Merge pull request #7239 from ahocevar/linestring-text

Render text along lines
2017-09-12 11:42:35 +02:00
parent 2306d08cf4 e2ebd05624
commit f5277c091b
36 changed files with 1178 additions and 290 deletions
--- a/examples/data/geojson/vienna-streets.geojson
+++ b/examples/data/geojson/vienna-streets.geojson
--- a/examples/street-labels.html
+++ b/examples/street-labels.html
@@ -3,14 +3,8 @@ layout: example.html
 title: Street Labels
 shortdesc: Render street names with a custom render.
 docs: >
-  Example showing the use of a custom renderer to render text along a path. [Labelgun](https://github.com/Geovation/labelgun) is used to avoid label collisions. [label-segment](https://github.com/ahocevar/label-segment) makes sure that labels are placed on suitable street segments. [textpath](https://github.com/ahocevar/textpath) arranges the letters of a label along the geometry.
-tags: "vector, label, collision detection, labelgun, linelabel"
-resources:
-  - https://cdn.polyfill.io/v2/polyfill.min.js?features=Set
-  - https://unpkg.com/rbush@2.0.1/rbush.min.js
-  - https://unpkg.com/labelgun@0.1.1/lib/labelgun.min.js
-  - https://unpkg.com/textpath@1.0.1/dist/textpath.js
-  - https://unpkg.com/label-segment@1.0.0/dist/label-segment.js
+  Example showing the use of a text style with `placement: 'line'` to render text along a path.
+tags: "vector, label, streets"
 cloak:
  As1HiMj1PvLPlqc_gtM7AqZfBL8ZL3VrjaS3zIb22Uvb9WKhuJObROC-qUpa81U5: Your Bing Maps Key from http://www.bingmapsportal.com/ here
 ---
--- a/examples/street-labels.js
+++ b/examples/street-labels.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// NOCOMPILE
-/* global labelgun, labelSegment, textPath */
 goog.require('ol.Map');
 goog.require('ol.View');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
@@ -8,64 +6,37 @@ goog.require('ol.layer.Tile');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Vector');
 goog.require('ol.source.BingMaps');
 goog.require('ol.source.Vector');
+goog.require('ol.style.Fill');
 goog.require('ol.style.Style');
-
-var emptyFn = function() {};
-var labelEngine = new labelgun['default'](emptyFn, emptyFn);
-
-var context, pixelRatio; // Will be set in the map's postcompose listener
-function measureText(text) {
-  return context.measureText(text).width * pixelRatio;
-}
-
-var extent, letters; // Will be set in the style's renderer function
-function collectDrawData(letter, x, y, angle) {
-  ol.extent.extend(extent, [x, y, x, y]);
-  letters.push([x, y, angle, letter]);
-}
+goog.require('ol.style.Text');

 var style = new ol.style.Style({
-  renderer: function(coords, state) {
-    var feature = state.feature;
-    var text = feature.get('name');
-    // Only create label when geometry has a long and straight segment
-    var path = labelSegment(coords, Math.PI / 8, measureText(text));
-    if (path) {
-      extent = ol.extent.createEmpty();
-      letters = [];
-      textPath(text, path, measureText, collectDrawData);
-      ol.extent.buffer(extent, 5 * pixelRatio, extent);
-      var bounds = {
-        bottomLeft: ol.extent.getBottomLeft(extent),
-        topRight: ol.extent.getTopRight(extent)
-      };
-      labelEngine.ingestLabel(bounds, feature.getId(), 1, letters, text, false);
-    }
-  }
-});
-
-var rasterLayer = new ol.layer.Tile({
-  source: new ol.source.BingMaps({
-    key: 'As1HiMj1PvLPlqc_gtM7AqZfBL8ZL3VrjaS3zIb22Uvb9WKhuJObROC-qUpa81U5',
-    imagerySet: 'Aerial'
+  text: new ol.style.Text({
+    font: 'bold 11px "Open Sans", "Arial Unicode MS", "sans-serif"',
+    placement: 'line',
+    fill: new ol.style.Fill({
+      color: 'white'
+    })
  })
 });

-var vectorLayer = new ol.layer.Vector({
-  source: new ol.source.Vector({
-    format: new ol.format.GeoJSON(),
-    url: 'data/geojson/vienna-streets.geojson'
-  }),
-  style: function(feature) {
-    if (feature.getGeometry().getType() == 'LineString' && feature.get('name')) {
-      return style;
-    }
-  }
-});
-
 var viewExtent = [1817379, 6139595, 1827851, 6143616];
 var map = new ol.Map({
-  layers: [rasterLayer, vectorLayer],
+  layers: [new ol.layer.Tile({
+    source: new ol.source.BingMaps({
+      key: 'As1HiMj1PvLPlqc_gtM7AqZfBL8ZL3VrjaS3zIb22Uvb9WKhuJObROC-qUpa81U5',
+      imagerySet: 'Aerial'
+    })
+  }), new ol.layer.Vector({
+    source: new ol.source.Vector({
+      format: new ol.format.GeoJSON(),
+      url: 'data/geojson/vienna-streets.geojson'
+    }),
+    style: function(feature) {
+      style.getText().setText(feature.get('name'));
+      return style;
+    }
+  })],
  target: 'map',
  view: new ol.View({
    extent: viewExtent,
@@ -74,31 +45,3 @@ var map = new ol.Map({
    minZoom: 14
  })
 });
-
-vectorLayer.on('precompose', function() {
-  labelEngine.destroy();
-});
-vectorLayer.on('postcompose', function(e) {
-  context = e.context;
-  pixelRatio = e.frameState.pixelRatio;
-  context.save();
-  context.font = 'normal 11px "Open Sans", "Arial Unicode MS"';
-  context.fillStyle = 'white';
-  context.textBaseline = 'middle';
-  context.textAlign = 'center';
-  var labels = labelEngine.getShown();
-  for (var i = 0, ii = labels.length; i < ii; ++i) {
-    // Render label letter by letter
-    var letters = labels[i].labelObject;
-    for (var j = 0, jj = letters.length; j < jj; ++j) {
-      var labelData = letters[j];
-      context.save();
-      context.translate(labelData[0], labelData[1]);
-      context.rotate(labelData[2]);
-      context.scale(pixelRatio, pixelRatio);
-      context.fillText(labelData[3], 0, 0);
-      context.restore();
-    }
-  }
-  context.restore();
-});
--- a/examples/vector-labels.html
+++ b/examples/vector-labels.html
@@ -80,6 +80,25 @@ tags: "geojson, vector, openstreetmap, label"
      <option value="normal" selected="selected">Normal</option>
    </select>
    <br />
+    <label>Placement: </label>
+    <select disabled id="points-placement">
+      <option value="line">Line</option>
+      <option value="point" selected="selected">Point</option>
+    </select>
+    <br />
+    <label>Max Angle: </label>
+    <select disabled id="points-maxangle">
+      <option value="0.7853981633974483" selected="selected">45°</option>
+      <option value="2.0943951023931953">120°</option>
+      <option value="6.283185307179586">360°</option>
+    </select>
+    <br />
+    <label>Exceed Len: </label>
+    <select disabled id="points-exceedlength">
+      <option value="true">True</option>
+      <option value="false" selected="selected">False</option>
+    </select>
+    <br />
    <label>Size: </label>
    <input type="text" value="12px" id="points-size" />
    <br />
@@ -131,7 +150,8 @@ tags: "geojson, vector, openstreetmap, label"
    <br />
    <label>Align: </label>
    <select id="lines-align">
-      <option value="center" selected="selected">Center</option>
+      <option value="" selected="selected"></option>
+      <option value="center">Center</option>
      <option value="end">End</option>
      <option value="left">Left</option>
      <option value="right">Right</option>
@@ -169,6 +189,25 @@ tags: "geojson, vector, openstreetmap, label"
      <option value="normal">Normal</option>
    </select>
    <br />
+    <label>Placement: </label>
+    <select id="lines-placement">
+      <option value="line">Line</option>
+      <option value="point" selected="selected">Point</option>
+    </select>
+    <br />
+    <label>Max Angle: </label>
+    <select id="lines-maxangle">
+      <option value="0.7853981633974483" selected="selected">45°</option>
+      <option value="2.0943951023931953">120°</option>
+      <option value="6.283185307179586">360°</option>
+    </select>
+    <br />
+    <label>Exceed Len: </label>
+    <select id="lines-exceedlength">
+      <option value="true">True</option>
+      <option value="false" selected="selected">False</option>
+    </select>
+    <br />
    <label>Size: </label>
    <input type="text" value="12px" id="lines-size" />
    <br />
@@ -220,7 +259,8 @@ tags: "geojson, vector, openstreetmap, label"
    <br />
    <label>Align: </label>
    <select id="polygons-align">
-      <option value="center" selected="selected">Center</option>
+      <option value="" selected="selected"></option>
+      <option value="center">Center</option>
      <option value="end">End</option>
      <option value="left">Left</option>
      <option value="right">Right</option>
@@ -258,6 +298,25 @@ tags: "geojson, vector, openstreetmap, label"
      <option value="normal">Normal</option>
    </select>
    <br />
+    <label>Placement: </label>
+    <select id="polygons-placement">
+      <option value="line">Line</option>
+      <option value="point" selected="selected">Point</option>
+    </select>
+    <br />
+    <label>Max Angle: </label>
+    <select id="polygons-maxangle">
+      <option value="0.7853981633974483" selected="selected">45°</option>
+      <option value="2.0943951023931953">120°</option>
+      <option value="6.283185307179586">360°</option>
+    </select>
+    <br />
+    <label>Exceed Len: </label>
+    <select id="polygons-exceedlength">
+      <option value="true">True</option>
+      <option value="false" selected="selected">False</option>
+    </select>
+    <br />
    <label>Size: </label>
    <input type="text" value="10px" id="polygons-size" />
    <br />
--- a/examples/vector-labels.js
+++ b/examples/vector-labels.js
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ var myDom = {
    rotation: document.getElementById('lines-rotation'),
    font: document.getElementById('lines-font'),
    weight: document.getElementById('lines-weight'),
+    placement: document.getElementById('lines-placement'),
+    maxangle: document.getElementById('lines-maxangle'),
+    exceedlength: document.getElementById('lines-exceedlength'),
    size: document.getElementById('lines-size'),
    offsetX: document.getElementById('lines-offset-x'),
    offsetY: document.getElementById('lines-offset-y'),
@@ -50,6 +53,9 @@ var myDom = {
    rotation: document.getElementById('polygons-rotation'),
    font: document.getElementById('polygons-font'),
    weight: document.getElementById('polygons-weight'),
+    placement: document.getElementById('polygons-placement'),
+    maxangle: document.getElementById('polygons-maxangle'),
+    exceedlength: document.getElementById('polygons-exceedlength'),
    size: document.getElementById('polygons-size'),
    offsetX: document.getElementById('polygons-offset-x'),
    offsetY: document.getElementById('polygons-offset-y'),
@@ -86,6 +92,9 @@ var createTextStyle = function(feature, resolution, dom) {
  var offsetX = parseInt(dom.offsetX.value, 10);
  var offsetY = parseInt(dom.offsetY.value, 10);
  var weight = dom.weight.value;
+  var placement = dom.placement ? dom.placement.value : undefined;
+  var maxAngle = dom.maxangle ? parseFloat(dom.maxangle.value) : undefined;
+  var exceedLength = dom.exceedlength ? (dom.exceedlength.value == 'true') : undefined;
  var rotation = parseFloat(dom.rotation.value);
  var font = weight + ' ' + size + ' ' + dom.font.value;
  var fillColor = dom.color.value;
@@ -93,7 +102,7 @@ var createTextStyle = function(feature, resolution, dom) {
  var outlineWidth = parseInt(dom.outlineWidth.value, 10);

