 }else{
+                    //cout << ofToString(neededLayers) <<  "layers needed NEW" << endl;
                     if(neededLayers > 4){
-                        neededLayers = 4;
+                        //neededLayers = 4;
                         // TODO: implement multiple arrays
                         // LOL
-                        //cout << "more layers than 4 needed" << endl;
                     }else{
                     }
                     widthCurveTextureLayer = gl_max_texture_size;
@@ -569,9 +569,13 @@ class Font {
             for(int i = 0; i < amountCurveTextureLayers; i++){
                 int width = widthCurveTextureLayer;
                 int height = 1;
-                int layerPointer = i == 0 ? 0 :
-                                   5461;
-                //(i * gl_max_texture_size) - (gl_max_texture_size % bufferCurveSize);
+
+                int third = (int)std::floor(gl_max_texture_size / 3);
+                int layerPointer = (i * third) - (third % bufferCurveSize) + 1;
+                //int layerPointer = i == 0 ? 0 :
+                ////5461;
+                //(i * gl_max_texture_size / int(3)) - ((gl_max_texture_size / int(3)) % bufferCurveSize) + 1;
+                //cout << ofToString(i) << " - layer pointer " << ofToString(layerPointer) << endl;
                 glTexSubImage3D(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY,
                                 0,
                                 0,
@@ -667,10 +671,10 @@ class Font {
             }
 
             int i = 0;
-            string text = "";
+            stringstream text;
+
             for(const auto & glyphIdentity : variationText){
                 const uint32_t & charcode = glyphIdentity.charcode;
-                text += charcode;
                 if(charcode == '\0'){ // do we need this?
                     break;
                 }
@@ -698,8 +702,7 @@ class Font {
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                // LOL
-                //cout << (char)glyphIdentity.charcode
+                //text << (char)glyphIdentity.charcode
                 //<< " " << ofToString(glyphIdentity.coords[0]) << " "
                 //<< " (" << ofToString(bufferCurves.size()) << ")" << endl;
 
@@ -710,6 +713,7 @@ class Font {
                 changed = true;
                 i++;
             }
+            //cout << text.str() << endl;
 
             if(changed){
                 dirtyBuffers = true;