diff --git a/bin/style.js b/bin/style.js
index 9d2477544..a10ca6acf 100644
--- a/bin/style.js
+++ b/bin/style.js
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ module.exports = {
                     "opacity": [ "linear", 15, 0, 1.0, 0, 0.75 ]
                 },
                 "country_label": {
+                    "type": "text",
                     "stroke": [ 1, 1, 1, 0.7 ],
                     "color": "text"
                 },
diff --git a/include/llmr/map/tile_data.hpp b/include/llmr/map/tile_data.hpp
index f9ad8b3a4..1402cb074 100644
--- a/include/llmr/map/tile_data.hpp
+++ b/include/llmr/map/tile_data.hpp
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ public:
     std::shared_ptr<TriangleElementsBuffer> triangleElementsBuffer;
     std::shared_ptr<LineElementsBuffer> lineElementsBuffer;
     std::shared_ptr<PointElementsBuffer> pointElementsBuffer;
-    std::shared_ptr<TextElementsBuffer> textElementsBuffer;
 
     // Holds the buckets of this tile.
     // They contain the location offsets in the buffers stored above
diff --git a/include/llmr/renderer/text_bucket.hpp b/include/llmr/renderer/text_bucket.hpp
index 60b0668a1..5a19ebeda 100644
--- a/include/llmr/renderer/text_bucket.hpp
+++ b/include/llmr/renderer/text_bucket.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <llmr/geometry/vao.hpp>
 #include <llmr/geometry/elements_buffer.hpp>
 #include <memory>
+#include <map>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace llmr {
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ class Style;
 class TextVertexBuffer;
 class TriangleElementsBuffer;
 class TextShader;
+class VectorTileFeature;
+class VectorTileFace;
+class VectorTilePlacement;
 struct Coordinate;
 struct pbf;
 
@@ -26,7 +30,13 @@ public:
 
     virtual void render(Painter& painter, const std::string& layer_name, const Tile::ID& id);
 
-    void addGeometry(pbf& data);
+    void addFeature(const VectorTileFeature& feature,
+                    const std::vector<const VectorTileFace *>& faces,
+                    const std::map<Value, std::vector<VectorTilePlacement>>& shaping);
+
+    void addLabel(const std::vector<Coordinate>& line,
+                  const std::vector<const VectorTileFace *>& faces,
+                  const std::vector<VectorTilePlacement>& placements);
 
     bool empty() const;
 
diff --git a/include/llmr/style/bucket_description.hpp b/include/llmr/style/bucket_description.hpp
index c935d5061..0a750e113 100644
--- a/include/llmr/style/bucket_description.hpp
+++ b/include/llmr/style/bucket_description.hpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ inline BucketType bucketType(const std::string& type) {
     if (type == "fill") return BucketType::Fill;
     else if (type == "line") return BucketType::Line;
     else if (type == "point") return BucketType::Point;
+    else if (type == "text") return BucketType::Text;
     else return BucketType::None;
 }
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ public:
     CapType cap = CapType::None;
     JoinType join = JoinType::None;
     std::string font;
+    std::string text_field;
     float font_size = 0.0f;
     float miter_limit = 2.0f;
     float round_limit = 1.0f;
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ public:
 
 class BucketDescription {
 public:
+    BucketType feature_type = BucketType::None;
     BucketType type = BucketType::None;
 
     // Specify what data to pull into this bucket
diff --git a/include/llmr/style/class_description.hpp b/include/llmr/style/class_description.hpp
index efb46fd39..e98aee0c5 100644
--- a/include/llmr/style/class_description.hpp
+++ b/include/llmr/style/class_description.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public:
     std::map<std::string, FillClass> fill;
     std::map<std::string, LineClass> line;
     std::map<std::string, PointClass> point;
+    std::map<std::string, TextClass> text;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/include/llmr/style/properties.hpp b/include/llmr/style/properties.hpp
index de7b3404b..f3bc1054c 100644
--- a/include/llmr/style/properties.hpp
+++ b/include/llmr/style/properties.hpp
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ struct FillProperties {
     std::string image;
 };
 