  return new ol.style.Text({
-    textAlign: align,
+    textAlign: align == '' ? undefined : align,
    textBaseline: baseline,
    font: font,
    text: getText(feature, resolution, dom),
@@ -101,6 +110,9 @@ var createTextStyle = function(feature, resolution, dom) {
    stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({color: outlineColor, width: outlineWidth}),
    offsetX: offsetX,
    offsetY: offsetY,
+    placement: placement,
+    maxAngle: maxAngle,
+    exceedLength: exceedLength,
    rotation: rotation
  });
 };
--- a/externs/olx.js
+++ b/externs/olx.js
@@ -7658,8 +7658,11 @@ olx.style.StrokeOptions.prototype.width;

 /**
 * @typedef {{font: (string|undefined),
+ *     exceedLength: (boolean|undefined),
+ *     maxAngle: (number|undefined),
 *     offsetX: (number|undefined),
 *     offsetY: (number|undefined),
+ *     placement: (ol.style.TextPlacement|string|undefined),
 *     scale: (number|undefined),
 *     rotateWithView: (boolean|undefined),
 *     rotation: (number|undefined),
@@ -7672,6 +7675,15 @@ olx.style.StrokeOptions.prototype.width;
 olx.style.TextOptions;


+/**
+ * When `placement` is set to `'line'`, allow text to exceed the length of the
+ * path that it follows. Default is `false`.
+ * @type {boolean|undefined}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.style.TextOptions.prototype.exceedLength;
+
+
 /**
 * Font style as CSS 'font' value, see:
 * {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/font}.
@@ -7682,6 +7694,16 @@ olx.style.TextOptions;
 olx.style.TextOptions.prototype.font;


+/**
+ * When `placement` is set to `'line'`, allow a maximum angle between adjacent
+ * characters. The expected value is in radians, and the default is 45°
+ * (`Math.PI / 4`).
+ * @type {number|undefined}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.style.TextOptions.prototype.maxAngle;
+
+
 /**
 * Horizontal text offset in pixels. A positive will shift the text right.
 * Default is `0`.
@@ -7700,6 +7722,14 @@ olx.style.TextOptions.prototype.offsetX;
 olx.style.TextOptions.prototype.offsetY;


+/**
+ * Text placement.
+ * @type {ol.style.TextPlacement|undefined}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.style.TextOptions.prototype.placement;
+
+
 /**
 * Scale.
 * @type {number|undefined}
@@ -7734,7 +7764,9 @@ olx.style.TextOptions.prototype.text;

 /**
 * Text alignment. Possible values: 'left', 'right', 'center', 'end' or 'start'.
- * Default is 'start'.
+ * Default is 'center' for `placement: 'point'`. For `placement: 'line'`, the
+ * default is to let the renderer choose a placement where `maxAngle` is not
+ * exceeded.
 * @type {string|undefined}
 * @api
 */
@@ -7743,7 +7775,7 @@ olx.style.TextOptions.prototype.textAlign;

