diff --git a/examples/vector-labels.js b/examples/vector-labels.js
index ef80956195..c11bf40825 100644
--- a/examples/vector-labels.js
+++ b/examples/vector-labels.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ var getText = function(feature, resolution, dom) {
     text = '';
   } else if (type == 'shorten') {
     text = text.trunc(12);
-  } else if (type == 'wrap') {
+  } else if (type == 'wrap' && dom.placement.value != 'line') {
     text = stringDivider(text, 16, '\n');
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/flat/textpath.js b/src/ol/geom/flat/textpath.js
index bd84defe32..87a20d607c 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/flat/textpath.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/flat/textpath.js
@@ -13,16 +13,12 @@ goog.require('ol.math');
  * width of the character passed as 1st argument.
  * @param {number} startM m along the path where the text starts.
  * @param {number} maxAngle Max angle between adjacent chars in radians.
- * @param {Array.<Array.<number>>=} opt_result Array that will be populated with the
- * result. Each entry consists of an array of x, y and z of the char to draw.
- * If provided, this array will not be truncated to the number of characters of
- * the `text`.
- * @return {Array.<Array.<number>>} The result array of null if `maxAngle` was
- * exceeded.
+ * @return {Array.<Array.<*>>} The result array of null if `maxAngle` was
+ * exceeded. Entries of the array are x, y, anchorX, angle, chunk.
  */
 ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString = function(
-    flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, text, measure, startM, maxAngle, opt_result) {
-  var result = opt_result ? opt_result : [];
+    flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, text, measure, startM, maxAngle) {
+  var result = [];
 
   // Keep text upright
   var reverse = flatCoordinates[offset] > flatCoordinates[end - stride];
@@ -37,11 +33,15 @@ ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString = function(
   var segmentM = 0;
   var segmentLength = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(x2 - x1, 2) + Math.pow(y2 - y1, 2));
 
-  var index, previousAngle;
+  var chunk = '';
+  var chunkLength = 0;
+  var data, index, previousAngle;
   for (var i = 0; i < numChars; ++i) {
     index = reverse ? numChars - i - 1 : i;
-    var char = text[index];
-    var charLength = measure(char);
+    var char = text.charAt(index);
+    chunk = reverse ? char + chunk : chunk + char;
+    var charLength = measure(chunk) - chunkLength;
+    chunkLength += charLength;
     var charM = startM + charLength / 2;
     while (offset < end - stride && segmentM + segmentLength < charM) {
       x1 = x2;
@@ -64,11 +64,27 @@ ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString = function(
         return null;
       }
     }
-    previousAngle = angle;
     var interpolate = segmentPos / segmentLength;
     var x = ol.math.lerp(x1, x2, interpolate);
     var y = ol.math.lerp(y1, y2, interpolate);
-    result[index] = [x, y, angle];
+    if (previousAngle == angle) {
+      if (reverse) {
+        data[0] = x;
+        data[1] = y;
+        data[2] = charLength / 2;
+      }
+      data[4] = chunk;
+    } else {
+      chunk = char;
+      chunkLength = charLength;
+      data = [x, y, charLength / 2, angle, chunk];
+      if (reverse) {
+        result.unshift(data);
+      } else {
+        result.push(data);
+      }
+      previousAngle = angle;
+    }
     startM += charLength;
   }
   return result;
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/replay.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/replay.js
index 4550547397..6d214409b0 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/replay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/replay.js
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ ol.render.canvas.Replay = function(tolerance, maxExtent, resolution, pixelRatio,
 
   /**
    * @private
-   * @type {Array.<Array.<number>>}
+   * @type {!ol.Transform}
    */
-  this.chars_ = [];
+  this.resetTransform_ = ol.transform.create();
 };
 ol.inherits(ol.render.canvas.Replay, ol.render.VectorContext);
 
