diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4c1f9a2..11e8644 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11747,12 +11747,6 @@
         "prop-types": "15.6.0"
       }
     },
-    "react-router-redux": {
-      "version": "4.0.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-router-redux/-/react-router-redux-4.0.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-InQDWWtRUeGCN32rg1tdRfD4BU4=",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "react-svg-inline": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-svg-inline/-/react-svg-inline-2.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8604d69..6a2f517 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
     "normalize-jss": "^4.0.0",
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.1.1",
-    "react-router-redux": "^4.0.8",
     "react-tap-event-plugin": "^3.0.2",
     "redux": "^3.7.2",
     "redux-action-wrapper": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/src/actions/index.js b/src/actions/index.js
index 9c6469d..d2eceab 100644
--- a/src/actions/index.js
+++ b/src/actions/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { ActionCreators as undo } from 'redux-undo';
 import * as notification from 'react-notification-system-redux';
-import { routerActions as router } from 'react-router-redux';
 import * as selectionUtils from '../utils/selectionUtils.js';
 import { calculatePointInImage, decomposeMatrix } from '../utils/matrixUtils.js';
 import { loadImage, prepareImage } from '../utils/imageUtils.js';
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ export const ALIGN = 'ALIGN';
 export const ADD_IMAGE = 'ADD_IMAGE';
 export const D2_TEXT_INIT = 'D2_TEXT_INIT';
 export const D2_TEXT_INPUT_CHANGE = 'D2_TEXT_INPUT_CHANGE';
-export const D2_TEXT_ADD = 'D2_TEXT_ADD';
 export const UNION = 'UNION';
 export const INTERSECT = 'INTERSECT';
 export const MOVE_SELECTION = 'MOVE_SELECTION';
@@ -390,15 +388,11 @@ export function addImage(file) {
 export function d2textInit(position, textId, screenMatrixContainer, screenMatrixZoom) {
   return (dispatch) => {
     dispatch({ type: D2_TEXT_INIT, position, textId, screenMatrixContainer, screenMatrixZoom });
-    dispatch(router.push('/sketch/inputtext'));
   };
 }
 export function d2textInputChange(text, family, weight, style, fill) {
   return { type: D2_TEXT_INPUT_CHANGE, text, family, weight, style, fill };
 }
-export function d2textAdd() {
-  return { type: D2_TEXT_ADD };
-}
 
 const traceDragThrottle = createThrottle();
 
diff --git a/src/components/D2Panel.js b/src/components/D2Panel.js
index 83ce0a6..cd9438d 100644
--- a/src/components/D2Panel.js
+++ b/src/components/D2Panel.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import ShapesManager from '../d2/ShapesManager.js';
 import EventGroup from '../d2/EventGroup.js';
 import ReactResizeDetector from 'react-resize-detector';
 import { load as loadPattern } from '../d2/Shape.js';
+import InputText from './InputText.js';
 // import createDebug from 'debug';
 // const debug = createDebug('d3d:d2');
 
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ class D2Panel extends React.Component {
     dispatch: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     classes: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.string)
   };
+  state = {
+    screenMatrix: new CAL.Matrix()
+  };
   activeNeedRender = false;
   inactiveNeedRender = false;
 
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ class D2Panel extends React.Component {
   }
 
   switchTool(toolName) {
-    if (this.state && toolName === this.state.d2.tool) return;
+    if (this.state.state && toolName === this.state.state.d2.tool) return;
     // cleanup & remove previous tool
     if (this.tool) {
       this.tool.destroy();
@@ -135,18 +139,18 @@ class D2Panel extends React.Component {
     this.objectContainerActive.add(this.tool);
   }
 
-  update(newState) {
-    if (this.state === newState) return;
+  update(state) {
+    if (this.state.state === state) return;
 
-    this.updateTool(newState);
+    this.updateTool(state);
 
-    const shapesNeedRender = this.shapesManager.update(newState);
+    const shapesNeedRender = this.shapesManager.update(state);
     if (shapesNeedRender.active) this.activeNeedRender = true;
     if (shapesNeedRender.inactive) this.inactiveNeedRender = true;
 
     // Update Objects Container Space with zoom & panning
-    const newCanvasMatrix = newState.d2.canvasMatrix;
-    if (this.state && newCanvasMatrix !== this.state.d2.canvasMatrix) {
+    const newCanvasMatrix = state.d2.canvasMatrix;
+    if (this.state.state && newCanvasMatrix !== this.state.state.d2.canvasMatrix) {
       this.objectContainerActive.copyMatrix(newCanvasMatrix);
       this.objectContainerInactive.copyMatrix(newCanvasMatrix);
 
