diff --git a/client/renderer/text.ts b/client/renderer/text.ts
index a16255a..f902aa3 100644
--- a/client/renderer/text.ts
+++ b/client/renderer/text.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ export function init_font() {
 	font_fnt = parse_fnt(AssetManager.instance.get("bworld:m6x11_fnt"));
 }
 
+// bmfont's text format. glyphs in the image have transparent padding around them, which their offsets don't count, so
+// it's taken off here or text is drawn padding * scale pixels right of and below where it's measured
 function parse_fnt(text: string): FntFont {
 	const lines = text.split(/\r?\n/);
+	// up, right, down, left
+	let padding = [0, 0, 0, 0];
 
 	const font: FntFont = {
 		line_height: 0,
@@ -34,6 +38,10 @@ function parse_fnt(text: string): FntFont {
 			data[k] = v?.replace(/"/g, "");
 		}
 
+		if (type === "info" && data.padding) {
+			padding = data.padding.split(",").map(Number);
+		}
+
 		if (type === "common") {
 			font.line_height = Number(data.lineHeight);
 		}
@@ -49,8 +57,8 @@ function parse_fnt(text: string): FntFont {
 				y: Number(data.y),
 				width: Number(data.width),
 				height: Number(data.height),
-				xoffset: Number(data.xoffset),
-				yoffset: Number(data.yoffset),
+				xoffset: Number(data.xoffset) - padding[3],
+				yoffset: Number(data.yoffset) - padding[0],
 				xadvance: Number(data.xadvance),
 				page: Number(data.page),
 			};