diff --git a/Apps/Tuto/tuto5.cpp b/Apps/Tuto/tuto5.cpp
index 260e9345d25452a22efd6ac847973972b0cefe84..7039a04350621f46382c87fb255b12b373ad0e37 100644
--- a/Apps/Tuto/tuto5.cpp
+++ b/Apps/Tuto/tuto5.cpp
@@ -249,8 +249,11 @@ void MyQT::cb_keyPress(int code)
 		svg.setWidth(1.0f);
 		svg.setColor(Geom::Vec3f(0.0f,0.0f,0.5f));
 		Algo::Render::SVG::renderEdges<PFP>(svg,myMap,position);
+		svg.setColor(Geom::Vec3f(0.0f,0.8f,0.0f));
 		svg.setWidth(5.0f);
 		Algo::Render::SVG::renderVertices<PFP>(svg,myMap,position);
+		svg.setColor(Geom::Vec3f(1.0f,0.0f,0.0f));
+		m_strings->toSVG(svg);
 		//svg destruction close the file
 	}
 	if (code  == 't')
diff --git a/include/Utils/svg.h b/include/Utils/svg.h
index 451fa125808eec2e7b8a680d12f0e33c4ef41e4d..3ced3668d7b4a99404a12d4bfac66d03e4832c91 100644
--- a/include/Utils/svg.h
+++ b/include/Utils/svg.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <string>
 
 #include "Geometry/vector_gen.h"
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class SvgObj
 protected:
 	std::vector<Geom::Vec3f> m_vertices;
 	std::vector<Geom::Vec3f> m_colors;
+	std::vector<std::string> m_strings;
 	std::vector<Geom::Vec3f> m_vertices3D;
 	Geom::Vec3f m_color;
 	float m_width;
@@ -79,6 +81,10 @@ public:
 
 	void addVertex3D(const Geom::Vec3f& v, const Geom::Vec3f& C);
 
+	void addString(const Geom::Vec3f& v, const std::string& str);
+
+	void addString(const Geom::Vec3f& v, const std::string& str, const Geom::Vec3f& C);
+
 	void setColor(const Geom::Vec3f& c);
 
 	void setWidth(float w);
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ public:
 
 	virtual void save(std::ofstream& out) const = 0;
 
-	virtual void saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i) const = 0;
+	virtual void saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i, unsigned int bbl = 0) const = 0;
 
 	unsigned int nbv() const;
 
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ class SvgPoints: public SvgObj
 {
 public:
 	void save(std::ofstream& out) const;
-	void saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i) const;
+	void saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i, unsigned int bbl = 0) const;
 	unsigned int nbPrimtives() const;
 	void fillDS(std::vector<DepthSort>& vds, unsigned int idObj) const;
 };
@@ -116,7 +122,20 @@ class SvgLines: public SvgObj
 {
 public:
 	void save(std::ofstream& out) const;
-	void saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i) const;
+	void saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i, unsigned int bbl = 0) const;
+	unsigned int nbPrimtives() const;
+	void fillDS(std::vector<DepthSort>& vds, unsigned int idObj) const;
+};
+
+
+class SvgStrings: public SvgObj
+{
+protected:
+	float m_sf;
+public:
+	SvgStrings(float scalefactor = 1.0f) : m_sf(scalefactor) {}
+	void save(std::ofstream& out) const;
+	void saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i, unsigned int bbl = 0) const;
 	unsigned int nbPrimtives() const;
 	void fillDS(std::vector<DepthSort>& vds, unsigned int idObj) const;
 };
@@ -154,6 +173,14 @@ protected:
 	std::vector<SvgObj*> m_objs;
 	SvgObj* m_current;
 
+
+	unsigned int m_bbX0;
+	unsigned int m_bbY0;
+	unsigned int m_bbX1;
+	unsigned int m_bbY1;
+
+
+
 protected:
 	void computeBB(unsigned int& a, unsigned int& b, unsigned int& c, unsigned& d);
 
@@ -190,6 +217,13 @@ public:
 	void addLine(const Geom::Vec3f& P, const Geom::Vec3f& P2);
 	void addLine(const Geom::Vec3f& P, const Geom::Vec3f& P2, const Geom::Vec3f& C);
 
+
+	void beginStrings(float scalefactor = 1.0f);
+	void endStrings();
+	void addString(const Geom::Vec3f& P, const std::string& str);
+	void addString(const Geom::Vec3f& P, const Geom::Vec3f& Q, const std::string& str);
+	void addString(const Geom::Vec3f& P, const std::string& str, const Geom::Vec3f& C);
+
 	void sortSimpleDepth( std::vector<DepthSort>& vds);
 