+struct TextClass {
+    Color color = {{ 1, 1, 1, 1 }};
+};
+
+struct TextProperties {
+    Color color = {{ 1, 1, 1, 1 }};
+};
+
 struct BackgroundClass {
     Color color = {{ 1, 1, 1, 1 }};
 };
diff --git a/include/llmr/style/style.hpp b/include/llmr/style/style.hpp
index 1b57521f8..2323228b0 100644
--- a/include/llmr/style/style.hpp
+++ b/include/llmr/style/style.hpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public:
         std::map<std::string, FillProperties> fills;
         std::map<std::string, LineProperties> lines;
         std::map<std::string, PointProperties> points;
+        std::map<std::string, TextProperties> texts;
     } computed;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/llmr/style/style_parser.hpp b/include/llmr/style/style_parser.hpp
index 3c53037aa..93cd373b6 100644
--- a/include/llmr/style/style_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/llmr/style/style_parser.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ private:
     FillClass parseFillClass(JSVal value);
     LineClass parseLineClass(JSVal value);
     PointClass parsePointClass(JSVal value);
+    TextClass parseTextClass(JSVal value);
     BackgroundClass parseBackgroundClass(JSVal value);
 
     bool parseBoolean(JSVal value);
diff --git a/src/map/tile_data.cpp b/src/map/tile_data.cpp
index 5ca0e817a..7110297ea 100644
--- a/src/map/tile_data.cpp
+++ b/src/map/tile_data.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <llmr/geometry/fill_buffer.hpp>
 #include <llmr/geometry/line_buffer.hpp>
 #include <llmr/geometry/point_buffer.hpp>
+#include <llmr/geometry/text_buffer.hpp>
 #include <llmr/geometry/elements_buffer.hpp>
 #include <llmr/renderer/fill_bucket.hpp>
 #include <llmr/renderer/line_bucket.hpp>
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ TileData::TileData(Tile::ID id, const Style& style)
       fillVertexBuffer(std::make_shared<FillVertexBuffer>()),
       lineVertexBuffer(std::make_shared<LineVertexBuffer>()),
       pointVertexBuffer(std::make_shared<PointVertexBuffer>()),
+      textVertexBuffer(std::make_shared<TextVertexBuffer>()),
       triangleElementsBuffer(std::make_shared<TriangleElementsBuffer>()),
       lineElementsBuffer(std::make_shared<LineElementsBuffer>()),
       pointElementsBuffer(std::make_shared<PointElementsBuffer>()),
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<Bucket> TileData::createBucket(const VectorTile& tile, const Buc
         } else if (bucket_desc.type == BucketType::Text) {
             return createTextBucket(tile, layer, bucket_desc);
         } else {
-            // TODO: create other bucket types.
+            throw std::runtime_error("unknown bucket type");
         }
     } else {
         // The layer specified in the bucket does not exist. Do nothing.
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<Bucket> TileData::createTextBucket(const VectorTile& tile, const
     }
 
     // TODO: currently hardcoded to use the first font stack.
-    const std::map<Value, std::vector<VectorTilePlacement>>& stack = layer.shaping.begin()->second;
+    const std::map<Value, std::vector<VectorTilePlacement>>& shaping = layer.shaping.begin()->second;
 
     std::vector<const VectorTileFace *> faces;
     for (const std::string& face : layer.faces) {
@@ -221,11 +223,9 @@ std::shared_ptr<Bucket> TileData::createTextBucket(const VectorTile& tile, const
     std::shared_ptr<TextBucket> bucket = std::make_shared<TextBucket>(textVertexBuffer, triangleElementsBuffer, bucket_desc);
 
     FilteredVectorTileLayer filtered_layer(layer, bucket_desc);
-    for (pbf feature_pbf : filtered_layer) {
+    for (const pbf& feature_pbf : filtered_layer) {
         if (state == State::obsolete) return nullptr;
-
-        const VectorTileFeature feature(feature_pbf, layer);
-        std::cerr << feature;
+        bucket->addFeature({ feature_pbf, layer }, faces, shaping);
     }
 
     return bucket;
diff --git a/src/platform/platform.cpp b/src/platform/platform.cpp
index ebe65184a..e2d6d828c 100644
--- a/src/platform/platform.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/platform.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #include <llmr/platform/platform.hpp>
 
-const char *llmr::kTileURL = "http://a.gl-api-us-east-1.tilestream.net/v3/mapbox.mapbox-streets-v4/%d/%d/%d.gl.pbf";
-const char *llmr::kSpriteURL = "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/575564/sprite";
+const char *llmr::kTileURL = "http://localhost:3333/v3/mapbox.mapbox-streets-v4/%d/%d/%d.gl.pbf";
+const char *llmr::kSpriteURL = "http://localhost:3333/images/sprite";
diff --git a/src/renderer/text_bucket.cpp b/src/renderer/text_bucket.cpp
index dd646794b..0b9b865b8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/text_bucket.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/text_bucket.cpp
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 #include <llmr/util/math.hpp>
 #include <llmr/platform/gl.hpp>
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 #define BUFFER_OFFSET(i) ((char *)nullptr + (i))
 