 /**
 * Text base line. Possible values: 'bottom', 'top', 'middle', 'alphabetic',
- * 'hanging', 'ideographic'. Default is 'alphabetic'.
+ * 'hanging', 'ideographic'. Default is 'middle'.
 * @type {string|undefined}
 * @api
 */
--- a/package/package.json
+++ b/package/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
  "dependencies": {
    "pbf": "3.0.5",
    "pixelworks": "1.1.0",
-    "rbush": "2.0.1",
-    "@mapbox/vector-tile": "1.3.0"
+    "rbush": "2.0.1"
  },
  "browserify": {
    "transform": [
--- a/src/ol/geom/flat/straightchunk.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/flat/straightchunk.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+goog.provide('ol.geom.flat.straightchunk');
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {number} maxAngle Maximum acceptable angle delta between segments.
+ * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Flat coordinates.
+ * @param {number} offset Offset.
+ * @param {number} end End.
+ * @param {number} stride Stride.
+ * @return {Array.<number>} Start and end of the first suitable chunk of the
+ * given `flatCoordinates`.
+ */
+ol.geom.flat.straightchunk.lineString = function(maxAngle, flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride) {
+  var chunkStart = offset;
+  var chunkEnd = offset;
+  var chunkM = 0;
+  var m = 0;
+  var start = offset;
+  var acos, i, m12, m23, x1, y1, x12, y12, x23, y23;
+  for (i = offset; i < end; i += stride) {
+    var x2 = flatCoordinates[i];
+    var y2 = flatCoordinates[i + 1];
+    if (x1 !== undefined) {
+      x23 = x2 - x1;
+      y23 = y2 - y1;
+      m23 = Math.sqrt(x23 * x23 + y23 * y23);
+      if (x12 !== undefined) {
+        m += m12;
+        acos = Math.acos((x12 * x23 + y12 * y23) / (m12 * m23));
+        if (acos > maxAngle) {
+          if (m > chunkM) {
+            chunkM = m;
+            chunkStart = start;
+            chunkEnd = i;
+          }
+          m = 0;
+          start = i - stride;
+        }
+      }
+      m12 = m23;
+      x12 = x23;
+      y12 = y23;
+    }
+    x1 = x2;
+    y1 = y2;
+  }
+  m += m23;
+  return m > chunkM ? [start, i] : [chunkStart, chunkEnd];
+};
--- a/src/ol/geom/flat/textpath.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/flat/textpath.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+goog.provide('ol.geom.flat.textpath');
+
+goog.require('ol.math');
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Path to put text on.
+ * @param {number} offset Start offset of the `flatCoordinates`.
+ * @param {number} end End offset of the `flatCoordinates`.
+ * @param {number} stride Stride.
+ * @param {string} text Text to place on the path.
+ * @param {function(string):number} measure Measure function returning the
+ * 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.
+ */
+ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString = function(
+    flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, text, measure, startM, maxAngle, opt_result) {
+  var result = opt_result ? opt_result : [];
+
+  // Keep text upright
+  var reverse = flatCoordinates[offset] > flatCoordinates[end - stride];
+
+  var numChars = text.length;
+
+  var x1 = flatCoordinates[offset];
+  var y1 = flatCoordinates[offset + 1];
+  offset += stride;
+  var x2 = flatCoordinates[offset];
+  var y2 = flatCoordinates[offset + 1];
+  var segmentM = 0;
+  var segmentLength = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(x2 - x1, 2) + Math.pow(y2 - y1, 2));
+
+  var index, previousAngle;
+  for (var i = 0; i < numChars; ++i) {
+    index = reverse ? numChars - i - 1 : i;
+    var char = text[index];
+    var charLength = measure(char);
+    var charM = startM + charLength / 2;
+    while (offset < end - stride && segmentM + segmentLength < charM) {
+      x1 = x2;
+      y1 = y2;
+      offset += stride;
+      x2 = flatCoordinates[offset];
+      y2 = flatCoordinates[offset + 1];
+      segmentM += segmentLength;
+      segmentLength = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(x2 - x1, 2) + Math.pow(y2 - y1, 2));
+    }
+    var segmentPos = charM - segmentM;
+    var angle = Math.atan2(y2 - y1, x2 - x1);
+    if (reverse) {
+      angle += angle > 0 ? -Math.PI : Math.PI;
+    }
+    if (previousAngle !== undefined) {
+      var delta = angle - previousAngle;
+      delta += (delta > Math.PI) ? -2 * Math.PI : (delta < -Math.PI) ? 2 * Math.PI : 0;
+      if (Math.abs(delta) > maxAngle) {
+        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];
+    startM += charLength;
+  }
+  return result;
+};
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/imagereplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/imagereplay.js
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.ImageReplay.prototype.drawMultiPoint = function(multiPointGeome
  this.instructions.push([
    ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_IMAGE, myBegin, myEnd, this.image_,
    // Remaining arguments to DRAW_IMAGE are in alphabetical order
-    this.anchorX_, this.anchorY_, this.height_, this.opacity_,
+    this.anchorX_, this.anchorY_, this.height_, undefined, this.opacity_,
    this.originX_, this.originY_, this.rotateWithView_, this.rotation_,
    this.scale_, this.snapToPixel_, this.width_
  ]);
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.ImageReplay.prototype.drawMultiPoint = function(multiPointGeome
    ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_IMAGE, myBegin, myEnd,
    this.hitDetectionImage_,
    // Remaining arguments to DRAW_IMAGE are in alphabetical order
-    this.anchorX_, this.anchorY_, this.height_, this.opacity_,
+    this.anchorX_, this.anchorY_, this.height_, undefined, this.opacity_,
    this.originX_, this.originY_, this.rotateWithView_, this.rotation_,
    this.scale_, this.snapToPixel_, this.width_
  ]);
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/immediate.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/immediate.js
@@ -789,21 +789,23 @@ ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.setContextStrokeState_ = function(strokeSta
 ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.setContextTextState_ = function(textState) {
  var context = this.context_;
  var contextTextState = this.contextTextState_;
+  var textAlign = textState.textAlign ?
+    textState.textAlign : ol.render.canvas.defaultTextAlign;
  if (!contextTextState) {
    context.font = textState.font;
-    context.textAlign = textState.textAlign;
+    context.textAlign = textAlign;
    context.textBaseline = textState.textBaseline;
    this.contextTextState_ = {
      font: textState.font,
-      textAlign: textState.textAlign,
+      textAlign: textAlign,
      textBaseline: textState.textBaseline
    };
  } else {
    if (contextTextState.font != textState.font) {
      contextTextState.font = context.font = textState.font;
    }
-    if (contextTextState.textAlign != textState.textAlign) {
-      contextTextState.textAlign = context.textAlign = textState.textAlign;
+    if (contextTextState.textAlign != textAlign) {
+      contextTextState.textAlign = textAlign;
    }
    if (contextTextState.textBaseline != textState.textBaseline) {
      contextTextState.textBaseline = context.textBaseline =
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/instruction.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/instruction.js
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ ol.render.canvas.Instruction = {
  CIRCLE: 2,
  CLOSE_PATH: 3,
  CUSTOM: 4,
-  DRAW_IMAGE: 5,
-  END_GEOMETRY: 6,
-  FILL: 7,
-  MOVE_TO_LINE_TO: 8,
-  SET_FILL_STYLE: 9,
-  SET_STROKE_STYLE: 10,
-  STROKE: 11
+  DRAW_CHARS: 5,
+  DRAW_IMAGE: 6,
+  END_GEOMETRY: 7,
+  FILL: 8,
+  MOVE_TO_LINE_TO: 9,
+  SET_FILL_STYLE: 10,
+  SET_STROKE_STYLE: 11,
+  STROKE: 12
 };
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/replay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/replay.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.extent.Relationship');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat.inflate');
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat.length');
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat.textpath');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat.transform');
 goog.require('ol.has');
 goog.require('ol.obj');
@@ -130,10 +132,69 @@ ol.render.canvas.Replay = function(tolerance, maxExtent, resolution, pixelRatio,
   * @type {!ol.Transform}
   */
  this.resetTransform_ = ol.transform.create();
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {Array.<Array.<number>>}
+   */
+  this.chars_ = [];
 };
 ol.inherits(ol.render.canvas.Replay, ol.render.VectorContext);


+/**
+ * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} context Context.
+ * @param {number} x X.
+ * @param {number} y Y.
+ * @param {HTMLImageElement|HTMLCanvasElement|HTMLVideoElement} image Image.
+ * @param {number} anchorX Anchor X.
+ * @param {number} anchorY Anchor Y.
+ * @param {number} height Height.
+ * @param {number} opacity Opacity.
+ * @param {number} originX Origin X.
+ * @param {number} originY Origin Y.
+ * @param {number} rotation Rotation.
+ * @param {number} scale Scale.
+ * @param {boolean} snapToPixel Snap to pixel.
+ * @param {number} width Width.
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.replayImage_ = function(context, x, y, image, anchorX, anchorY,
+    height, opacity, originX, originY, rotation, scale, snapToPixel, width) {
+  var localTransform = this.tmpLocalTransform_;
+  anchorX *= scale;
+  anchorY *= scale;
+  x -= anchorX;
+  y -= anchorY;
+  if (snapToPixel) {
+    x = Math.round(x);
+    y = Math.round(y);
+  }
+  if (rotation !== 0) {
+    var centerX = x + anchorX;
+    var centerY = y + anchorY;
+    ol.transform.compose(localTransform,
+        centerX, centerY, 1, 1, rotation, -centerX, -centerY);
+    context.setTransform.apply(context, localTransform);
+  }
+  var alpha = context.globalAlpha;
+  if (opacity != 1) {
+    context.globalAlpha = alpha * opacity;
+  }
+
+  var w = (width + originX > image.width) ? image.width - originX : width;
+  var h = (height + originY > image.height) ? image.height - originY : height;
+
+  context.drawImage(image, originX, originY, w, h, x, y, w * scale, h * scale);
+
+  if (opacity != 1) {
+    context.globalAlpha = alpha;
+  }
+  if (rotation !== 0) {
+    context.setTransform.apply(context, this.resetTransform_);
+  }
+};
+
+
 /**
 * @protected
 * @param {Array.<number>} dashArray Dash array.
@@ -340,9 +401,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.replay_ = function(
  var ii = instructions.length; // end of instructions
  var d = 0; // data index
  var dd; // end of per-instruction data
-  var localTransform = this.tmpLocalTransform_;
-  var resetTransform = this.resetTransform_;
-  var prevX, prevY, roundX, roundY;
+  var anchorX, anchorY, prevX, prevY, roundX, roundY;
  var pendingFill = 0;
  var pendingStroke = 0;
  var coordinateCache = this.coordinateCache_;
@@ -435,53 +494,63 @@ ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.replay_ = function(
        dd = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[2]);
        var image =  /** @type {HTMLCanvasElement|HTMLVideoElement|Image} */
            (instruction[3]);
-        var scale = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[12]);
        // Remaining arguments in DRAW_IMAGE are in alphabetical order
-        var anchorX = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[4]) * scale;
-        var anchorY = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[5]) * scale;
+        anchorX = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[4]);
+        anchorY = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[5]);
        var height = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[6]);
        var opacity = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[7]);
        var originX = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[8]);
        var originY = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[9]);
        var rotateWithView = /** @type {boolean} */ (instruction[10]);
        var rotation = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[11]);
+        var scale = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[12]);
        var snapToPixel = /** @type {boolean} */ (instruction[13]);
        var width = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[14]);
+
        if (rotateWithView) {
          rotation += viewRotation;
        }
        for (; d < dd; d += 2) {
-          x = pixelCoordinates[d] - anchorX;
-          y = pixelCoordinates[d + 1] - anchorY;
-          if (snapToPixel) {
-            x = Math.round(x);
-            y = Math.round(y);
-          }
-          if (rotation !== 0) {
-            var centerX = x + anchorX;
-            var centerY = y + anchorY;
-            ol.transform.compose(localTransform,
-                centerX, centerY, 1, 1, rotation, -centerX, -centerY);
-            context.setTransform.apply(context, localTransform);
-          }
-          var alpha = context.globalAlpha;
-          if (opacity != 1) {
-            context.globalAlpha = alpha * opacity;
-          }
+          this.replayImage_(context, pixelCoordinates[d], pixelCoordinates[d + 1],
+              image, anchorX, anchorY, height, opacity, originX, originY,
+              rotation, scale, snapToPixel, width);
+        }
+        ++i;
+        break;
+      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]);
+        var exceedLength = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[5]);
+        var maxAngle = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[6]);
+        var measure = /** @type {function(string):number} */ (instruction[7]);
+        var offsetY = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[8]);
+        var strokeWidth = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[9]);
+        var text = /** @type {string} */ (instruction[10]);
+        var align = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[11]);
+        var textScale = /** @type {number} */ (instruction[12]);