@@ -154,9 +158,9 @@ class D2Panel extends React.Component {
       this.inactiveNeedRender = true;
     }
 
-    const selection = (this.state) ? this.state.selection : null;
-    const newSelection = newState.selection;
-    if (!this.state || newSelection !== selection) {
+    const selection = (this.state.state) ? this.state.state.selection : null;
+    const newSelection = state.selection;
+    if (!this.state.state || newSelection !== selection) {
       const newSelectedObjects = newSelection.objects;
       if (!selection || selection.objects !== newSelectedObjects) {
         const selected = newSelectedObjects.map((object) => object.id);
@@ -167,25 +171,29 @@ class D2Panel extends React.Component {
       }
     }
 
-    const dragSelect = (this.state) ? this.state.d2.transform.dragSelect : null;
-    const newDragSelect = newState.d2.transform.dragSelect;
+    const dragSelect = (this.state.state) ? this.state.state.d2.transform.dragSelect : null;
+    const newDragSelect = state.d2.transform.dragSelect;
     if (!dragSelect || dragSelect !== newDragSelect) {
       this.activeNeedRender = true;
     }
 
-    this.state = newState;
+    this.setState({ state });
   }
 
   resizeHandler = (width, height) => {
     this.sceneActive.setSize(width, height, PIXEL_RATIO);
     this.sceneInactive.setSize(width, height, PIXEL_RATIO);
 
-    this.sceneInactive.x = this.sceneActive.x = Math.round(width / 2 * PIXEL_RATIO);
-    this.sceneInactive.y = this.sceneActive.y = Math.round(height / 2 * PIXEL_RATIO);
-
+    const x = Math.round(width / 2 * PIXEL_RATIO);
+    const y = Math.round(height / 2 * PIXEL_RATIO);
     const scale = Math.min(width * PIXEL_RATIO / CANVAS_WIDTH, height * PIXEL_RATIO / CANVAS_HEIGHT);
 
-    this.sceneInactive.scale = this.sceneActive.scale = scale;
+    const screenMatrix = new CAL.Matrix({ sx: scale, sy: scale, x, y });
+
+    this.sceneInactive.copyMatrix(screenMatrix);
+    this.sceneActive.copyMatrix(screenMatrix);
+
+    this.setState({ screenMatrix });
 
     this.inactiveNeedRender = this.activeNeedRender = true;
     this.renderRequest();
@@ -210,12 +218,14 @@ class D2Panel extends React.Component {
   render() {
     // debug('this.props.state: ', this.props.state);
     const { state, classes } = this.props;
+    const { screenMatrix } = this.state;
     this.update(state);
     this.renderCanvas();
     return (
       <div className={classes.container}>
         <ReactResizeDetector handleWidth handleHeight onResize={this.resizeHandler} />
         <div className={classes.canvasContainer} ref="canvasContainer" />
+        <InputText screenMatrix={screenMatrix} />
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/components/InputText.js b/src/components/InputText.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c23610f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/InputText.js
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import injectSheet from 'react-jss';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import * as actions from '../actions/index.js';
+import * as CAL from 'cal';
+import { TEXT_TOOL_FONT_SIZE } from '../constants/d2Constants.js';
+
+document.createElement('canvas');
+
+const styles = {
+  textInputContainer: {
+    position: 'absolute',
+    display: 'flex'
+  },
+  textInput: {
+    position: 'absolute',
+    fontSize: `${TEXT_TOOL_FONT_SIZE}px`,
+    background: 'transparent',
+    border: 'none',
+    color: 'black',
+    textFillColor: 'transparent',
+    outline: 'none'
+  }
+};
+
+class InputText extends React.Component {
+  static propTypes = {
+    state: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+    classes: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.string),
+    changeText: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    screenMatrix: PropTypes.instanceOf(CAL.Matrix).isRequired
+  };
+
+  onInputChange = () => {
+    const shapeData = this.getShapeData();
+    if (!shapeData) return;
+
+    const { changeText } = this.props;
+    const { family, weight, style } = shapeData.text;
+    const text = this.refs.text.value;
+
+    changeText(text, family, weight, style, true);
+  };
+
+  getShapeData = () => {
+    const { state } = this.props;
+    if (!state.d2.activeShape) return null;
+    const shapeData = state.objectsById[state.d2.activeShape];
+    if (shapeData.type !== 'TEXT') return null;
+    return shapeData;
+  }
+
+  componentWillUpdate() {
+    if (this.refs.text) this.refs.text.focus();
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { classes, state, screenMatrix } = this.props;
+    const shapeData = this.getShapeData();
+
+    if (shapeData) {
+      const { _matrix: m } = shapeData.transform
+        .multiplyMatrix(state.d2.canvasMatrix)
+        .multiplyMatrix(screenMatrix);
+
+      return (
+        <div
+          className={classes.textInputContainer}
+          style={{ transform: `matrix(${m[0]}, ${m[3]}, ${m[1]}, ${m[4]}, ${m[2]}, ${m[5]})` }}
+        >
+          <input
+            className={classes.textInput}
+            style={{
+              family: shapeData.text.family
+            }}
+            value={shapeData.text.text}
+            ref="text"
+            spellCheck="false"
+            autoFocus
+            onChange={this.onInputChange}
+          />
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export default injectSheet(styles)(connect(state => ({
+  state: state.sketcher.present
+}), {
+  changeText: actions.d2textInputChange
+})(InputText));
diff --git a/src/constants/d2Constants.js b/src/constants/d2Constants.js
index 97777fa..71f9334 100644
--- a/src/constants/d2Constants.js
+++ b/src/constants/d2Constants.js
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ export const BRUSH_SIZES = {
 };
 