 #include <cassert>
 
-struct geometry_too_long_exception : std::exception {};
-
 using namespace llmr;
 
 TextBucket::TextBucket(const std::shared_ptr<TextVertexBuffer>& vertexBuffer,
@@ -26,12 +26,55 @@ TextBucket::TextBucket(const std::shared_ptr<TextVertexBuffer>& vertexBuffer,
       vertexBuffer(vertexBuffer),
       triangleElementsBuffer(triangleElementsBuffer),
       vertex_start(vertexBuffer->index()),
-      triangle_elements_start(triangleElementsBuffer->index())
-{
+      triangle_elements_start(triangleElementsBuffer->index()) {
 }
 
-void TextBucket::addGeometry(pbf& geom) {
-    // noop
+void TextBucket::addFeature(const VectorTileFeature& feature,
+                            const std::vector<const VectorTileFace *>& faces,
+                            const std::map<Value, std::vector<VectorTilePlacement>>& shaping) {
+    auto it_prop = feature.properties.find(geometry.text_field);
+    if (it_prop == feature.properties.end()) {
+        // feature does not have the correct property
+        return;
+    }
+    const Value& value = it_prop->second;
+
+
+    auto it_shaping = shaping.find(value);
+    if (it_shaping == shaping.end()) {
+        // we lack shaping information for this label
+        return;
+    }
+    const std::vector<VectorTilePlacement>& placements = it_shaping->second;
+
+    // std::cerr << "we have shaping for " << value << std::endl;
+
+    // Decode all lines.
+    std::vector<Coordinate> line;
+    Geometry::command cmd;
+
+    Coordinate coord;
+    pbf geom = feature.geometry;
+    Geometry geometry(geom);
+    int32_t x, y;
+    while ((cmd = geometry.next(x, y)) != Geometry::end) {
+        if (cmd == Geometry::move_to) {
+            if (!line.empty()) {
+                addLabel(line, faces, placements);
+                line.clear();
+            }
+        }
+        line.emplace_back(x, y);
+    }
+    if (line.size()) {
+        addLabel(line, faces, placements);
+    }
+}
+
+void TextBucket::addLabel(const std::vector<Coordinate>& line,
+                          const std::vector<const VectorTileFace *>& faces,
+                          const std::vector<VectorTilePlacement>& placements) {
+    // TODO
 }
 
 void TextBucket::render(Painter& painter, const std::string& layer_name, const Tile::ID& id) {
diff --git a/src/style/resources.cpp b/src/style/resources.cpp
index 58cf8265f..9e06afc6d 100644
--- a/src/style/resources.cpp
+++ b/src/style/resources.cpp
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 
 using namespace llmr;
 