-          var w = (width + originX > image.width) ? image.width - originX : width;
-          var h = (height + originY > image.height) ? image.height - originY : height;
-
-          context.drawImage(image, originX, originY, w, h,
-              x, y, w * scale, h * scale);
-
-          if (opacity != 1) {
-            context.globalAlpha = alpha;
-          }
-          if (rotation !== 0) {
-            context.setTransform.apply(context, resetTransform);
+        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) {
+            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 + 2 * (0.5 - baseline) * strokeWidth - offsetY;
+              this.replayImage_(context, char[0], char[1], label, anchorX, anchorY,
+                  label.height, 1, 0, 0, char[2], textScale, false, label.width);
+            }
          }
        }
+
        ++i;
        break;
      case ol.render.canvas.Instruction.END_GEOMETRY:
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ goog.provide('ol.render.canvas.TextReplay');

 goog.require('ol');
 goog.require('ol.colorlike');
+goog.require('ol.dom');
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat.straightchunk');
+goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.has');
 goog.require('ol.render.canvas');
 goog.require('ol.render.canvas.Instruction');
 goog.require('ol.render.canvas.Replay');
 goog.require('ol.render.replay');
 goog.require('ol.structs.LRUCache');
+goog.require('ol.style.TextPlacement');


 /**
@@ -24,6 +28,12 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay = function(tolerance, maxExtent, resolution, pixelRa

  ol.render.canvas.Replay.call(this, tolerance, maxExtent, resolution, pixelRatio, overlaps);

+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {Array.<HTMLCanvasElement>}
+   */
+  this.labels_ = null;
+
  /**
   * @private
   * @type {string}
@@ -78,6 +88,24 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay = function(tolerance, maxExtent, resolution, pixelRa
   */
  this.textState_ = null;

+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {string}
+   */
+  this.textKey_ = '';
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {string}
+   */
+  this.fillKey_ = '';
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {string}
+   */
+  this.strokeKey_ = '';
+
  while (ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_.canExpireCache()) {
    ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_.pop();
  }
@@ -95,33 +123,65 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_ = new ol.structs.LRUCache();

 /**
 * @param {string} font Font to use for measuring.
- * @param {Array.<string>} lines Lines to measure.
- * @param {Array.<number>} widths Array will be populated with the widths of
- * each line.
- * @return {ol.Size} Measuremnt.
+ * @return {ol.Size} Measurement.
 */
-ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureText = (function() {
+ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextHeight = (function() {
  var textContainer;
  return function(font, lines, widths) {
    if (!textContainer) {
      textContainer = document.createElement('span');
+      textContainer.textContent = 'M';
      textContainer.style.visibility = 'hidden';
      textContainer.style.whiteSpace = 'nowrap';
    }
    textContainer.style.font = font;
    document.body.appendChild(textContainer);
+    var height = textContainer.offsetHeight;
+    document.body.removeChild(textContainer);
+    return height;
+  };
+})();
+
+
+/**
+ * @this {Object}
+ * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} context Context.
+ * @param {number} pixelRatio Pixel ratio.
+ * @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;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} font Font to use for measuring.
+ * @param {Array.<string>} lines Lines to measure.
+ * @param {Array.<number>} widths Array will be populated with the widths of
+ * 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) {
-      textContainer.textContent = lines[i];
-      currentWidth = textContainer.offsetWidth;
+      currentWidth = context.measureText(lines[i]).width;
      width = Math.max(width, currentWidth);
      widths.push(currentWidth);
    }
-    var measurement = [width, textContainer.offsetHeight * numLines];
-    document.body.removeChild(textContainer);
-    return measurement;
+    return width;
  };
 })();

@@ -129,51 +189,122 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureText = (function() {
 /**
 * @inheritDoc
 */
-ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, geometry, feature) {
+ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(geometry, feature) {
  var fillState = this.textFillState_;
  var strokeState = this.textStrokeState_;
  var textState = this.textState_;
  if (this.text_ === '' || !textState || (!fillState && !strokeState)) {
    return;
  }
+
  this.beginGeometry(geometry, feature);
+  var begin = this.coordinates.length;

-  var myBegin = this.coordinates.length;
-  var myEnd =
-      this.appendFlatCoordinates(flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, false, false);
-  var fill = !!fillState;
-  var stroke = !!strokeState;
-  var pixelRatio = this.pixelRatio;
-  var textAlign = textState.textAlign;
-  var align = ol.render.replay.TEXT_ALIGN[textAlign];
-  var textBaseline = textState.textBaseline;
-  var baseline = ol.render.replay.TEXT_ALIGN[textBaseline];
-  var strokeWidth = stroke && strokeState.lineWidth ? strokeState.lineWidth : 0;
+  var geometryType = geometry.getType();
+  var flatCoordinates = null;
+  var end = 2;
+  var stride = 2;

+  if (this.textState_.placement === ol.style.TextPlacement.LINE) {
+    var ends;
+    flatCoordinates = geometry.getFlatCoordinates();
+    stride = geometry.getStride();
+    if (geometryType == ol.geom.GeometryType.LINE_STRING) {
+      ends = [flatCoordinates.length];
+    } else if (geometryType == ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_LINE_STRING) {
+      ends = geometry.getEnds();
+    } else if (geometryType == ol.geom.GeometryType.POLYGON) {
+      ends = geometry.getEnds().slice(0, 1);
+    } else if (geometryType == ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_POLYGON) {
+      var endss = geometry.getEndss();
+      ends = [];
+      for (var i = 0, ii = endss.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+        ends.push(endss[i][0]);
+      }
+    }
+    var textAlign = textState.textAlign;
+    var flatOffset = 0;
+    var flatEnd;
+    for (var o = 0, oo = ends.length; o < oo; ++o) {
+      if (textAlign == undefined) {
+        var range = ol.geom.flat.straightchunk.lineString(
+            textState.maxAngle, flatCoordinates, flatOffset, ends[o], stride);
+        flatOffset = range[0];
+        flatEnd = range[1];
+      } else {
+        flatEnd = ends[o];
+      }
+      end = this.appendFlatCoordinates(flatCoordinates, flatOffset, flatEnd, stride, false, false);
+      flatOffset = ends[o];
+      this.drawChars_(begin, end);
+      begin = end;
+    }
+
+  } else {
+    switch (geometryType) {
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.POINT:
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_POINT:
+        flatCoordinates = geometry.getFlatCoordinates();
+        end = flatCoordinates.length;
+        break;
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.LINE_STRING:
+        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.LineString} */ (geometry).getFlatMidpoint();
+        break;
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.CIRCLE:
+        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.Circle} */ (geometry).getCenter();
+        break;
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_LINE_STRING:
+        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.MultiLineString} */ (geometry).getFlatMidpoints();
+        end = flatCoordinates.length;
+        break;
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.POLYGON:
+        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.Polygon} */ (geometry).getFlatInteriorPoint();
+        break;
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_POLYGON:
+        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.MultiPolygon} */ (geometry).getFlatInteriorPoints();
+        end = flatCoordinates.length;
+        break;
+      default:
+    }
+    end = this.appendFlatCoordinates(flatCoordinates, 0, end, stride, false, false);
+    this.drawTextImage_(begin, end);
+  }
+
+  this.endGeometry(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) {
  var label;
-  var text = this.text_;
-  var key =
-    (stroke ?
-      (typeof strokeState.strokeStyle == 'string' ? strokeState.strokeStyle : ol.getUid(strokeState.strokeStyle)) +
-      strokeState.lineCap + strokeState.lineDashOffset + '|' + strokeWidth +
-      strokeState.lineJoin + strokeState.miterLimit +
-      '[' + strokeState.lineDash.join() + ']' : '') +
-    textState.font + textAlign + text +
-    (fill ?
-      (typeof fillState.fillStyle == 'string' ? fillState.fillStyle : ('|' + ol.getUid(fillState.fillStyle))) : '');
+  var key = (stroke ? this.strokeKey_ : '') + this.textKey_ + text + (fill ? this.fillKey_ : '');

  var lines = text.split('\n');
  var numLines = lines.length;
-
  if (!ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_.containsKey(key)) {
-    label = /** @type {HTMLCanvasElement} */ (document.createElement('canvas'));
-    ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_.set(key, label);
-    var context = label.getContext('2d');
+    var strokeState = this.textStrokeState_;
+    var fillState = this.textFillState_;
+    var textState = this.textState_;
+    var pixelRatio = this.pixelRatio;
+    var align =  ol.render.replay.TEXT_ALIGN[textState.textAlign || ol.render.canvas.defaultTextAlign];
+    var strokeWidth = stroke && strokeState.lineWidth ? strokeState.lineWidth : 0;
+
    var widths = [];
-    var metrics = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureText(textState.font, lines, widths);
-    var lineHeight = metrics[1] / numLines;
-    label.width = Math.ceil(metrics[0] + 2 * strokeWidth) * pixelRatio;
-    label.height = Math.ceil(metrics[1] + 2 * strokeWidth) * pixelRatio;
+    var width = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextWidths(textState.font, lines, widths);
+    var lineHeight = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.measureTextHeight(textState.font);
+    var height = lineHeight * numLines;
+    var renderWidth = (width + 2 * strokeWidth);
+    var context = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(
+        Math.ceil(renderWidth * pixelRatio),
+        Math.ceil((height + 2 * strokeWidth) * pixelRatio));
+    label = context.canvas;
+    ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_.set(key, label);
    context.scale(pixelRatio, pixelRatio);
    context.font = textState.font;
    if (stroke) {
@@ -191,39 +322,101 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(flatCoordinates, offse
      context.fillStyle = fillState.fillStyle;
    }
    context.textBaseline = 'top';
-    context.textAlign = 'left';
-    var x = align * label.width / pixelRatio + 2 * (0.5 - align) * strokeWidth;
+    context.textAlign = 'center';
+    var leftRight = (0.5 - align);
+    var x = align * label.width / pixelRatio + leftRight * 2 * strokeWidth;
    var i;
    if (stroke) {
      for (i = 0; i < numLines; ++i) {
-        context.strokeText(lines[i], x - align * widths[i], strokeWidth + i * lineHeight);
+        context.strokeText(lines[i], x + leftRight * widths[i], strokeWidth + i * lineHeight);
      }
    }
    if (fill) {
      for (i = 0; i < numLines; ++i) {
-        context.fillText(lines[i], x - align * widths[i], strokeWidth + i * lineHeight);
+        context.fillText(lines[i], x + leftRight * widths[i], strokeWidth + i * lineHeight);
      }
    }
  }
-  label = ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_.get(key);
+  return ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.labelCache_.get(key);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ * @param {number} begin Begin.
+ * @param {number} end End.
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawTextImage_ = function(begin, end) {
+  var textState = this.textState_;
+  var strokeState = this.textStrokeState_;
+  var pixelRatio = this.pixelRatio;
+  var align = ol.render.replay.TEXT_ALIGN[textState.textAlign || ol.render.canvas.defaultTextAlign];
+  var baseline = ol.render.replay.TEXT_ALIGN[textState.textBaseline];
+  var strokeWidth = strokeState && strokeState.lineWidth ? strokeState.lineWidth : 0;
+
+  var label = this.getImage_(this.text_, !!this.textFillState_, !!this.textStrokeState_);

