diff --git a/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/DEBUG_ES3/background.frag b/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/DEBUG_ES3/background.frag
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d8baa7..0000000
--- a/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/DEBUG_ES3/background.frag
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#version 330 core
-
-in vec2 position;
-
-out vec3 color;
-
-void main() {
-	float t = (position.y + 1.0) / 2.0;
-	vec3 bottom = vec3(75.0, 55.0, 201.0) / 255.0;
-	vec3 top = vec3(0.0, 12.0, 0.0) / 255.0;
-	color = mix(bottom, top, t);
-}
diff --git a/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/DEBUG_ES3/background.vert b/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/DEBUG_ES3/background.vert
deleted file mode 100644
index c6b01be..0000000
--- a/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/DEBUG_ES3/background.vert
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#version 330 core
-
-const vec2 vertices[4] = vec2[4](
-	vec2(-1.0, -1.0),
-	vec2( 1.0, -1.0),
-	vec2(-1.0,  1.0),
-	vec2( 1.0,  1.0)
-);
-
-out vec2 position;
-
-void main() {
-	position = vertices[gl_VertexID];
-	gl_Position = vec4(vertices[gl_VertexID], 0.0, 1.0);
-}
diff --git a/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/DEBUG_ES3/font.frag b/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font_ta.frag
similarity index 100%
rename from data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/DEBUG_ES3/font.frag
rename to data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font_ta.frag
diff --git a/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/DEBUG_ES3/font.vert b/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font_ta.vert
similarity index 100%
rename from data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/DEBUG_ES3/font.vert
rename to data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font_ta.vert
diff --git a/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font.frag b/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font_ub.frag
similarity index 78%
rename from data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font.frag
rename to data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font_ub.frag
index 2bb4531..5af667f 100644
--- a/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font.frag
+++ b/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font_ub.frag
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 precision highp float;
 precision highp isampler2D;
 precision highp sampler2D;
+precision highp sampler2DArray;
 
 // Based on: http://wdobbie.com/post/gpu-text-rendering-with-vector-textures/
 
@@ -12,12 +13,20 @@ struct Glyph {
 struct Curve {
 	vec2 p0, p1, p2;
 };
+// CURVE_SIZE
+// is the amount of vec2's in the curve
+// we can hardcode this, as we can simply
+// count the floats in the struct
+// 6 floats => 3 vec2's
+#define CURVE_SIZE 3
 
 uniform isampler2D glyphs;
-uniform sampler2D curves;
+uniform sampler2DArray curves;
+ivec3 curvesTextureSize;
+int curveBreakPoint;
+//uniform sampler2D iChannel0;
 //uniform vec4 color;
 
-
 // Controls for debugging and exploring:
 
 // Size of the window (in pixels) used for 1-dimensional anti-aliasing along each rays.
@@ -49,9 +58,14 @@ Glyph loadGlyph(int index) {
 
 Curve loadCurve(int index) {
     Curve result;
-    result.p0 = texelFetch(curves, ivec2(3*index+0, 0), 0).xy;
-    result.p1 = texelFetch(curves, ivec2(3*index+1, 0), 0).xy;
-    result.p2 = texelFetch(curves, ivec2(3*index+2, 0), 0).xy;
+    //int dw = curveBreakPoint; // width including dead space
+    int dw = curvesTextureSize[0];
+    int w = dw - (dw % CURVE_SIZE); // effectual width
+    int ix = (index * CURVE_SIZE) % w;
+    int iz =  ((index * CURVE_SIZE) + 2) / w;
+    result.p0 = texelFetch(curves, ivec3(ix+0, 0, iz), 0).xy;
+    result.p1 = texelFetch(curves, ivec3(ix+1, 0, iz), 0).xy;
+    result.p2 = texelFetch(curves, ivec3(ix+2, 0, iz), 0).xy;
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -109,25 +123,23 @@ vec2 rotate(vec2 v) {
 }
 
 void main() {
-    //vec4 debug = texture(curves, vec2(uv.x, 0.5));
-    //ivec4 debug = texture(glyphs, vec2(uv.x, 0.5));
-    ////ivec4 debug = texelFetch(glyphs, ivec2(uv.x * float(textureSize(glyphs, 0).x), 0), 0);
-    //result = vec4(debug.rgb, 1.0);
 
-    Glyph gly = loadGlyph(bufferIndex);
-    result = vec4((float(gly.start) / 1883.0), (float(gly.count) / 42.0), 0.0, 1.0);
-
-    // verify bufferIndex [x]
-    //result = vec4((float(bufferIndex) / 100.0), 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
-    return;
+    curvesTextureSize = textureSize(curves, 0);
+    curveBreakPoint = (curvesTextureSize[0] * 2) / 3;
+    //int w = curvesTextureSize[0]; // 16384 / 2 = 8192
 
     float alpha = 0.0;
 
     // Inverse of the diameter of a pixel in uv units for anti-aliasing.
     vec2 inverseDiameter = 1.0 / (antiAliasingWindowSize * fwidth(uv));
 
+    vec4 c = color;
+
     Glyph glyph = loadGlyph(bufferIndex);
     for (int i = 0; i < glyph.count; i++) {
+        //if (glyph.start + i > curveBreakPoint) {
+            //c = vec4(1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0);
+        //}
         Curve curve = loadCurve(glyph.start + i);
 
         vec2 p0 = curve.p0 - uv;
@@ -145,7 +157,7 @@ void main() {
     }
 
     alpha = clamp(alpha, 0.0, 1.0);
-    result = color * alpha;
+    result = vec4(c.rgb, c.a * alpha);
 
     if (enableControlPointsVisualization) {
         // Visualize control points.
diff --git a/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font.vert b/data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font_ub.vert
similarity index 100%
rename from data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font.vert
rename to data/ofxGPUFont/shaders/ES3/font_ub.vert