-const unsigned char resources::style[] = R"JSON({"buckets":{"water":{"source":"streets","layer":"water","type":"fill"},"road_large":{"source":"streets","layer":"road","field":"class","value":["motorway","main"],"type":"line","cap":"round","join":"round"},"road_regular":{"source":"streets","layer":"road","field":"class","value":"street","type":"line","cap":"round","join":"round"},"road_limited":{"source":"streets","layer":"road","field":"class","value":"street_limited","type":"line","cap":"round","join":"round"},"park":{"source":"streets","layer":"landuse","field":"class","value":"park","type":"fill"},"wood":{"source":"streets","layer":"landuse","field":"class","value":"wood","type":"fill"},"school":{"source":"streets","layer":"landuse","field":"class","value":"school","type":"fill"},"cemetery":{"source":"streets","layer":"landuse","field":"class","value":"cemetery","type":"fill"},"industrial":{"source":"streets","layer":"landuse","field":"class","value":"industrial","type":"fill"},"building":{"source":"streets","layer":"building","type":"fill"},"alcohol_poi":{"source":"streets","layer":"poi_label","field":"type","value":["Alcohol"],"type":"point"},"cafe_poi":{"source":"streets","layer":"poi_label","field":"type","value":["Cafe"],"type":"point"},"embassy_poi":{"source":"streets","layer":"poi_label","field":"type","value":["Embassy"],"type":"point"},"park_poi":{"source":"streets","layer":"poi_label","field":"type","value":["Park"],"type":"point"},"restaurant_poi":{"source":"streets","layer":"poi_label","field":"type","value":["Restaurant"],"type":"point"}},"sprite":"img/maki-sprite","constants":{"park":"#c8df9f"},"structure":[{"name":"park","bucket":"park"},{"name":"wood","bucket":"wood"},{"name":"water","bucket":"water"},{"name":"building","bucket":"building"},{"name":"road_limited","bucket":"road_limited"},{"name":"road_regular","bucket":"road_regular"},{"name":"road_large","bucket":"road_large"},{"name":"alcohol_poi","bucket":"alcohol_poi"},{"name":"cafe_poi","bucket":"cafe_poi"},{"name":"embassy_poi","bucket":"embassy_poi"},{"name":"park_poi","bucket":"park_poi"},{"name":"restaurant_poi","bucket":"restaurant_poi"}],"classes":[{"name":"default","layers":{"background":{"type":"background","color":"#FFFFFF"},"park":{"type":"fill","color":"park","antialias":true,"image":"park"},"wood":{"type":"fill","color":"#33AA66","antialias":true,"opacity":0.1},"water":{"type":"fill","color":"#bae0e9","stroke":"#73b6e6","antialias":true,"image":"water_etsy"},"building":{"type":"fill","color":"#000000","antialias":true,"opacity":["linear",13,0,0.1,0,0.1]},"road_limited":{"type":"line","color":"#BBBBBB","width":["stops",{"z":0,"val":1},{"z":30,"val":1}]},"road_regular":{"type":"line","color":"#999999","width":["stops",{"z":0,"val":0.5},{"z":13,"val":0.5},{"z":16,"val":2},{"z":20,"val":32},{"z":30,"val":32}]},"road_large":{"type":"line","color":"#666666","width":["stops",{"z":0,"val":0.5},{"z":11,"val":0.5},{"z":13,"val":1},{"z":16,"val":4},{"z":20,"val":64},{"z":30,"val":64}]},"alcohol_poi":{"type":"point","color":"#cccccc","size":18,"image":"alcohol-shop","opacity":["linear",15,0,1,0,0.75]},"cafe_poi":{"type":"point","color":"#cccccc","size":18,"image":"cafe","opacity":["linear",15,0,1,0,0.75]},"embassy_poi":{"type":"point","color":"#cccccc","size":18,"image":"embassy","opacity":["linear",15,0,1,0,0.75]},"park_poi":{"type":"point","color":"#cccccc","size":18,"image":"park","opacity":["linear",15,0,1,0,0.75]},"restaurant_poi":{"type":"point","color":"#cccccc","size":18,"image":"restaurant","opacity":["linear",15,0,1,0,0.75]}}}]})JSON";
+const unsigned char resources::style[] = R"JSON({"buckets":{"water":{"source":"streets","layer":"water","type":"fill"},"road_large":{"source":"streets","layer":"road","field":"class","value":["motorway","main"],"type":"line","cap":"round","join":"round"},"road_regular":{"source":"streets","layer":"road","field":"class","value":"street","type":"line","cap":"round","join":"round"},"road_limited":{"source":"streets","layer":"road","field":"class","value":"street_limited","type":"line","cap":"round","join":"round"},"park":{"source":"streets","layer":"landuse","field":"class","value":"park","type":"fill"},"wood":{"source":"streets","layer":"landuse","field":"class","value":"wood","type":"fill"},"school":{"source":"streets","layer":"landuse","field":"class","value":"school","type":"fill"},"cemetery":{"source":"streets","layer":"landuse","field":"class","value":"cemetery","type":"fill"},"industrial":{"source":"streets","layer":"landuse","field":"class","value":"industrial","type":"fill"},"building":{"source":"streets","layer":"building","type":"fill"},"alcohol_poi":{"source":"streets","layer":"poi_label","field":"type","value":["Alcohol"],"type":"point"},"cafe_poi":{"source":"streets","layer":"poi_label","field":"type","value":["Cafe"],"type":"point"},"embassy_poi":{"source":"streets","layer":"poi_label","field":"type","value":["Embassy"],"type":"point"},"park_poi":{"source":"streets","layer":"poi_label","field":"type","value":["Park"],"type":"point"},"restaurant_poi":{"source":"streets","layer":"poi_label","field":"type","value":["Restaurant"],"type":"point"},"country_label":{"source":"streets","type":"text","layer":"country_label","feature_type":"point","padding":10,"text_field":"name","path":"horizontal","font":"Open Sans, Jomolhari, Siyam Rupali, Alef, Arial Unicode MS","fontSize":16}},"sprite":"img/maki-sprite","constants":{"park":"#c8df9f","text":"#000000"},"structure":[{"name":"park","bucket":"park"},{"name":"wood","bucket":"wood"},{"name":"water","bucket":"water"},{"name":"building","bucket":"building"},{"name":"road_limited","bucket":"road_limited"},{"name":"road_regular","bucket":"road_regular"},{"name":"road_large","bucket":"road_large"},{"name":"alcohol_poi","bucket":"alcohol_poi"},{"name":"cafe_poi","bucket":"cafe_poi"},{"name":"embassy_poi","bucket":"embassy_poi"},{"name":"park_poi","bucket":"park_poi"},{"name":"restaurant_poi","bucket":"restaurant_poi"},{"name":"country_label","bucket":"country_label"}],"classes":[{"name":"default","layers":{"background":{"type":"background","color":"#FFFFFF"},"park":{"type":"fill","color":"park","antialias":true,"image":"park"},"wood":{"type":"fill","color":"#33AA66","antialias":true,"opacity":0.1},"water":{"type":"fill","color":"#bae0e9","stroke":"#73b6e6","antialias":true,"image":"water_etsy"},"building":{"type":"fill","color":"#000000","antialias":true,"opacity":["linear",13,0,0.1,0,0.1]},"road_limited":{"type":"line","color":"#BBBBBB","width":["stops",{"z":0,"val":1},{"z":30,"val":1}]},"road_regular":{"type":"line","color":"#999999","width":["stops",{"z":0,"val":0.5},{"z":13,"val":0.5},{"z":16,"val":2},{"z":20,"val":32},{"z":30,"val":32}]},"road_large":{"type":"line","color":"#666666","width":["stops",{"z":0,"val":0.5},{"z":11,"val":0.5},{"z":13,"val":1},{"z":16,"val":4},{"z":20,"val":64},{"z":30,"val":64}]},"alcohol_poi":{"type":"point","color":"#cccccc","size":18,"image":"alcohol-shop","opacity":["linear",15,0,1,0,0.75]},"cafe_poi":{"type":"point","color":"#cccccc","size":18,"image":"cafe","opacity":["linear",15,0,1,0,0.75]},"embassy_poi":{"type":"point","color":"#cccccc","size":18,"image":"embassy","opacity":["linear",15,0,1,0,0.75]},"park_poi":{"type":"point","color":"#cccccc","size":18,"image":"park","opacity":["linear",15,0,1,0,0.75]},"restaurant_poi":{"type":"point","color":"#cccccc","size":18,"image":"restaurant","opacity":["linear",15,0,1,0,0.75]},"country_label":{"type":"text","stroke":[1,1,1,0.7],"color":"text"}}}]})JSON";
 const unsigned long resources::style_size = sizeof(resources::style);
diff --git a/src/style/style.cpp b/src/style/style.cpp
index 03656e8f4..9ecf59e70 100644
--- a/src/style/style.cpp
+++ b/src/style/style.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ void Style::cascade(float z) {
             point.image = layer.image;
         }
 