  var anchorX = align * label.width / pixelRatio + 2 * (0.5 - align) * strokeWidth;
  var anchorY = baseline * label.height / pixelRatio + 2 * (0.5 - baseline) * strokeWidth;
-
-  this.instructions.push([
-    ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_IMAGE, myBegin, myEnd, label,
-    (anchorX - this.textOffsetX_) * pixelRatio, (anchorY - this.textOffsetY_) * pixelRatio,
+  this.instructions.push([ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_IMAGE, begin, end,
+    label, (anchorX - this.textOffsetX_) * pixelRatio, (anchorY - this.textOffsetY_) * pixelRatio,
    label.height, 1, 0, 0, this.textRotateWithView_, this.textRotation_,
    this.textScale_, true, label.width
  ]);
-  this.hitDetectionInstructions.push([
-    ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_IMAGE, myBegin, myEnd, label,
-    (anchorX - this.textOffsetX_) * pixelRatio, (anchorY - this.textOffsetY_) * pixelRatio,
+  this.hitDetectionInstructions.push([ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_IMAGE, begin, end,
+    label, (anchorX - this.textOffsetX_) * pixelRatio, (anchorY - this.textOffsetY_) * pixelRatio,
    label.height, 1, 0, 0, this.textRotateWithView_, this.textRotation_,
    this.textScale_ / pixelRatio, true, label.width
  ]);
+};

-  this.endGeometry(geometry, feature);
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ * @param {number} begin Begin.
+ * @param {number} end End.
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawChars_ = function(begin, end) {
+  var pixelRatio = this.pixelRatio;
+  var strokeState = this.textStrokeState_;
+  var fill = !!this.textFillState_;
+  var stroke = !!strokeState;
+  var textState = this.textState_;
+  var baseline = ol.render.replay.TEXT_ALIGN[textState.textBaseline];
+  var strokeWidth = stroke && strokeState.lineWidth ? strokeState.lineWidth * pixelRatio : 0;
+
+  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 = {};
+  this.instructions.push([ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_CHARS,
+    begin, end, labels, baseline,
+    textState.exceedLength, textState.maxAngle,
+    ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.getTextWidth.bind(widths, context, pixelRatio),
+    offsetY, strokeWidth, this.text_, align, this.textScale_
+  ]);
+  this.hitDetectionInstructions.push([ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_CHARS,
+    begin, end, labels, baseline,
+    textState.exceedLength, textState.maxAngle,
+    ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.getTextWidth.bind(widths, context, 1),
+    offsetY, strokeWidth, this.text_, align, this.textScale_ / pixelRatio
+  ]);
 };


@@ -231,28 +424,26 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(flatCoordinates, offse
 * @inheritDoc
 */
 ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.setTextStyle = function(textStyle) {
+  var textState, fillState, strokeState;
  if (!textStyle) {
    this.text_ = '';
  } else {
    var textFillStyle = textStyle.getFill();
    if (!textFillStyle) {
-      this.textFillState_ = null;
+      fillState = this.textFillState_ = null;
    } else {
      var textFillStyleColor = textFillStyle.getColor();
      var fillStyle = ol.colorlike.asColorLike(textFillStyleColor ?
        textFillStyleColor : ol.render.canvas.defaultFillStyle);
-      if (!this.textFillState_) {
-        this.textFillState_ = {
-          fillStyle: fillStyle
-        };
-      } else {
-        var textFillState = this.textFillState_;
-        textFillState.fillStyle = fillStyle;
+      fillState = this.textFillState_;
+      if (!fillState) {
+        fillState = this.textFillState_ = /** @type {ol.CanvasFillState} */ ({});
      }
+      fillState.fillStyle = fillStyle;
    }
    var textStrokeStyle = textStyle.getStroke();
    if (!textStrokeStyle) {
-      this.textStrokeState_ = null;
+      strokeState = this.textStrokeState_ = null;
    } else {
      var textStrokeStyleColor = textStrokeStyle.getColor();
      var textStrokeStyleLineCap = textStrokeStyle.getLineCap();
@@ -275,26 +466,17 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.setTextStyle = function(textStyle) {
        textStrokeStyleMiterLimit : ol.render.canvas.defaultMiterLimit;
      var strokeStyle = ol.colorlike.asColorLike(textStrokeStyleColor ?
        textStrokeStyleColor : ol.render.canvas.defaultStrokeStyle);
-      if (!this.textStrokeState_) {
-        this.textStrokeState_ = {
-          lineCap: lineCap,
-          lineDash: lineDash,
-          lineDashOffset: lineDashOffset,
-          lineJoin: lineJoin,
-          lineWidth: lineWidth,
-          miterLimit: miterLimit,
-          strokeStyle: strokeStyle
-        };
-      } else {
-        var textStrokeState = this.textStrokeState_;
-        textStrokeState.lineCap = lineCap;
-        textStrokeState.lineDash = lineDash;
-        textStrokeState.lineDashOffset = lineDashOffset;
-        textStrokeState.lineJoin = lineJoin;
-        textStrokeState.lineWidth = lineWidth;
-        textStrokeState.miterLimit = miterLimit;
-        textStrokeState.strokeStyle = strokeStyle;
+      strokeState = this.textStrokeState_;
+      if (!strokeState) {
+        strokeState = this.textStrokeState_ = /** @type {ol.CanvasStrokeState} */ ({});
      }
+      strokeState.lineCap = lineCap;
+      strokeState.lineDash = lineDash;
+      strokeState.lineDashOffset = lineDashOffset;
+      strokeState.lineJoin = lineJoin;
+      strokeState.lineWidth = lineWidth;
+      strokeState.miterLimit = miterLimit;
+      strokeState.strokeStyle = strokeStyle;
    }
    var textFont = textStyle.getFont();
    var textOffsetX = textStyle.getOffsetX();
@@ -307,27 +489,35 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.setTextStyle = function(textStyle) {
    var textTextBaseline = textStyle.getTextBaseline();
    var font = textFont !== undefined ?
      textFont : ol.render.canvas.defaultFont;
-    var textAlign = textTextAlign !== undefined ?
-      textTextAlign : ol.render.canvas.defaultTextAlign;
+    var textAlign = textTextAlign;
    var textBaseline = textTextBaseline !== undefined ?
      textTextBaseline : ol.render.canvas.defaultTextBaseline;
-    if (!this.textState_) {
-      this.textState_ = {
-        font: font,
-        textAlign: textAlign,
-        textBaseline: textBaseline
-      };
-    } else {
-      var textState = this.textState_;
-      textState.font = font;
-      textState.textAlign = textAlign;
-      textState.textBaseline = textBaseline;
+    textState = this.textState_;
+    if (!textState) {
+      textState = this.textState_ = /** @type {ol.CanvasTextState} */ ({});
    }
+    textState.exceedLength = textStyle.getExceedLength();
+    textState.font = font;
+    textState.maxAngle = textStyle.getMaxAngle();
+    textState.placement = textStyle.getPlacement();
+    textState.textAlign = textAlign;
+    textState.textBaseline = textBaseline;
+
    this.text_ = textText !== undefined ? textText : '';
    this.textOffsetX_ = textOffsetX !== undefined ? textOffsetX : 0;
    this.textOffsetY_ = textOffsetY !== undefined ? textOffsetY : 0;
    this.textRotateWithView_ = textRotateWithView !== undefined ? textRotateWithView : false;
    this.textRotation_ = textRotation !== undefined ? textRotation : 0;
    this.textScale_ = textScale !== undefined ? textScale : 1;
+
+    this.strokeKey_ = strokeState ?
+      (typeof strokeState.strokeStyle == 'string' ? strokeState.strokeStyle : ol.getUid(strokeState.strokeStyle)) +
+      strokeState.lineCap + strokeState.lineDashOffset + '|' + strokeState.lineWidth +
+      strokeState.lineJoin + strokeState.miterLimit + '[' + strokeState.lineDash.join() + ']' :
+      '';
+    this.textKey_ = textState.font + textState.textAlign;
+    this.fillKey_ = fillState ?
+      (typeof fillState.fillStyle == 'string' ? fillState.fillStyle : ('|' + ol.getUid(fillState.fillStyle))) :
+      '';
  }
 };
--- a/src/ol/render/vectorcontext.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/vectorcontext.js
@@ -108,14 +108,10 @@ ol.render.VectorContext.prototype.drawPolygon = function(polygonGeometry, featur


