diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewShadowNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewShadowNode.java
index 1d60f88c..291e7c40 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewShadowNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/SvgViewShadowNode.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Point;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.RectF;
+import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.util.Base64;
 
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.DisplayMetricsHolder;
@@ -135,6 +136,10 @@ public class SvgViewShadowNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
 
         Paint paint = new Paint();
 
+        paint.setFlags(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG | Paint.DEV_KERN_TEXT_FLAG | Paint.SUBPIXEL_TEXT_FLAG);
+
+        paint.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT);
+
         for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
             if (!(getChildAt(i) instanceof VirtualNode)) {
                 continue;
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java
index f0a633a4..c5cd94dd 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ public class TSpanShadowNode extends TextShadowNode {
 
             paint.getTextPath(letter, 0, 1, 0, 0, glyph);
             PointF glyphDelta = getGlyphDeltaFromContext();
-            PointF glyphPoint = getGlyphPointFromContext(glyphPosition, width);
+            PointF glyphPoint = getGlyphPointFromContext(glyphPosition * 1.2f, width);
             glyphPosition += width;
             Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
 
             if (mBezierTransformer != null) {
-                matrix = mBezierTransformer.getTransformAtDistance(glyphPoint.x + glyphDelta.x);
+                matrix = mBezierTransformer.getTransformAtDistance(glyphPoint.x + glyphDelta.x + width / 2);
 
                 if (textPathHasReachedEnd()) {
                     break;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class TSpanShadowNode extends TextShadowNode {
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                matrix.preTranslate(0, glyphDelta.y);
+                matrix.preTranslate(-width / 2, glyphDelta.y);
                 matrix.postTranslate(0, glyphPoint.y);
             } else {
                 matrix.setTranslate(glyphPoint.x + glyphDelta.x, glyphPoint.y + glyphDelta.y);
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextPathShadowNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextPathShadowNode.java
index ec48c17c..f3f88c54 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextPathShadowNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TextPathShadowNode.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class TextPathShadowNode extends TextShadowNode {
         }
 
         PathShadowNode path = (PathShadowNode)template;
-        return new BezierTransformer(path.getBezierCurves(), relativeOnWidth(mStartOffset));
+        return new BezierTransformer(path.getBezierCurves(), relativeOnWidth(mStartOffset) / 1.2f);
     }
 
     @Override