diff --git a/src/GPUFontAtlasLayerCombo.cpp b/src/GPUFontAtlasLayerCombo.cpp
index 9d63be9..0735b16 100644
--- a/src/GPUFontAtlasLayerCombo.cpp
+++ b/src/GPUFontAtlasLayerCombo.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ void GPUFontAtlasLayerCombo::draw(int width, int height){
             float ascender = font->getAscender(layer->getProps().fontSize_px);
             ofxGPUFont::Font::BoundingBox bb;
             std::vector <ofxGPUFont::Font::BoundingBox> bbs;
+            std::vector <ofxGPUFont::Font::BoundingBox> mirror_bbs;
             float advanceY = 0;
             font->collectBoundingBoxes(layer->getVariationText(),
                                        layer->getVariationTextAppearance(),
@@ -218,9 +219,16 @@ void GPUFontAtlasLayerCombo::draw(int width, int height){
                                        ascender,
                                        advanceY,
                                        layer->getProps());
-            bb.multiply(layer->getInnerNode().getGlobalTransformMatrix());
+            auto bb_mirror_none = bb;
+            bb_mirror_none.multiply(layer->getInnerNode().getGlobalTransformMatrix());
+
+            mirror_bbs.push_back(std::move(bb_mirror_none));
+            //layer->setBoundingBox(bb);
             ofVboMesh mesh;
-            mesh.addVertices({bb.p0, bb.p1, bb.p2, bb.p3,
+            mesh.addVertices({bb_mirror_none.p0,
+                              bb_mirror_none.p1,
+                              bb_mirror_none.p2,
+                              bb_mirror_none.p3,
                               glm::vec4(layer->getProps().x, layer->getProps().y, 0, 1),
                               transformOrigin
                              });
@@ -244,6 +252,10 @@ void GPUFontAtlasLayerCombo::draw(int width, int height){
                 mirrorOuterNode.setPosition(transformOrigin);
                 mirrorOuterNode.move(layer->getProps().mirror_x_distance * -1, 0, 0);
                 mirrorOuterNode.setScale(-1, 1, 1);
+
+                auto bb_mirror_x = bb;
+                bb_mirror_x.multiply(mirrorInnerNode.getGlobalTransformMatrix());
+                mirror_bbs.push_back(std::move(bb_mirror_x));
                 font->collectVerticesAndIndices(mirrorInnerNode,
                                                 layer->getVariationTextAppearance(),
                                                 bbs_mirror_x,
@@ -260,6 +272,10 @@ void GPUFontAtlasLayerCombo::draw(int width, int height){
                 mirrorOuterNode.setPosition(transformOrigin);
                 mirrorOuterNode.move(0, layer->getProps().mirror_y_distance * -1,  0);
                 mirrorOuterNode.setScale(1, -1, 1);
+
+                auto bb_mirror_y = bb;
+                bb_mirror_y.multiply(mirrorInnerNode.getGlobalTransformMatrix());
+                mirror_bbs.push_back(std::move(bb_mirror_y));
                 font->collectVerticesAndIndices(mirrorInnerNode,
                                                 layer->getVariationTextAppearance(),
                                                 bbs_mirror_y,
@@ -277,6 +293,10 @@ void GPUFontAtlasLayerCombo::draw(int width, int height){
                 mirrorOuterNode.move(layer->getProps().mirror_x_distance * -1,
                                      layer->getProps().mirror_y_distance * -1,  0);
                 mirrorOuterNode.setScale(-1, -1, 1);
+
+                auto bb_mirror_xy = bb;
+                bb_mirror_xy.multiply(mirrorInnerNode.getGlobalTransformMatrix());
+                mirror_bbs.push_back(std::move(bb_mirror_xy));
                 font->collectVerticesAndIndices(mirrorInnerNode,
                                                 layer->getVariationTextAppearance(),
                                                 bbs_mirror_xy,
@@ -288,6 +308,20 @@ void GPUFontAtlasLayerCombo::draw(int width, int height){
                                             bbs,
                                             vertices,
                                             indices);
+
+            float min_x = FLT_MAX;
+            float max_x = -FLT_MAX;
+            float min_y = FLT_MAX;
+            float max_y = -FLT_MAX;
+            for(const auto & mbb : mirror_bbs){
+                min_x = min(min_x, min(mbb.p0.x, min(mbb.p1.x, min(mbb.p2.x, mbb.p3.x))));
+                max_x = max(max_x, max(mbb.p0.x, max(mbb.p1.x, max(mbb.p2.x, mbb.p3.x))));
+                min_y = min(min_y, min(mbb.p0.y, min(mbb.p1.y, min(mbb.p2.y, mbb.p3.y))));
+                max_y = max(max_y, max(mbb.p0.y, max(mbb.p1.y, max(mbb.p2.y, mbb.p3.y))));
+            }
+            float width = max_x - min_x;
+            float height = max_y - min_y;
+            layer->setBoundingBox(Layer::BoundingBox{min_x, min_y, width, height});
         }
 
