diff --git a/lib/text.js b/lib/text.js
index 77f4219..605bbd5 100644
--- a/lib/text.js
+++ b/lib/text.js
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ proto.drawTicks = (function() {
     var tickPad     = plot.tickPad
     var textColor   = plot.tickColor
     var textAngle   = plot.tickAngle
-    var tickLength  = plot.tickMarkLength
+    // todo check if this should be used (now unused)
+    // var tickLength  = plot.tickMarkLength
 
     var labelEnable = plot.labelEnable
     var labelPad    = plot.labelPad
@@ -125,7 +126,6 @@ proto.drawTitle = (function() {
     var titleCenter = plot.titleCenter
     var titleAngle  = plot.titleAngle
     var titleColor  = plot.titleColor
-    var titleCenter = plot.titleCenter
     var pixelRatio  = plot.pixelRatio
 
     if(!this.titleCount) {
@@ -199,29 +199,32 @@ proto.update = function(options) {
   var vertices  = []
   var axesTicks = options.ticks
   var bounds    = options.bounds
+  var i, j, k, data, scale, dimension
 
-  for(var dimension=0; dimension<2; ++dimension) {
+  for(dimension=0; dimension<2; ++dimension) {
     var offsets = [Math.floor(vertices.length/3)], tickX = [-Infinity]
 
     //Copy vertices over to buffer
     var ticks = axesTicks[dimension]
-    for(var i=0; i<ticks.length; ++i) {
+    for(i=0; i<ticks.length; ++i) {
       var tick  = ticks[i]
       var x     = tick.x
       var text  = tick.text
       var font  = tick.font || 'sans-serif'
-      var scale = (tick.fontSize || 12)
-
-      var data = getText(font, text).data
+      scale = (tick.fontSize || 12)
 
       var coordScale = 1.0 / (bounds[dimension+2] - bounds[dimension])
       var coordShift = bounds[dimension]
 
-      for(var j=0; j<data.length; j+=2) {
-        vertices.push(
-           data[j]  *scale,
-          -data[j+1]*scale,
-          (x - coordShift) * coordScale)
+      var rows = text.split('\n')
+      for(var r = 0; r < rows.length; r++) {
+        data = getText(font, rows[r]).data
+        for (j = 0; j < data.length; j += 2) {
+          vertices.push(
+              data[j] * scale,
+              -data[j + 1] * scale - r * scale * 1.2,
+              (x - coordShift) * coordScale)
+        }
       }
 
       offsets.push(Math.floor(vertices.length/3))
@@ -233,12 +236,12 @@ proto.update = function(options) {
   }
 
   //Add labels
-  for(var dimension=0; dimension<2; ++dimension) {
+  for(dimension=0; dimension<2; ++dimension) {
     this.labelOffset[dimension] = Math.floor(vertices.length/3)
 
-    var data  = getText(options.labelFont[dimension], options.labels[dimension], { textAlign: 'center' }).data
-    var scale = options.labelSize[dimension]
-    for(var i=0; i<data.length; i+=2) {
+    data  = getText(options.labelFont[dimension], options.labels[dimension], { textAlign: 'center' }).data
+    scale = options.labelSize[dimension]
+    for(i=0; i<data.length; i+=2) {
       vertices.push(data[i]*scale, -data[i+1]*scale, 0)
     }
 
@@ -248,9 +251,9 @@ proto.update = function(options) {
 
   //Add title
   this.titleOffset = Math.floor(vertices.length/3)
-  var data = getText(options.titleFont, options.title).data
-  var scale = options.titleSize
-  for(var i=0; i<data.length; i+=2) {
+  data = getText(options.titleFont, options.title).data
+  scale = options.titleSize
+  for(i=0; i<data.length; i+=2) {
     vertices.push(data[i]*scale, -data[i+1]*scale, 0)
   }
   this.titleCount = Math.floor(vertices.length/3) - this.titleOffset
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb8a03b..775581d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gl-plot2d",
-  "version": "1.1.9",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "2D webgl plots",
   "main": "plot.js",
   "directories": {