 export const CLIPPER_PRECISION = 100; // accurate to the hundredth
+export const TEXT_TOOL_FONT_SIZE = 40;
diff --git a/src/shape/shapeToPoints.js b/src/shape/shapeToPoints.js
index 730e0af..20cff6b 100644
--- a/src/shape/shapeToPoints.js
+++ b/src/shape/shapeToPoints.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { MAX_ANGLE } from '../constants/d3Constants.js';
 import { SHAPE_CACHE_LIMIT } from '../constants/general.js';
 import { createText } from '../utils/textUtils.js';
 import { segmentBezierPath } from '../utils/curveUtils.js';
+import { TEXT_TOOL_FONT_SIZE } from '../constants/d2Constants.js';
 
 const setDirection = (clockwise) => (path) => {
   return (THREE.ShapeUtils.isClockWise(path) === clockwise) ? path : path.reverse();
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ function shapeToPointsRaw(shapeData) {
     }
     case 'TEXT': {
       const { text, family, style, weight } = shapeData.text;
-      const textShapes = createText(text, 400, family, style, weight)
+      const textShapes = createText(text, TEXT_TOOL_FONT_SIZE, 10, family, style, weight)
         .map(([points, ...holes]) => ({ points, holes }));
 
       shapes.push(...textShapes);
diff --git a/src/utils/textUtils.js b/src/utils/textUtils.js
index 37b1b73..e0d059a 100644
--- a/src/utils/textUtils.js
+++ b/src/utils/textUtils.js
@@ -9,19 +9,17 @@ import memoize from 'memoizee';
 const MARGIN = 200;
 
 export const createText = memoize(createTextRaw, { max: SHAPE_CACHE_LIMIT });
-export function createTextRaw(text, size, family, style, weight) {
+export function createTextRaw(text, size, precision, family, style, weight) {
   if (text === '') return [];
 
-  const { width, height, canvas } = createTextCanvas(text, size, family, style, weight);
+  const canvas = createTextCanvas(text, size * precision, family, style, weight);
 
   // TODO merge with potrace in flood fill trace reducer
   const paths = POTRACE.getPaths(POTRACE.traceCanvas(canvas, POTRACE_OPTIONS));
 
-  const halfWidth = width / 2;
-  const halfHeight = height / 2;
   const pathsOffset = paths.map(path => path.map(({ x, y }) => ({
-    x: (x - halfWidth) / 10,
-    y: (y - halfHeight) / 10
+    x: (x - MARGIN) / precision,
+    y: (y - MARGIN) / precision
   })));
 
   const shapes = new ClipperShape(pathsOffset, true, true, false)
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ export function createTextRaw(text, size, family, style, weight) {
   return shapes;
 }
 
-const textContext = new Text();
+const textContext = new Text({ baseline: 'top' });
 export function createTextCanvas(text, size, family, style, weight) {
   textContext.size = size;
   textContext.family = family;
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ export function createTextCanvas(text, size, family, style, weight) {
   context.fillStyle = 'white';
   context.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
 
-  textContext.drawText(context, text, MARGIN, height / 2);
+  textContext.drawText(context, text, MARGIN, MARGIN);
 
-  return { width, height, canvas };
+  return canvas;
 }