 /**
- * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Flat coordinates.
- * @param {number} offset Offset.
- * @param {number} end End.
- * @param {number} stride Stride.
 * @param {ol.geom.Geometry|ol.render.Feature} geometry Geometry.
 * @param {ol.Feature|ol.render.Feature} feature Feature.
 */
-ol.render.VectorContext.prototype.drawText = function(flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, geometry, feature) {};
+ol.render.VectorContext.prototype.drawText = function(geometry, feature) {};


 /**
--- a/src/ol/render/webgl/immediate.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/webgl/immediate.js
@@ -88,19 +88,15 @@ ol.inherits(ol.render.webgl.Immediate, ol.render.VectorContext);

 /**
 * @param {ol.render.webgl.ReplayGroup} replayGroup Replay group.
- * @param {Array.<number>} flatCoordinates Flat coordinates.
- * @param {number} offset Offset.
- * @param {number} end End.
- * @param {number} stride Stride.
+ * @param {ol.geom.Geometry|ol.render.Feature} geometry Geometry.
 * @private
 */
-ol.render.webgl.Immediate.prototype.drawText_ = function(replayGroup,
-    flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride) {
+ol.render.webgl.Immediate.prototype.drawText_ = function(replayGroup, geometry) {
  var context = this.context_;
  var replay = /** @type {ol.render.webgl.TextReplay} */ (
    replayGroup.getReplay(0, ol.render.ReplayType.TEXT));
  replay.setTextStyle(this.textStyle_);
-  replay.drawText(flatCoordinates, offset, end, stride, null, null);
+  replay.drawText(geometry, null);
  replay.finish(context);
  // default colors
  var opacity = 1;
@@ -219,9 +215,7 @@ ol.render.webgl.Immediate.prototype.drawPoint = function(geometry, data) {
  replay.getDeleteResourcesFunction(context)();

  if (this.textStyle_) {
-    var flatCoordinates = geometry.getFlatCoordinates();
-    var stride = geometry.getStride();
-    this.drawText_(replayGroup, flatCoordinates, 0, flatCoordinates.length, stride);
+    this.drawText_(replayGroup, geometry);
  }
 };

@@ -247,9 +241,7 @@ ol.render.webgl.Immediate.prototype.drawMultiPoint = function(geometry, data) {
  replay.getDeleteResourcesFunction(context)();

  if (this.textStyle_) {
-    var flatCoordinates = geometry.getFlatCoordinates();
-    var stride = geometry.getStride();
-    this.drawText_(replayGroup, flatCoordinates, 0, flatCoordinates.length, stride);
+    this.drawText_(replayGroup, geometry);
  }
 };

@@ -275,8 +267,7 @@ ol.render.webgl.Immediate.prototype.drawLineString = function(geometry, data) {
  replay.getDeleteResourcesFunction(context)();

  if (this.textStyle_) {
-    var flatMidpoint = geometry.getFlatMidpoint();
-    this.drawText_(replayGroup, flatMidpoint, 0, 2, 2);
+    this.drawText_(replayGroup, geometry);
  }
 };

@@ -302,8 +293,7 @@ ol.render.webgl.Immediate.prototype.drawMultiLineString = function(geometry, dat
  replay.getDeleteResourcesFunction(context)();

  if (this.textStyle_) {
-    var flatMidpoints = geometry.getFlatMidpoints();
-    this.drawText_(replayGroup, flatMidpoints, 0, flatMidpoints.length, 2);
+    this.drawText_(replayGroup, geometry);
  }
 };

@@ -329,8 +319,7 @@ ol.render.webgl.Immediate.prototype.drawPolygon = function(geometry, data) {
  replay.getDeleteResourcesFunction(context)();

  if (this.textStyle_) {
-    var flatInteriorPoint = geometry.getFlatInteriorPoint();
-    this.drawText_(replayGroup, flatInteriorPoint, 0, 2, 2);
+    this.drawText_(replayGroup, geometry);
  }
 };

@@ -356,8 +345,7 @@ ol.render.webgl.Immediate.prototype.drawMultiPolygon = function(geometry, data)
  replay.getDeleteResourcesFunction(context)();

  if (this.textStyle_) {
-    var flatInteriorPoints = geometry.getFlatInteriorPoints();
-    this.drawText_(replayGroup, flatInteriorPoints, 0, flatInteriorPoints.length, 2);
+    this.drawText_(replayGroup, geometry);
  }
 };

@@ -383,7 +371,7 @@ ol.render.webgl.Immediate.prototype.drawCircle = function(geometry, data) {
  replay.getDeleteResourcesFunction(context)();

  if (this.textStyle_) {
-    this.drawText_(replayGroup, geometry.getCenter(), 0, 2, 2);
+    this.drawText_(replayGroup, geometry);
  }
 };

--- a/src/ol/render/webgl/textreplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/webgl/textreplay.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ goog.provide('ol.render.webgl.TextReplay');
 goog.require('ol');
 goog.require('ol.colorlike');
 goog.require('ol.dom');
+goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.has');
 goog.require('ol.render.replay');
 goog.require('ol.render.webgl');
@@ -118,9 +119,38 @@ ol.inherits(ol.render.webgl.TextReplay, ol.render.webgl.TextureReplay);
 /**
 * @inheritDoc
 */
-ol.render.webgl.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(flatCoordinates, offset,
-    end, stride, geometry, feature) {
+ol.render.webgl.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(geometry, feature) {
  if (this.text_) {
+    var flatCoordinates = null;
+    var offset = 0;
+    var end = 2;
+    var stride = 2;
+    switch (geometry.getType()) {
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.POINT:
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_POINT:
+        flatCoordinates = geometry.getFlatCoordinates();
+        end = flatCoordinates.length;
+        stride = geometry.getStride();
+        break;
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.CIRCLE:
+        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.Circle} */ (geometry).getCenter();
+        break;
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.LINE_STRING:
+        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.LineString} */ (geometry).getFlatMidpoint();
+        break;
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_LINE_STRING:
+        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.MultiLineString} */ (geometry).getFlatMidpoints();
+        end = flatCoordinates.length;
+        break;
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.POLYGON:
+        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.Polygon} */ (geometry).getFlatInteriorPoint();
+        break;
+      case ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_POLYGON:
+        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.MultiPolygon} */ (geometry).getFlatInteriorPoints();
+        end = flatCoordinates.length;
+        break;
+      default:
+    }
    this.startIndices.push(this.indices.length);
    this.startIndicesFeature.push(feature);

--- a/src/ol/renderer/vector.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/vector.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ol.renderer.vector.renderCircleGeometry_ = function(replayGroup, geometry, style
    var textReplay = replayGroup.getReplay(
        style.getZIndex(), ol.render.ReplayType.TEXT);
    textReplay.setTextStyle(textStyle);
-    textReplay.drawText(geometry.getCenter(), 0, 2, 2, geometry, feature);
+    textReplay.drawText(geometry, feature);
  }
 };

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ ol.renderer.vector.renderLineStringGeometry_ = function(replayGroup, geometry, s
    var textReplay = replayGroup.getReplay(
        style.getZIndex(), ol.render.ReplayType.TEXT);
    textReplay.setTextStyle(textStyle);
-    textReplay.drawText(geometry.getFlatMidpoint(), 0, 2, 2, geometry, feature);
+    textReplay.drawText(geometry, feature);
  }
 };

@@ -206,9 +206,7 @@ ol.renderer.vector.renderMultiLineStringGeometry_ = function(replayGroup, geomet
    var textReplay = replayGroup.getReplay(
        style.getZIndex(), ol.render.ReplayType.TEXT);
    textReplay.setTextStyle(textStyle);
-    var flatMidpointCoordinates = geometry.getFlatMidpoints();
-    textReplay.drawText(flatMidpointCoordinates, 0,
-        flatMidpointCoordinates.length, 2, geometry, feature);
+    textReplay.drawText(geometry, feature);
  }
 };

@@ -234,9 +232,7 @@ ol.renderer.vector.renderMultiPolygonGeometry_ = function(replayGroup, geometry,
    var textReplay = replayGroup.getReplay(
        style.getZIndex(), ol.render.ReplayType.TEXT);
    textReplay.setTextStyle(textStyle);
-    var flatInteriorPointCoordinates = geometry.getFlatInteriorPoints();
-    textReplay.drawText(flatInteriorPointCoordinates, 0,
-        flatInteriorPointCoordinates.length, 2, geometry, feature);
+    textReplay.drawText(geometry, feature);
  }
 };

@@ -264,8 +260,7 @@ ol.renderer.vector.renderPointGeometry_ = function(replayGroup, geometry, style,
    var textReplay = replayGroup.getReplay(
        style.getZIndex(), ol.render.ReplayType.TEXT);
    textReplay.setTextStyle(textStyle);
-    textReplay.drawText(geometry.getFlatCoordinates(), 0, 2, 2, geometry,
-        feature);
+    textReplay.drawText(geometry, feature);
  }
 };