@@ -569,34 +569,52 @@ ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.replay_ = function(
       case ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_CHARS:
         var begin = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[1]);
         var end = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[2]);
-        var images =  /** @type {Array.<HTMLCanvasElement>} */ (instruction[3]);
-        // Remaining arguments in DRAW_CHARS are in alphabetical order
-        var baseline = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[4]);
-        declutterGroup = /** @type {ol.DeclutterGroup} */ (instruction[5]);
-        var exceedLength = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[6]);
+        var baseline = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[3]);
+        declutterGroup = /** @type {ol.DeclutterGroup} */ (instruction[4]);
+        var exceedLength = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[5]);
+        var fill = /** @type {boolean} */ (instruction[6]);
         var maxAngle = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[7]);
         var measure = /** @type {function(string):number} */ (instruction[8]);
         var offsetY = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[9]);
-        var text = /** @type {string} */ (instruction[10]);
-        var align = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[11]);
-        var textScale = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[12]);
+        var stroke = /** @type {boolean} */ (instruction[10]);
+        var strokeWidth =  /** @type {number} */ (instruction[11]);
+        var text = /** @type {string} */ (instruction[12]);
+        var textAlign = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[13]);
+        var textScale = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[14]);
 
         var pathLength = ol.geom.flat.length.lineString(pixelCoordinates, begin, end, 2);
         var textLength = measure(text);
         if (exceedLength || textLength <= pathLength) {
-          var startM = (pathLength - textLength) * align;
-          var chars = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
-              pixelCoordinates, begin, end, 2, text, measure, startM, maxAngle, this.chars_);
-          var numChars = text.length;
-          if (chars) {
-            var fillHeight = images[images.length - 1].height;
-            for (var c = 0, cc = images.length; c < cc; ++c) {
-              var char = chars[c % numChars]; // x, y, rotation
-              var label = images[c];
-              anchorX = label.width / 2;
-              anchorY = baseline * label.height + (0.5 - baseline) * (label.height - fillHeight) - offsetY;
-              this.replayImage_(context, char[0], char[1], label,
-                  anchorX, anchorY, declutterGroup, label.height, 1, 0, 0, char[2], textScale, false, label.width);
+          var startM = (pathLength - textLength) * textAlign;
+          var parts = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
+              pixelCoordinates, begin, end, 2, text, measure, startM, maxAngle);
+          if (parts) {
+            var c, cc, chars, label, part;
+            if (stroke) {
+              for (c = 0, cc = parts.length; c < cc; ++c) {
+                part = parts[c]; // x, y, anchorX, rotation, chunk
+                chars = /** @type {string} */ (part[4]);
+                label = /** @type {ol.render.canvas.TextReplay} */ (this).getImage(chars, false, true);
+                anchorX = /** @type {number} */ (part[2]) + strokeWidth;
+                anchorY = baseline * label.height + (0.5 - baseline) * strokeWidth - offsetY;
+                this.replayImage_(context,
+                    /** @type {number} */ (part[0]), /** @type {number} */ (part[1]), label,
+                    anchorX, anchorY, declutterGroup, label.height, 1, 0, 0,
+                    /** @type {number} */ (part[3]), textScale, false, label.width);
+              }
+            }
+            if (fill) {
+              for (c = 0, cc = parts.length; c < cc; ++c) {
+                part = parts[c]; // x, y, anchorX, rotation, chunk
+                chars = /** @type {string} */ (part[4]);
+                label = /** @type {ol.render.canvas.TextReplay} */ (this).getImage(chars, true, false);
+                anchorX = /** @type {number} */ (part[2]);
+                anchorY = baseline * label.height - offsetY;
+                this.replayImage_(context,
+                    /** @type {number} */ (part[0]), /** @type {number} */ (part[1]), label,
+                    anchorX, anchorY, declutterGroup, label.height, 1, 0, 0,
+                    /** @type {number} */ (part[3]), textScale, false, label.width);
+              }
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
index 5220b4a3d5..349e01152c 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay = function(
    */
   this.strokeKey_ = '';
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {Object.<string, number>}
+   */
+  this.widths_ = {};
+
   while (ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_.canExpireCache()) {
     ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_.pop();
   }
@@ -158,19 +164,23 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextHeight = (function() {
 