 };
diff --git a/include/Utils/text3d.h b/include/Utils/text3d.h
index a59abbedd4a03671c5c98a4e58dc28394a4919b4..681765d8971c3bf2d059dde42111049fda00765f 100644
--- a/include/Utils/text3d.h
+++ b/include/Utils/text3d.h
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 #include "Utils/GLSLShader.h"
 #include "Geometry/vector_gen.h"
 
+namespace CGoGN { namespace Utils { namespace SVG { class SVGOut ; } } }
 
 namespace CGoGN
 {
-
 namespace Utils
 {
 
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ protected:
 
     Utils::VBO* m_vbo1;
 
+    float m_scale;
+
     unsigned int sendOneStringToVBO(const std::string& str, float **buffer);
 
     GLuint m_uniform_texture;
@@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ public:
 	 */
 	void setScale(float scale);
 
+
+	void toSVG(Utils::SVG::SVGOut& svg);
 };
 
 } // namespace Utils
diff --git a/src/Utils/svg.cpp b/src/Utils/svg.cpp
index 5a611345c48f4195724d262c6bcd8fd40d2301c1..9a05031ac8c7387e6e168d750477e84691dd5099 100644
--- a/src/Utils/svg.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils/svg.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ void SvgObj::addVertex3D(const Geom::Vec3f& v, const Geom::Vec3f& c)
 }
 
 
+void SvgObj::addString(const Geom::Vec3f& v, const std::string& str)
+{
+	m_vertices.push_back(v);
+	m_strings.push_back(str);
+	m_colors.push_back(m_color);
+}
+
+void SvgObj::addString(const Geom::Vec3f& v, const std::string& str, const Geom::Vec3f& c)
+{
+	m_vertices.push_back(v);
+	m_strings.push_back(str);
+	m_colors.push_back(c);
+}
+
+
 void SvgObj::setWidth(float w)
 {
 	m_width=w;
@@ -146,7 +161,7 @@ void SvgPoints::save(std::ofstream& out) const
 }
 
 
-void SvgPoints::saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i) const
+void SvgPoints::saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i, unsigned int bbl) const
 {
 	std::stringstream ss;
 
@@ -212,7 +227,7 @@ void SvgLines::save(std::ofstream& out) const
 	}
 }
 
-void SvgLines::saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i) const
+void SvgLines::saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i, unsigned int bbl) const
 {
 	std::stringstream ss;
 
@@ -249,6 +264,59 @@ void SvgLines::fillDS(std::vector<DepthSort>& vds, unsigned int idObj) const
 }
 
 
+
+
+void SvgStrings::save(std::ofstream& out) const
+{
+	unsigned int nb = m_vertices.size();
+	for (unsigned int i=0; i<nb; ++i)
+	{
+		saveOne(out,i);
+	}
+}
+
+
+void SvgStrings::saveOne(std::ofstream& out, unsigned int i, unsigned int bbl) const
+{
+
+	float scale = m_sf * sqrt(1.0f - m_vertices[i][2])*0.007f*float(bbl);
+
+	out << "<text style=\"font-size:24px;";
+	out << "font-family:Bitstream Vera Sans\" ";
+	 out << "transform=\"scale(" << scale <<"," << scale <<")\""<< std::endl;
+	out << "x=\""<< (m_vertices[i][0])/scale << "\" y=\""<< (m_vertices[i][1])/scale<< "\">";
+	out << "<tspan style=\"fill:#";
+
+	out << std::hex;
+	unsigned int wp = out.width(2);
+	char prev = out.fill('0');
+	out << int(m_colors[i][0]*255);
+	out.width(2); out.fill('0');
+	out<< int(m_colors[i][1]*255);
+	out.width(2); out.fill('0');
+	out << int(m_colors[i][2]*255)<<std::dec;
+	out.fill(prev);
+	out.width(wp);
+
+	out <<"\">"<< m_strings[i]<< "</tspan></text>"<< std::endl;
+}
+
+
+unsigned int SvgStrings::nbPrimtives() const
+{
+	return m_vertices.size();
+}
+
+void SvgStrings::fillDS(std::vector<DepthSort>& vds, unsigned int idObj) const
+{
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i< m_vertices.size(); ++i)
+	{
+		vds.push_back(DepthSort(idObj,i,m_vertices[i][2]));
+	}
+}
+
+
+
 //void SvgPolyline::save(std::ofstream& out)
 //{
 //	std::stringstream ss;
@@ -368,17 +436,12 @@ void SVGOut::setWidth(float w)
 
 void SVGOut::closeFile()
 {
-	unsigned int a = 0;
-	unsigned int b = 0;
-	unsigned int c = 1024;
-	unsigned int d = 1024;
-	computeBB(a,b,c,d);
+	computeBB(m_bbX0, m_bbY0, m_bbX1, m_bbY1);
 