@@ -293,9 +288,7 @@ ol.renderer.vector.renderMultiPointGeometry_ = function(replayGroup, geometry, s
    var textReplay = replayGroup.getReplay(
        style.getZIndex(), ol.render.ReplayType.TEXT);
    textReplay.setTextStyle(textStyle);
-    var flatCoordinates = geometry.getFlatCoordinates();
-    textReplay.drawText(flatCoordinates, 0, flatCoordinates.length,
-        geometry.getStride(), geometry, feature);
+    textReplay.drawText(geometry, feature);
  }
 };

@@ -321,8 +314,7 @@ ol.renderer.vector.renderPolygonGeometry_ = function(replayGroup, geometry, styl
    var textReplay = replayGroup.getReplay(
        style.getZIndex(), ol.render.ReplayType.TEXT);
    textReplay.setTextStyle(textStyle);
-    textReplay.drawText(
-        geometry.getFlatInteriorPoint(), 0, 2, 2, geometry, feature);
+    textReplay.drawText(geometry, feature);
  }
 };

--- a/src/ol/style/text.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/text.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ goog.provide('ol.style.Text');


 goog.require('ol.style.Fill');
+goog.require('ol.style.TextPlacement');


 /**
@@ -65,6 +66,24 @@ ol.style.Text = function(opt_options) {
  this.fill_ = options.fill !== undefined ? options.fill :
    new ol.style.Fill({color: ol.style.Text.DEFAULT_FILL_COLOR_});

+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {number}
+   */
+  this.maxAngle_ = options.maxAngle !== undefined ? options.maxAngle : Math.PI / 4;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {ol.style.TextPlacement|string}
+   */
+  this.placement_ = options.placement !== undefined ? options.placement : ol.style.TextPlacement.POINT;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  this.exceedLength_ = options.exceedLength !== undefined ? options.exceedLength : false;
+
  /**
   * @private
   * @type {ol.style.Stroke}
@@ -103,6 +122,9 @@ ol.style.Text.DEFAULT_FILL_COLOR_ = '#333';
 ol.style.Text.prototype.clone = function() {
  return new ol.style.Text({
    font: this.getFont(),
+    placement: this.getPlacement(),
+    maxAngle: this.getMaxAngle(),
+    exceedLength: this.getExceedLength(),
    rotation: this.getRotation(),
    rotateWithView: this.getRotateWithView(),
    scale: this.getScale(),
@@ -117,6 +139,16 @@ ol.style.Text.prototype.clone = function() {
 };


+/**
+ * Get the `exceedLength` configuration.
+ * @return {boolean} Let text exceed the length of the path they follow.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.style.Text.prototype.getExceedLength = function() {
+  return this.exceedLength_;
+};
+
+
 /**
 * Get the font name.
 * @return {string|undefined} Font.
@@ -127,6 +159,26 @@ ol.style.Text.prototype.getFont = function() {
 };


+/**
+ * Get the maximum angle between adjacent characters.
+ * @return {number} Angle in radians.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.style.Text.prototype.getMaxAngle = function() {
+  return this.maxAngle_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Get the label placement.
+ * @return {ol.style.TextPlacement|string} Text placement.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.style.Text.prototype.getPlacement = function() {
+  return this.placement_;
+};
+
+
 /**
 * Get the x-offset for the text.
 * @return {number} Horizontal text offset.
@@ -227,6 +279,17 @@ ol.style.Text.prototype.getTextBaseline = function() {
 };


+/**
+ * Set the `exceedLength` property.
+ *
+ * @param {boolean} exceedLength Let text exceed the path that it follows.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.style.Text.prototype.setExceedLength = function(exceedLength) {
+  this.exceedLength_ = exceedLength;
+};
+
+
 /**
 * Set the font.
 *
@@ -238,6 +301,17 @@ ol.style.Text.prototype.setFont = function(font) {
 };


+/**
+ * Set the maximum angle between adjacent characters.
+ *
+ * @param {number} maxAngle Angle in radians.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.style.Text.prototype.setMaxAngle = function(maxAngle) {
+  this.maxAngle_ = maxAngle;
+};
+
+
 /**
 * Set the x offset.
 *
@@ -260,6 +334,17 @@ ol.style.Text.prototype.setOffsetY = function(offsetY) {
 };


+/**
+ * Set the text placement.
+ *
+ * @param {ol.style.TextPlacement|string} placement Placement.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.style.Text.prototype.setPlacement = function(placement) {
+  this.placement_ = placement;
+};
+
+
 /**
 * Set the fill.
 *
--- a/src/ol/style/textplacement.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/textplacement.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+goog.provide('ol.style.TextPlacement');
+
+
+/**
+ * Text placement. One of `'point'`, `'line'`. Default is `'point'`. Note that
+ * `'line'` requires the underlying geometry to be a {@link ol.geom.LineString},
+ * {@link ol.geom.Polygon}, {@link ol.geom.MultiLineString} or
+ * {@link ol.geom.MultiPolygon}.
+ * @enum {string}
+ */
+ol.style.TextPlacement = {
+  POINT: 'point',
+  LINE: 'line'
+};
--- a/src/ol/typedefs.js
+++ b/src/ol/typedefs.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ ol.CanvasStrokeState;

 /**
 * @typedef {{font: string,
- *            textAlign: string,
+ *            textAlign: (string|undefined),
 *            textBaseline: string}}
 */
 ol.CanvasTextState;
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-auto.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-auto.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-center.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-center.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-left-nice-rotated.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-left-nice-rotated.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-left-nice.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-left-nice.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-left.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-left.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-nice-rotated.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-nice-rotated.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-nice.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-nice.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-omit.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-omit.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multilinestring.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multilinestring.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multipolygon.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multipolygon.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-polygon.png
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/expected/text-polygon.png
--- a/test/rendering/ol/style/text.test.js
+++ b/test/rendering/ol/style/text.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-
-
 goog.require('ol.Feature');
+goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
+goog.require('ol.geom.MultiLineString');
+goog.require('ol.geom.MultiPolygon');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Polygon');
 goog.require('ol.Map');
 goog.require('ol.View');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Vector');
@@ -90,6 +92,54 @@ describe('ol.rendering.style.Text', function() {
      vectorSource.addFeature(feature);
    }

+    var nicePath = [
+      20, 33, 40, 31, 60, 30, 80, 31, 100, 33, 120, 37, 140, 39, 160, 40,
+      180, 39, 200, 37, 220, 33, 240, 31, 260, 30, 280, 31, 300, 33
+    ];
+    var uglyPath = [163, 22, 159, 30, 150, 30, 143, 24, 151, 17];
+    var polygon = [151, 17, 163, 22, 159, 30, 150, 30, 143, 24, 151, 17];
+
+    function createLineString(coords, textAlign, maxAngle) {
+      var geom = new ol.geom.LineString();
+      geom.setFlatCoordinates('XY', coords);
+      var style = new ol.style.Style({
+        stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
+          color: 'red'
+        }),
+        text: new ol.style.Text({
+          text: 'Hello world',
+          font: 'bold 14px sans-serif',
+          textAlign: textAlign,
+          maxAngle: maxAngle,
+          placement: 'line',
+          stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
+            color: 'white'
+          })
+        })
+      });
+      var feature = new ol.Feature(geom);
+      feature.setStyle(style);
+      vectorSource.addFeature(feature);
+
+      geom = geom.clone();
+      geom.translate(0, 5);
+      feature = new ol.Feature(geom);
+      style = style.clone();
+      style.getText().setTextBaseline('top');
+      feature.setStyle(style);
+      vectorSource.addFeature(feature);
+
+      geom = geom.clone();
+      geom.translate(0, -10);
+      feature = new ol.Feature(geom);
+      style = style.clone();
+      style.getText().setTextBaseline('bottom');
+      feature.setStyle(style);
+      vectorSource.addFeature(feature);
+
+      map.getView().fit(vectorSource.getExtent());
+    }
+
    it('tests the canvas renderer without rotation', function(done) {
      createMap('canvas');
      createFeatures();
@@ -191,6 +241,136 @@ describe('ol.rendering.style.Text', function() {
      expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-align-offset-canvas.png', 5, done);
    });