 
 /**
- * @this {Object}
- * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} context Context.
- * @param {number} pixelRatio Pixel ratio.
+ * @param {string} font Font.
  * @param {string} text Text.
  * @return {number} Width.
  */
-ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.getTextWidth = function(context, pixelRatio, text) {
-  var width = this[text];
-  if (!width) {
-    this[text] = width = context.measureText(text).width;
-  }
-  return width * pixelRatio;
-};
+ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidth = (function() {
+  var measureContext;
+  var currentFont;
+  return function(font, text) {
+    if (!measureContext) {
+      measureContext = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(1, 1);
+    }
+    if (font != currentFont) {
+      currentFont = measureContext.font = font;
+    }
+    return measureContext.measureText(text).width;
+  };
+})();
 
 
 /**
@@ -180,24 +190,17 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.getTextWidth = function(context, pixelRatio, text) {
  * each line.
  * @return {number} Width of the whole text.
  */
-ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidths = (function() {
-  var context;
-  return function(font, lines, widths) {
-    if (!context) {
-      context = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(1, 1);
-    }
-    context.font = font;
-    var numLines = lines.length;
-    var width = 0;
-    var currentWidth, i;
-    for (i = 0; i < numLines; ++i) {
-      currentWidth = context.measureText(lines[i]).width;
-      width = Math.max(width, currentWidth);
-      widths.push(currentWidth);
-    }
-    return width;
-  };
-})();
+ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidths = function(font, lines, widths) {
+  var numLines = lines.length;
+  var width = 0;
+  var currentWidth, i;
+  for (i = 0; i < numLines; ++i) {
+    currentWidth = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidth(font, lines[i]);
+    width = Math.max(width, currentWidth);
+    widths.push(currentWidth);
+  }
+  return width;
+};
 
 
 /**
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(geometry, feature) {
     this.endGeometry(geometry, feature);
 
   } else {
-    var label = this.getImage_(this.text_, !!this.textFillState_, !!this.textStrokeState_);
+    var label = this.getImage(this.text_, !!this.textFillState_, !!this.textStrokeState_);
     var width = label.width / this.pixelRatio;
     switch (geometryType) {
       case ol.geom.GeometryType.POINT:
@@ -312,13 +315,12 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(geometry, feature) {
 
 
 /**
- * @private
  * @param {string} text Text.
  * @param {boolean} fill Fill.
  * @param {boolean} stroke Stroke.
  * @return {HTMLCanvasElement} Image.
  */
-ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.getImage_ = function(text, fill, stroke) {
+ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.getImage = function(text, fill, stroke) {
   var label;
   var key = (stroke ? this.strokeKey_ : '') + this.textKey_ + text + (fill ? this.fillKey_ : '');
 
@@ -343,7 +345,9 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.getImage_ = function(text, fill, stroke) {
         Math.ceil((height + strokeWidth) * scale));
     label = context.canvas;
     ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_.set(key, label);
-    context.scale(scale, scale);
+    if (scale != 1) {
+      context.scale(scale, scale);
+    }
     context.font = textState.font;
     if (stroke) {
       context.strokeStyle = strokeState.strokeStyle;
@@ -422,37 +426,36 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawChars_ = function(begin, end, declutte
   var textState = this.textState_;
   var baseline = ol.render.replay.TEXT_ALIGN[textState.textBaseline];
 