+        for (const auto& text_pair : sheetClass.text) {
+            const std::string& layer_name = text_pair.first;
+            const llmr::TextClass& layer = text_pair.second;
+
+            // TODO: This should be restricted to point styles that have actual
+            // values so as to not override with default values.
+            llmr::TextProperties& text = computed.texts[layer_name];
+            text.color = layer.color;
+        }
+
         // Cascade background
         computed.background.color = sheetClass.background.color;
     }
diff --git a/src/style/style_parser.cpp b/src/style/style_parser.cpp
index 82e2b5153..f9e294f97 100644
--- a/src/style/style_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/style/style_parser.cpp
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ void StyleParser::parseClass(const std::string& name, JSVal value, ClassDescript
                     class_desc.line.insert({ name, std::forward<LineClass>(parseLineClass(value)) });
                 } else if (type_name == "point") {
                     class_desc.point.insert({ name, std::forward<PointClass>(parsePointClass(value)) });
+                } else if (type_name == "text") {
+                    class_desc.text.insert({ name, std::forward<TextClass>(parseTextClass(value)) });
                 } else if (type_name == "background") {
                     class_desc.background = parseBackgroundClass(value);
                 } else {
@@ -471,6 +473,17 @@ PointClass StyleParser::parsePointClass(JSVal value) {
     return klass;
 }
 
+
+TextClass StyleParser::parseTextClass(JSVal value) {
+    TextClass klass;
+
+    if (value.HasMember("color")) {
+        klass.color = parseColor(value["color"]);
+    }
+
+    return klass;
+}
+
 BackgroundClass StyleParser::parseBackgroundClass(JSVal value) {
     BackgroundClass klass;