 	*m_out << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>"<< std::endl;
 	*m_out << "<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\""<< std::endl;
 	*m_out << " xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\""<< std::endl;
-//	*m_out << " width=\""<<m_viewport[2]<<"px\" height=\""<<m_viewport[3]<<"px\" viewBox=\"0 0 "<<m_viewport[2]<<" "<<m_viewport[3]<<"\">"<< std::endl;
-	*m_out << "viewBox=\""<< a <<" "<< b <<" "<< c-a << " " << d-b <<"\">"<< std::endl;
+	*m_out << "viewBox=\""<< m_bbX0 <<" "<< m_bbY0 <<" "<< m_bbX1-m_bbX0 << " " << m_bbY1-m_bbY0 <<"\">"<< std::endl;
 	*m_out << "<title>test</title>"<< std::endl;
 	*m_out << "<desc>"<< std::endl;
 	*m_out << "Rendered from CGoGN"<< std::endl;
@@ -395,7 +458,7 @@ void SVGOut::closeFile()
 
 	for (std::vector<DepthSort>::iterator it = vds.begin(); it != vds.end(); ++it)
 	{
-		m_objs[it->obj]->saveOne(*m_out,it->id);
+		m_objs[it->obj]->saveOne(*m_out,it->id, m_bbX1-m_bbX0);
 	}
 
 //	for (std::vector<SvgObj*>::iterator it = m_objs.begin(); it != m_objs.end(); ++it)
@@ -446,9 +509,6 @@ void SVGOut::computeBB(unsigned int& a, unsigned int& b, unsigned int& c, unsign
 
 void SVGOut::beginPoints()
 {
-//	glm::i32vec4 viewport;
-//	glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, &(viewport[0]));
-
 	m_current = new SvgPoints();
 	m_current->setColor(global_color);
 	m_current->setWidth(global_width);
@@ -528,6 +588,33 @@ void SVGOut::addLine(const Geom::Vec3f& P, const Geom::Vec3f& P2, const Geom::Ve
 }
 
 
+void SVGOut::beginStrings(float scalefactor)
+{
+	m_current = new SvgStrings(scalefactor);
+	m_current->setColor(global_color);
+	m_current->setWidth(global_width);
+}
+
+void SVGOut::endStrings()
+{
+	m_objs.push_back(m_current);
+	m_current = NULL;
+}
+
+void SVGOut::addString(const Geom::Vec3f& P, const std::string& str)
+{
+	glm::vec3 Q = glm::project(glm::vec3(P[0],P[1],P[2]),m_model,m_proj,m_viewport);
+	m_current->addString(Geom::Vec3f(float(Q[0]),float(m_viewport[3])-float(Q[1]),float(Q[2])), str);
+}
+
+
+void SVGOut::addString(const Geom::Vec3f& P, const std::string& str, const Geom::Vec3f& C)
+{
+	glm::vec3 Q = glm::project(glm::vec3(P[0],P[1],P[2]),m_model,m_proj,m_viewport);
+	m_current->addString(Geom::Vec3f(float(Q[0]),float(m_viewport[3])-float(Q[1]),float(Q[2])), str, C);
+}
+
+
 void SVGOut::sortSimpleDepth(std::vector<DepthSort>& vds)
 {
 	unsigned int nb=0;
diff --git a/src/Utils/text3d.cpp b/src/Utils/text3d.cpp
index bf4aea2fc7237b87b37711a5b1fcce96c7029ccc..390eb44c1c0e56a4a14c3140bba225b71d182bc8 100644
--- a/src/Utils/text3d.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils/text3d.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 *******************************************************************************/
 
 #include "Utils/text3d.h"
-
 #include "Utils/vbo.h"
+#include "Utils/svg.h"
 
 namespace CGoGN
 {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ std::string Strings3D::fragmentShaderText2 =
 GLuint Strings3D::m_idTexture = 0xffffffff;
 
 
-Strings3D::Strings3D(bool withBackground, const Geom::Vec3f& bgc) : m_nbChars(0)
+Strings3D::Strings3D(bool withBackground, const Geom::Vec3f& bgc) : m_nbChars(0),m_scale(1.0f)
 {
 	if (m_idTexture == 0xffffffff)
 	{
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ void Strings3D::setScale(float scale)
 {
 	bind();
 	glUniform1f(m_uniform_scale, scale);
+	m_scale = scale;
 	unbind();
 }
 
@@ -246,6 +247,15 @@ void Strings3D::drawAll(const Geom::Vec3f& color)
 	postdraw();
 }
 
+void Strings3D::toSVG(Utils::SVG::SVGOut& svg)
+{
+	svg.beginStrings(m_scale);
+	unsigned int nb = m_strings.size();
+	for(unsigned int i=0; i<nb; ++i)
+		svg.addString(m_strTranslate[i],m_strings[i]);
+	svg.endStrings();
+}
+
 } // namespace Utils
 
 } // namespace CGoGN