diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/GlyphContext.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/GlyphContext.java
index 75591238..68dfa8c5 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/GlyphContext.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/GlyphContext.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class GlyphContext {
     private ArrayList<ArrayList<Float>> mDeltaYsContext = new ArrayList<>();
     private ArrayList<ReadableMap> mFontContext = new ArrayList<>();
     private ArrayList<Float> mRotationContext = new ArrayList<>();
+    private ArrayList<GroupShadowNode> mNodes = new ArrayList<>();
     private ArrayList<Float> mRotations = new ArrayList<>();
     private @Nonnull PointF mCurrentLocation = new PointF();
     private ArrayList<Float> mDeltaXs = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ class GlyphContext {
         mScale = scale;
     }
 
-    void pushContext(@Nullable ReadableMap font) {
+    void pushContext(GroupShadowNode node, @Nullable ReadableMap font) {
         mRotationsContext.add(mRotations);
         mRotationContext.add(mRotation);
         mDeltaXsContext.add(mDeltaXs);
@@ -63,11 +64,12 @@ class GlyphContext {
         mXPositionsContext.add(mXs);
         mYPositionsContext.add(mYs);
         mFontContext.add(font);
+        mNodes.add(node);
         mContextLength++;
         top++;
     }
 
-    void pushContext(@Nullable ReadableMap font, @Nullable ReadableArray rotate, @Nullable ReadableArray deltaX, @Nullable ReadableArray deltaY, @Nullable String positionX, @Nullable String positionY) {
+    void pushContext(TextShadowNode node, @Nullable ReadableMap font, @Nullable ReadableArray rotate, @Nullable ReadableArray deltaX, @Nullable ReadableArray deltaY, @Nullable String positionX, @Nullable String positionY) {
         if (positionX != null) {
             mXs = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(positionX.trim().split("\\s+")));
         }
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ class GlyphContext {
         mXPositionsContext.add(mXs);
         mYPositionsContext.add(mYs);
         mFontContext.add(font);
+        mNodes.add(node);
         mContextLength++;
         top++;
     }
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ class GlyphContext {
         mDeltaYsContext.remove(mContextLength);
 
         mFontContext.remove(mContextLength);
+        mNodes.remove(mContextLength);
 
         if (mContextLength != 0) {
             mRotations = mRotationsContext.get(top);
@@ -225,6 +229,10 @@ class GlyphContext {
             }
         }
 
+        if (top > -1) {
+            return mNodes.get(0).getFontSizeFromParentContext();
+        }
+
         return DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE;
     }
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/GroupShadowNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/GroupShadowNode.java
index 24213f02..ef24f843 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/GroupShadowNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/GroupShadowNode.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class GroupShadowNode extends RenderableShadowNode {
     }
 
     protected void pushGlyphContext() {
-        getTextRoot().getGlyphContext().pushContext(mFont);
+        getTextRoot().getGlyphContext().pushContext(this, mFont);
     }
 
     protected void popGlyphContext() {
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextShadowNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextShadowNode.java
index 7c69b4c8..bfff1fba 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextShadowNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextShadowNode.java
@@ -178,6 +178,6 @@ class TextShadowNode extends GroupShadowNode {
 
     @Override
     protected void pushGlyphContext() {
-        getTextRoot().getGlyphContext().pushContext(mFont, mRotate, mDeltaX, mDeltaY, mPositionX, mPositionY);
+        getTextRoot().getGlyphContext().pushContext(this, mFont, mRotate, mDeltaX, mDeltaY, mPositionX, mPositionY);
     }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualNode.java
index a6c1dd33..fe19d942 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualNode.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public abstract class VirtualNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
 
     private SvgViewShadowNode mSvgShadowNode;
     private Path mCachedClipPath;
+    private GroupShadowNode mParentTextRoot;
     private GroupShadowNode mTextRoot;
 
     public VirtualNode() {
@@ -70,6 +71,37 @@ public abstract class VirtualNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
         return shadowNode;
     }
 
+    GroupShadowNode getParentTextRoot() {
+        GroupShadowNode shadowNode = getParentShadowNode(GroupShadowNode.class);
+        if (shadowNode == null) {
+            return getParentShadowNode(TextShadowNode.class);
+        }
+        return shadowNode;
+    }
+
+    @android.support.annotation.Nullable
+    private GroupShadowNode getParentShadowNode(Class shadowNodeClass) {
+        ReactShadowNode node = this.getParent();
+        if (mParentTextRoot == null) {
+            while (node != null) {
+                if (node.getClass() == shadowNodeClass) {
+                    mParentTextRoot = (GroupShadowNode)node;
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                ReactShadowNode parent = node.getParent();
+
+                if (!(parent instanceof VirtualNode)) {
+                    node = null;
+                } else {
+                    node = parent;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return mParentTextRoot;
+    }
+
     @android.support.annotation.Nullable
     private GroupShadowNode getShadowNode(Class shadowNodeClass) {
         VirtualNode node = this;
@@ -101,6 +133,14 @@ public abstract class VirtualNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
         return root.getGlyphContext().getFontSize();
     }
 
+    double getFontSizeFromParentContext() {
+        GroupShadowNode root = getParentTextRoot();
+        if (root == null) {
+            return DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE;
+        }
+        return root.getGlyphContext().getFontSize();
+    }
+
     public abstract void draw(Canvas canvas, Paint paint, float opacity);
 
     /**