         {
diff --git a/src/GPUFontLayer.cpp b/src/GPUFontLayer.cpp
index e13b959..1183122 100644
--- a/src/GPUFontLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/GPUFontLayer.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,23 @@ ofNode & GPUFontLayer::getOuterNode(){
 ofNode & GPUFontLayer::getInnerNode(){
     return innerNode;
 }
+const Layer::BoundingBox & GPUFontLayer::getBoundingBox(){
+    return this->boundingBox;
+}
+void GPUFontLayer::setBoundingBox(const Layer::BoundingBox & boundingBox){
+    this->boundingBox = boundingBox;
+}
+void GPUFontLayer::setBoundingBox(const ofxGPUFont::Font::BoundingBox & bb){
+    float min_x = min(bb.p0.x, min(bb.p1.x, min(bb.p2.x, bb.p3.x)));
+    float max_x = max(bb.p0.x, max(bb.p1.x, max(bb.p2.x, bb.p3.x)));
+    float min_y = min(bb.p0.y, min(bb.p1.y, min(bb.p2.y, bb.p3.y)));
+    float max_y = max(bb.p0.y, max(bb.p1.y, max(bb.p2.y, bb.p3.y)));
+    float width = max_x - min_x;
+    float height = max_y - min_y;
+    setBoundingBox(Layer::BoundingBox{
+            min_x, min_y, width, height
+        });
+}
 void GPUFontLayer::clearPropsBuffer(){
     propsBuffer.clear();
 }
diff --git a/src/GPUFontLayer.h b/src/GPUFontLayer.h
index 192a6a2..dd38df3 100644
--- a/src/GPUFontLayer.h
+++ b/src/GPUFontLayer.h
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class GPUFontLayer : public Layer {
         void setMomsComboIdentifier(const ComboIdentifier & identifier) override;
         ofNode & getOuterNode() override;
         ofNode & getInnerNode() override;
+        const Layer::BoundingBox & getBoundingBox() override;
+        void setBoundingBox(const Layer::BoundingBox & boundingBox) override;
+        void setBoundingBox(const ofxGPUFont::Font::BoundingBox & boundingBox);
 
         const vector <ofxGPUFont::GlyphIdentity> & getVariationText();
         const vector <ofxGPUFont::GlyphAppearance> & getVariationTextAppearance();
@@ -67,5 +70,6 @@ class GPUFontLayer : public Layer {
         ofNode outerNode;
         ofNode innerNode;
         int letterDelayBufferSize = 0;
+        Layer::BoundingBox boundingBox;
 };
 }
diff --git a/src/Layer.h b/src/Layer.h
index 678bb71..0087e96 100644
--- a/src/Layer.h
+++ b/src/Layer.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "ofMain.h"
 
 //uuid
+#include "ofRectangle.h"
 #include "random_id.h"
 
 #include "ofxMsdfgen.h"
@@ -60,6 +61,12 @@ class Layer {
             //text,
             //fontPath)
         };
+        struct BoundingBox {
+            float x;
+            float y;
+            float w;
+            float h;
+        };
 
         static std::string asString(const ofxVariableLab::Layer::Props & props){
             stringstream s;
@@ -115,6 +122,8 @@ class Layer {
         virtual void setMomsComboIdentifier(const ComboIdentifier & identifier) = 0;
         virtual ofNode & getOuterNode() = 0;
         virtual ofNode & getInnerNode() = 0;
+        virtual const Layer::BoundingBox & getBoundingBox() = 0;
+        virtual void setBoundingBox(const Layer::BoundingBox & boundingBox) = 0;
         static int n_layers;
 };
 }
diff --git a/src/MsdfLayer.cpp b/src/MsdfLayer.cpp
index 022d211..d39d626 100644
--- a/src/MsdfLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/MsdfLayer.cpp
@@ -299,6 +299,12 @@ ofNode & MsdfLayer::getOuterNode(){
 ofNode & MsdfLayer::getInnerNode(){
     return innerNode;
 }
+const Layer::BoundingBox & MsdfLayer::getBoundingBox(){
+    return this->boundingBox;
+}
+void MsdfLayer::setBoundingBox(const Layer::BoundingBox & boundingBox){
+    this->boundingBox = boundingBox;
+}
 void MsdfLayer::setAtlas(shared_ptr <ofxMsdfgen::Atlas> _atlas){
     atlas = _atlas;
     // TODO: this does not seem proper
diff --git a/src/MsdfLayer.h b/src/MsdfLayer.h
index 391fdfb..7265bd4 100644
--- a/src/MsdfLayer.h
+++ b/src/MsdfLayer.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class MsdfLayer : public Layer {
         void setMomsComboIdentifier(const ComboIdentifier & identifier) override;
         ofNode & getOuterNode() override;
         ofNode & getInnerNode() override;
+        const Layer::BoundingBox & getBoundingBox() override;
+        void setBoundingBox(const Layer::BoundingBox & boundingBox) override;
 
         void setAtlas(shared_ptr <ofxMsdfgen::Atlas> _atlas);
         shared_ptr <ofxMsdfgen::Atlas> getAtlas() const;
@@ -59,5 +61,6 @@ class MsdfLayer : public Layer {
         LayerType type = MSDFGEN;
         ofNode outerNode;
         ofNode innerNode;
+        Layer::BoundingBox boundingBox;
 };
 }