diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java
index cec9266a..219616ce 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/TSpanShadowNode.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class TSpanShadowNode extends TextShadowNode {
     }
 
     private Path getLinePath(Canvas canvas, String line, Paint paint) {
-        ReadableMap font = applyTextPropertiesToPaint(paint);
+        ReadableMap font = applyTextPropertiesToPaint(paint, canvas);
         int length = line.length();
         Path path = new Path();
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class TSpanShadowNode extends TextShadowNode {
         return path;
     }
 
-    private ReadableMap applyTextPropertiesToPaint(Paint paint) {
+    private ReadableMap applyTextPropertiesToPaint(Paint paint, Canvas canvas) {
         ReadableMap font = getFontFromContext();
 
         paint.setTextAlign(Paint.Align.LEFT);
@@ -217,6 +217,18 @@ public class TSpanShadowNode extends TextShadowNode {
         float ch = getCanvasHeight();
         float heightScale = height / ch;
 
+        SvgViewShadowNode svg = getSvgShadowNode();
+        ReactShadowNode node = this;
+        while (node != null && !node.equals(svg)) {
+
+            if (node instanceof VirtualNode) {
+                VirtualNode v = ((VirtualNode) node);
+                heightScale /= v.getScaleY();
+            }
+
+            node = node.getParent();
+        }
+
         float fontSize = (float)font.getDouble(PROP_FONT_SIZE) * mScale * heightScale;
         float letterSpacing = (float)font.getDouble(PROP_LETTER_SPACING) * mScale * heightScale;
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualNode.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualNode.java
index a2635e8c..c0737b9d 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualNode.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualNode.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public abstract class VirtualNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
     private static final float[] sMatrixData = new float[9];
     private static final float[] sRawMatrix = new float[9];
     protected float mOpacity = 1f;
+    protected float mScaleX = 1f;
+    protected float mScaleY = 1f;
     protected Matrix mMatrix = new Matrix();
 
     private int mClipRule;
@@ -109,6 +111,18 @@ public abstract class VirtualNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
         markUpdated();
     }
 
+    @ReactProp(name = "scaleX", defaultFloat = 1f)
+    public void setScaleX(float scaleX) {
+        mScaleX = scaleX;
+        markUpdated();
+    }
+
+    @ReactProp(name = "scaleY", defaultFloat = 1f)
+    public void setScaleY(float scaleY) {
+        mScaleY = scaleY;
+        markUpdated();
+    }
+
     @ReactProp(name = "matrix")
     public void setMatrix(@Nullable ReadableArray matrixArray) {
         if (matrixArray != null) {
@@ -134,6 +148,18 @@ public abstract class VirtualNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
         markUpdated();
     }
 
+    public Matrix getMatrix() {
+        return mMatrix;
+    }
+
+    public float getScaleX() {
+        return mScaleX;
+    }
+
+    public float getScaleY() {
+        return mScaleY;
+    }
+
     @ReactProp(name = "responsible", defaultBoolean = false)
     public void setResponsible(boolean responsible) {
         mResponsible = responsible;
diff --git a/lib/Matrix2D.js b/lib/Matrix2D.js
index e9760796..1fba91c0 100644
--- a/lib/Matrix2D.js
+++ b/lib/Matrix2D.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export default class Matrix2D {
             // TODO: can this be combined into a single append operation?
             skewX *= DEG_TO_RAD;
             skewY *= DEG_TO_RAD;
-            this.append(Math.cos(skewY), Math.sin(skewY), -Math.sin(skewX), Math.cos(skewX), x, y);
+            this.append(Math.cos(skewY), Math.sin(skewY), Math.sin(skewX), Math.cos(skewX), x, y);
             this.append(cos * scaleX, sin * scaleX, -sin * scaleY, cos * scaleY, 0, 0);
         } else {
             this.append(cos * scaleX, sin * scaleX, -sin * scaleY, cos * scaleY, x, y);
diff --git a/lib/attributes.js b/lib/attributes.js
index 68cb285a..5185a53e 100644
--- a/lib/attributes.js
+++ b/lib/attributes.js
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ const NodeAttributes = {
     matrix: {
         diff: arrayDiffer
     },
+    scaleX: true,
+    scaleY: true,
     opacity: true,
     clipRule: true,
     clipPath: true,
diff --git a/lib/extract/extractProps.js b/lib/extract/extractProps.js
index c632eb63..1fd574b0 100644
--- a/lib/extract/extractProps.js
+++ b/lib/extract/extractProps.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import extractFill from './extractFill';
 import extractStroke from './extractStroke';
-import extractTransform from './extractTransform';
+import extractTransform, {props2transform, tp} from './extractTransform';
 import extractClipPath from './extractClipPath';
 import extractResponder from './extractResponder';
 import extractOpacity from './extractOpacity';
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ export default function(props, ref) {
 
     extractedProps.matrix = extractTransform(props);
 
+    Object.assign(extractedProps, props2transform(props));
+    let transform = props.transform;
+    if (transform) {
+        if (typeof transform === 'string') {
+            var transformParsed = tp.parse(transform);
+            if (transformParsed.matrix) {
+                // TODO: Extract scaling values for coordinate system
+                // Especially scaleY for calculating scaling of fontSize
+            } else {
+                let trans = props2transform(transformParsed);
+                if (typeof trans === 'object') {
+                    Object.assign(extractedProps, trans);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     Object.assign(extractedProps, extractResponder(props, ref));
 
     return extractedProps;
diff --git a/lib/extract/extractTransform.js b/lib/extract/extractTransform.js
index afaa8aeb..1b0ab535 100644
--- a/lib/extract/extractTransform.js
+++ b/lib/extract/extractTransform.js
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ class TransformParser {
                         break;
                     case 'translate':
                         retval.translateX = transLst[i + 1];
-                        retval.translateY = (i + 2 <= transLst.length) ? transLst[i + 2] : 0;
+                        retval.translateY = (3 === transLst.length) ? transLst[i + 2] : 0;
                         break;
                     case 'scale':
                         retval.scaleX = transLst[i + 1];
-                        retval.scaleY = (i + 2 <= transLst.length) ? transLst[i + 2] : retval.scaleX;
+                        retval.scaleY = (3 === transLst.length) ? transLst[i + 2] : retval.scaleX;
                         break;
                     case 'rotate':
                         retval.rotation = transLst[i + 1];
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class TransformParser {
     }
 }
 
-const tp = new TransformParser();
+export const tp = new TransformParser();
 
 
 function appendTransform(transform) {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function universal2axis(universal, axisX, axisY, defaultValue) {
     return [x || defaultValue || 0, y || defaultValue || 0];
 }
 
-function props2transform(props) {
+export function props2transform(props) {
     if (props && (typeof props === 'string')) {
       return props;
     }