+    describe('Text along an ugly upside down path, keep text upright', function() {
+
+      it('renders text along a linestring with auto-align', function(done) {
+        createMap('canvas');
+        createLineString(uglyPath);
+        expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-auto.png', 3.6, done);
+      });
+
+      it('renders text along a linestring with `textAlign: \'center\'`', function(done) {
+        createMap('canvas');
+        createLineString(uglyPath, 'center');
+        expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-center.png', 3.6, done);
+      });
+
+      it('omits text along a linestring with `textAlign: \'left\'` when > maxAngle', function(done) {
+        createMap('canvas');
+        createLineString(uglyPath, 'left');
+        vectorSource.getFeatures()[0].getStyle().getText().setTextAlign('left');
+        expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-omit.png', IMAGE_TOLERANCE, done);
+      });
+
+      it('omits text along a linestring with `textAlign: \'right\'` when > maxAngle', function(done) {
+        createMap('canvas');
+        createLineString(uglyPath, 'right');
+        vectorSource.getFeatures()[0].getStyle().getText().setTextAlign('left');
+        expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-omit.png', IMAGE_TOLERANCE, done);
+      });
+
+      it('renders text along a linestring with `textAlign: \'left\'` and no angle limit', function(done) {
+        createMap('canvas');
+        createLineString(uglyPath, 'left', Infinity);
+        expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-left.png', 3.5, done);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('Text along a nice path', function() {
+
+      it('renders text along a linestring', function(done) {
+        createMap('canvas');
+        createLineString(nicePath);
+        expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-nice.png', 2.5, done);
+      });
+
+      it('renders text along a linestring with `textAlign: \'left\'`', function(done) {
+        createMap('canvas');
+        createLineString(nicePath, 'left');
+        expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-left-nice.png', 2.5, done);
+      });
+
+      it('renders text along a rotated linestring', function(done) {
+        createMap('canvas');
+        map.getView().setRotation(Math.PI);
+        createLineString(nicePath);
+        expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-nice-rotated.png', 4.5, done);
+      });
+
+      it('renders text along a rotated linestring with `textAlign: \'left\'`', function(done) {
+        createMap('canvas');
+        map.getView().setRotation(Math.PI);
+        createLineString(nicePath, 'left');
+        expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-linestring-left-nice-rotated.png', 4.5, done);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('renders text along a MultiLineString', function(done) {
+      createMap('canvas');
+      var line = new ol.geom.LineString();
+      line.setFlatCoordinates('XY', nicePath);
+      var geom = new ol.geom.MultiLineString(null);
+      geom.appendLineString(line);
+      line.translate(0, 50);
+      geom.appendLineString(line);
+      line.translate(0, -100);
+      geom.appendLineString(line);
+      var feature = new ol.Feature(geom);
+      feature.setStyle(new ol.style.Style({
+        text: new ol.style.Text({
+          text: 'Hello world',
+          placement: 'line',
+          font: 'bold 30px sans-serif'
+        })
+      }));
+      vectorSource.addFeature(feature);
+      map.getView().fit(vectorSource.getExtent());
+      expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multilinestring.png', 6.9, done);
+    });
+
+    it('renders text along a Polygon', function(done) {
+      createMap('canvas');
+      var geom = new ol.geom.Polygon(null);
+      geom.setFlatCoordinates('XY', polygon, [polygon.length]);
+      var feature = new ol.Feature(geom);
+      feature.setStyle(new ol.style.Style({
+        text: new ol.style.Text({
+          text: 'Hello world',
+          font: 'bold 24px sans-serif',
+          placement: 'line',
+          exceedLength: true
+        })
+      }));
+      vectorSource.addFeature(feature);
+      map.getView().fit(vectorSource.getExtent());
+      expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-polygon.png', IMAGE_TOLERANCE, done);
+    });
+
+    it('renders text along a MultiPolygon', function(done) {
+      createMap('canvas');
+      var geom = new ol.geom.Polygon(null);
+      geom.setFlatCoordinates('XY', polygon, [polygon.length]);
+      var multiPolygon = new ol.geom.MultiPolygon(null);
+      multiPolygon.appendPolygon(geom);
+      geom.translate(0, 30);
+      multiPolygon.appendPolygon(geom);
+      geom.translate(0, -60);
+      multiPolygon.appendPolygon(geom);
+      var feature = new ol.Feature(multiPolygon);
+      feature.setStyle(new ol.style.Style({
+        text: new ol.style.Text({
+          text: 'Hello world',
+          font: 'bold 24px sans-serif',
+          placement: 'line',
+          exceedLength: true
+        })
+      }));
+      vectorSource.addFeature(feature);
+      map.getView().fit(vectorSource.getExtent());
+      expectResemble(map, 'rendering/ol/style/expected/text-multipolygon.png', 4.4, done);
+    });
+
    where('WebGL').it('tests the webgl renderer without rotation', function(done) {
      createMap('webgl');
      createFeatures();
--- a/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/straightchunk.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/straightchunk.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat.straightchunk');
+
+
+describe('ol.geom.flat.straightchunk', function() {
+
+  describe('ol.geom.flat.straightchunk.lineString', function() {
+
+    describe('single segment with stride == 3', function() {
+      var flatCoords = [0, 0, 42, 1, 1, 42];
+      var stride = 3;
+
+      it('returns whole line with angle delta', function() {
+        var got = ol.geom.flat.straightchunk.lineString(Math.PI / 4, flatCoords, 0, 6, stride);
+        expect(got).to.eql([0, 6]);
+      });
+
+      it('returns whole line with zero angle delta', function() {
+        var got = ol.geom.flat.straightchunk.lineString(0, flatCoords, 0, 6, stride);
+        expect(got).to.eql([0, 6]);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('short line string', function() {
+      var flatCoords = [0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1];
+      var stride = 2;
+
+      it('returns whole line if straight enough', function() {
+        var got = ol.geom.flat.straightchunk.lineString(Math.PI, flatCoords, 0, 8, stride);
+        expect(got).to.eql([0, 8]);
+      });
+
+      it('returns first matching chunk if all chunk lengths are the same', function() {
+        var got = ol.geom.flat.straightchunk.lineString(Math.PI / 4, flatCoords, 0, 8, stride);
+        expect(got).to.eql([0, 4]);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('longer line string', function() {
+      var flatCoords = [0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1, -1, 0, -1, 2, -2, 4];
+      var stride = 2;
+
+      it('returns stright chunk from within the linestring', function() {
+        var got = ol.geom.flat.straightchunk.lineString(0, flatCoords, 0, 18, stride);
+        expect(got).to.eql([10, 16]);
+      });
+
+      it('returns long chunk at the end if angle and length within threshold', function() {
+        var got = ol.geom.flat.straightchunk.lineString(Math.PI / 4, flatCoords, 0, 18, stride);
+        expect(got).to.eql([10, 18]);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+  });
+
+});
--- a/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/textpath.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/geom/flat/textpath.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat.textpath');
+goog.require('ol.geom.flat.length');
+
+describe('textpath', function() {
+
+  var horizontal = [0, 0, 100, 0];
+  var vertical = [0, 0, 0, 100];
+  var diagonal = [0, 0, 100, 100];
+  var reverse = [100, 0, 0, 100];
+  var angled = [0, 0, 100, 100, 200, 0];
+  var reverseangled = [151, 17, 163, 22, 159, 30, 150, 30, 143, 24, 151, 17];
+
+  function measure(text) {
+    return 10 * text.length;
+  }
+
+  it('center-aligns text on a horizontal line', 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]]);
+  });
+
+  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]]);
+  });
+
+  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]]);
+  });
+
+  it('draws text on a vertical line', function() {
+    var startM = 50 - 15;
+    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]]);
+  });
+
+  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]);
+  });
+
+  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]);
+  });
+
+  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]);
+  });
+
+  it('renders angled text', function() {
+    var length = ol.geom.flat.length.lineString(angled, 0, angled.length, 2);
+    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);
+  });
+
+  it('respects maxAngle', function() {
+    var length = ol.geom.flat.length.lineString(angled, 0, angled.length, 2);
+    var startM = length / 2 - 15;
+    var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
+        angled, 0, angled.length, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Math.PI / 4);
+    expect(instructions).to.be(null);
+  });
+
+  it('uses the smallest angle for maxAngleDelta', function() {
+    var length = ol.geom.flat.length.lineString(reverseangled, 0, reverseangled.length, 2);
+    var startM = length / 2 - 15;
+    var instructions = ol.geom.flat.textpath.lineString(
+        reverseangled, 0, reverseangled.length, 2, 'foo', measure, startM, Math.PI);
+    expect(instructions).to.not.be(undefined);
+  });
+
+  it('respects the begin 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);
+  });
+
+  it('respects the end option', function() {
+    var length = ol.geom.flat.length.lineString(angled, 0, 4, 2);
+    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]);
+  });
+
+});
--- a/test/spec/ol/render/webgl/textreplay.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/render/webgl/textreplay.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-
-
 goog.require('ol.dom');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
 goog.require('ol.render.webgl.TextReplay');
 goog.require('ol.style.Fill');
 goog.require('ol.style.Stroke');
@@ -127,19 +126,19 @@ describe('ol.render.webgl.TextReplay', function() {
      var point;

      point = [1000, 2000];
-      replay.drawText(point, 0, 2, 2, null, null);
+      replay.drawText(new ol.geom.Point(point), null);
      expect(replay.vertices).to.have.length(256);
      expect(replay.indices).to.have.length(48);

      point = [2000, 3000];
-      replay.drawText(point, 0, 2, 2, null, null);
+      replay.drawText(new ol.geom.Point(point), null);
      expect(replay.vertices).to.have.length(512);
      expect(replay.indices).to.have.length(96);
    });

    it('sets part of its state during drawing', function() {
      var point = [1000, 2000];
-      replay.drawText(point, 0, 2, 2, null, null);
+      replay.drawText(new ol.geom.Point(point), null);

      var height = replay.currAtlas_.height;
      var widths = replay.currAtlas_.width;
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ describe('ol.render.webgl.TextReplay', function() {
      var point;

      point = [1000, 2000];
-      replay.drawText(point, 0, 2, 2, null, null);
+      replay.drawText(new ol.geom.Point(point), null);
      expect(replay.vertices).to.have.length(0);
      expect(replay.indices).to.have.length(0);
    });