-  var labels = [];
-  var text = this.text_;
-  var numChars = this.text_.length;
-  var i;
-
-  if (stroke) {
-    for (i = 0; i < numChars; ++i) {
-      labels.push(this.getImage_(text.charAt(i), false, stroke));
-    }
-  }
-  if (fill) {
-    for (i = 0; i < numChars; ++i) {
-      labels.push(this.getImage_(text.charAt(i), fill, false));
-    }
-  }
-
-  var context = labels[0].getContext('2d');
   var offsetY = this.textOffsetY_ * pixelRatio;
-  var align = ol.render.replay.TEXT_ALIGN[textState.textAlign || ol.render.canvas.defaultTextAlign];
-  var widths = {};
+  var textAlign = ol.render.replay.TEXT_ALIGN[textState.textAlign || ol.render.canvas.defaultTextAlign];
+  var text = this.text_;
+  var font = textState.font;
+  var textScale = this.textScale_;
+  var strokeWidth = strokeState ? strokeState.lineWidth * textScale / 2 : 0;
+  var widths = this.widths_;
   this.instructions.push([ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_CHARS,
-    begin, end, labels, baseline, declutterGroup,
-    textState.exceedLength, textState.maxAngle,
-    ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.getTextWidth.bind(widths, context, pixelRatio * this.textScale_),
-    offsetY, this.text_, align, 1
+    begin, end, baseline, declutterGroup,
+    textState.exceedLength, fill, textState.maxAngle,
+    function(text) {
+      var width = widths[text];
+      if (!width) {
+        width = widths[text] = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidth(font, text);
+      }
+      return width * textScale * pixelRatio;
+    },
+    offsetY, stroke, strokeWidth * pixelRatio, text, textAlign, 1
   ]);
   this.hitDetectionInstructions.push([ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_CHARS,
-    begin, end, labels, baseline, declutterGroup,
-    textState.exceedLength, textState.maxAngle,
-    ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.getTextWidth.bind(widths, context, this.textScale_),
-    offsetY, this.text_, align, 1 / pixelRatio
+    begin, end, baseline, declutterGroup,
+    textState.exceedLength, fill, textState.maxAngle,
+    function(text) {
+      var width = widths[text];
+      if (!width) {
+        width = widths[text] = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidth(font, text);
+      }
+      return width * textScale;
+    },
+    offsetY, stroke, strokeWidth, text, textAlign, 1 / pixelRatio
   ]);
 };
 
diff --git a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multilinestring.png b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multilinestring.png
index 7d4a567ca9..117aec74f8 100644
Binary files a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multilinestring.png and b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multilinestring.png differ
diff --git a/test/rendering/ol/style/text.test.js b/test/rendering/ol/style/text.test.js
index 3d130150c4..6e7c19a54b 100644
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/text.test.js
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/text.test.js
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ describe('ol.rendering.style.Text', function() {
       }));
       vectorSource.addFeature(feature);
       map.getView().fit(vectorSource.getExtent());
-      expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multilinestring.png', 6.9, done);
+      expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multilinestring.png', 7, done);
     });
 
     it('renders text along a Polygon', function(done) {
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/textpath.test.js b/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/textpath.test.js
index d85932607f..64fca500ee 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/textpath.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/textpath.test.js
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ describe('textpath', function() {
     var startM = 50 - 15;
     var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
         horizontal, 0, horizontal.length, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Infinity);
-    expect(instructions).to.eql([[40, 0, 0], [50, 0, 0], [60, 0, 0]]);
+    expect(instructions).to.eql([[40, 0, 5, 0, 'foo']]);
   });
 
   it('left-aligns text on a horizontal line', function() {
     var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
         horizontal, 0, horizontal.length, 2, 'foo', measure, 0, Infinity);
-    expect(instructions).to.eql([[5, 0, 0], [15, 0, 0], [25, 0, 0]]);
+    expect(instructions).to.eql([[5, 0, 5, 0, 'foo']]);
   });
 
   it('right-aligns text on a horizontal line', function() {
     var startM = 100 - 30;
     var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
         horizontal, 0, horizontal.length, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Infinity);
-    expect(instructions).to.eql([[75, 0, 0], [85, 0, 0], [95, 0, 0]]);
+    expect(instructions).to.eql([[75, 0, 5, 0, 'foo']]);
   });
 
   it('draws text on a vertical line', function() {
@@ -39,33 +39,31 @@ describe('textpath', function() {
     var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
         vertical, 0, vertical.length, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Infinity);
     var a = 90 * Math.PI / 180;
-    expect(instructions).to.eql([[0, 40, a], [0, 50, a], [0, 60, a]]);
+    expect(instructions).to.eql([[0, 40, 5, a, 'foo']]);
   });
 
   it('draws text on a diagonal line', function() {
     var startM = Math.sqrt(2) * 50 - 15;
     var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
         diagonal, 0, diagonal.length, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Infinity);
-    expect(instructions[0][2]).to.be(45 * Math.PI / 180);
-    expect(instructions[0][0]).to.be.lessThan(instructions[2][0]);
-    expect(instructions[0][1]).to.be.lessThan(instructions[2][1]);
+    expect(instructions[0][3]).to.be(45 * Math.PI / 180);
+    expect(instructions.length).to.be(1);
   });
 
   it('draws reverse text on a diagonal line', function() {
     var startM = Math.sqrt(2) * 50 - 15;
     var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
         reverse, 0, reverse.length, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Infinity);
-    expect(instructions[0][2]).to.be(-45 * Math.PI / 180);
-    expect(instructions[0][0]).to.be.lessThan(instructions[2][0]);
-    expect(instructions[0][1]).to.be.greaterThan(instructions[2][1]);
+    expect(instructions[0][3]).to.be(-45 * Math.PI / 180);
+    expect(instructions.length).to.be(1);
   });
 
   it('renders long text with extrapolation', function() {
     var startM = 50 - 75;
     var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
         horizontal, 0, horizontal.length, 2, 'foo-foo-foo-foo', measure, startM, Infinity);
-    expect(instructions[0]).to.eql([-20, 0, 0]);
-    expect(instructions[14]).to.eql([120, 0, 0]);
+    expect(instructions[0]).to.eql([-20, 0, 5, 0, 'foo-foo-foo-foo']);
+    expect(instructions.length).to.be(1);
   });
 
   it('renders angled text', function() {
@@ -73,8 +71,10 @@ describe('textpath', function() {
     var startM = length / 2 - 15;
     var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
         angled, 0, angled.length, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Infinity);
-    expect(instructions[0][2]).to.be(45 * Math.PI / 180);
-    expect(instructions[2][2]).to.be(-45 * Math.PI / 180);
+    expect(instructions[0][3]).to.eql(45 * Math.PI / 180);
+    expect(instructions[0][4]).to.be('fo');
+    expect(instructions[1][3]).to.eql(-45 * Math.PI / 180);
+    expect(instructions[1][4]).to.be('o');
   });
 
   it('respects maxAngle', function() {
@@ -93,12 +93,13 @@ describe('textpath', function() {
     expect(instructions).to.not.be(undefined);
   });
 
-  it('respects the begin option', function() {
+  it('respects the offset option', function() {
     var length = ol.geom.flat.length.lineString(angled, 2, angled.length, 2);
     var startM = length / 2 - 15;
     var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
         angled, 2, angled.length, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Infinity);
-    expect(instructions[1][0]).to.be(150);
+    expect(instructions[0][3]).to.be(-45 * Math.PI / 180);
+    expect(instructions.length).to.be(1);
   });
 
   it('respects the end option', function() {
@@ -106,16 +107,8 @@ describe('textpath', function() {
     var startM = length / 2 - 15;
     var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
         angled, 0, 4, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Infinity);
-    expect(instructions[1][0]).to.be(50);
-  });
-
-  it('uses the provided result array', function() {
-    var result = [];
-    result[3] = undefined;
-    var startM = 50 - 15;
-    ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
-        horizontal, 0, horizontal.length, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Infinity, result);
-    expect(result).to.eql([[40, 0, 0], [50, 0, 0], [60, 0, 0], undefined]);
+    expect(instructions[0][3]).to.be(45 * Math.PI / 180);
+    expect(instructions.length).to.be(1);
   });
 
 });