diff --git a/include/osgText/Text3D b/include/osgText/Text3D
index a616bd054..47c2d15c9 100644
--- a/include/osgText/Text3D
+++ b/include/osgText/Text3D
@@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ protected:
     osg::ref_ptr<Font>  _font;
     osg::ref_ptr<Style> _style;
 
-    float _characterDepth;
-
     RenderMode _renderMode;
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::StateSet> _wallStateSet;
diff --git a/src/osgText/Glyph.cpp b/src/osgText/Glyph.cpp
index b90767e5f..b176cedaa 100644
--- a/src/osgText/Glyph.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/Glyph.cpp
@@ -511,12 +511,12 @@ GlyphGeometry* Glyph3D::getGlyphGeometry(const Style* style)
         GlyphGeometry* glyphGeometry = itr->get();
         if (glyphGeometry->match(style))
         {
-            OSG_NOTICE<<"Glyph3D::getGlyphGeometry(Style* style) found matching GlyphGeometry."<<std::endl;
+            OSG_INFO<<"Glyph3D::getGlyphGeometry(Style* style) found matching GlyphGeometry."<<std::endl;
             return glyphGeometry;
         }
     }
 
-    OSG_NOTICE<<"Glyph3D::getGlyphGeometry(Style* style) could not find matching GlyphGeometry, creating a new one."<<std::endl;
+    OSG_INFO<<"Glyph3D::getGlyphGeometry(Style* style) could not find matching GlyphGeometry, creating a new one."<<std::endl;
 
     osg::ref_ptr<GlyphGeometry> glyphGeometry = new GlyphGeometry();
     glyphGeometry->setup(this, style);
@@ -543,22 +543,22 @@ void GlyphGeometry::setup(const Glyph3D* glyph, const Style* style)
 
     if (!style)
     {
-        OSG_NOTICE<<"GlyphGeometry::setup(const Glyph* glyph, NULL) creating default glyph geometry."<<std::endl;
+        OSG_INFO<<"GlyphGeometry::setup(const Glyph* glyph, NULL) creating default glyph geometry."<<std::endl;
 
-        float width = glyph->getFont()->getFontDepth();
+        float width = 0.1f;
 
         _geometry = osgText::computeTextGeometry(glyph, width);
     }
     else
     {
-        OSG_NOTICE<<"GlyphGeometry::setup(const Glyph* glyph, NULL) create glyph geometry with custom Style."<<std::endl;
+        OSG_INFO<<"GlyphGeometry::setup(const Glyph* glyph, NULL) create glyph geometry with custom Style."<<std::endl;
 
         // record the style
         _style = dynamic_cast<Style*>(style->clone(osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_ALL));
 
         const Bevel* bevel = style ? style->getBevel() : 0;
         bool outline = style ? style->getOutlineRatio()>0.0f : false;
-        float width = glyph->getFont()->getFontDepth();//style->getThicknessRatio();
+        float width = style->getThicknessRatio();
 
         if (bevel)
         {
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ void GlyphGeometry::setup(const Glyph3D* glyph, const Style* style)
 
     if (!_geometry)
     {
-        OSG_NOTICE<<"Warning: GlyphGeometry::setup(const Glyph* glyph, const Style* style) failed."<<std::endl;
+        OSG_INFO<<"Warning: GlyphGeometry::setup(const Glyph* glyph, const Style* style) failed."<<std::endl;
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/osgText/GlyphGeometry.cpp b/src/osgText/GlyphGeometry.cpp
index 1d50c6ce6..586b5694e 100644
--- a/src/osgText/GlyphGeometry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/GlyphGeometry.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public:
         }
         else
         {
-            OSG_NOTICE<<"   computeBisectorNormal(a=["<<a<<"], b=["<<b<<"], c=["<<c<<"], d=["<<d<<"]), nx="<<nx<<", ny="<<ny<<", denominator="<<denominator<<" need to swap!!!"<<std::endl;
+            OSG_INFO<<"   computeBisectorNormal(a=["<<a<<"], b=["<<b<<"], c=["<<c<<"], d=["<<d<<"]), nx="<<nx<<", ny="<<ny<<", denominator="<<denominator<<" need to swap!!!"<<std::endl;
             return osg::Vec3(-nx,-ny,0.0f);
         }
     }
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ osg::Geometry* computeTextGeometry(osg::Geometry* glyphGeometry, const osgText::
     osg::Vec3Array* orig_vertices = dynamic_cast<osg::Vec3Array*>(glyphGeometry->getVertexArray());
     if (!orig_vertices)
     {
-        OSG_NOTICE<<"computeTextGeometry(..): No vertices on glyphGeometry."<<std::endl;
+        OSG_INFO<<"computeTextGeometry(..): No vertices on glyphGeometry."<<std::endl;
         return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp b/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp
index f418bd71a..0a7bffa88 100644
--- a/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ namespace osgText
 Text3D::Text3D():
     _font(0),
     _style(0),
-    _characterDepth(1),
     _renderMode(PER_GLYPH)
 {
 }
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ Text3D::Text3D(const Text3D & text3D, const osg::CopyOp & copyop):
     osgText::TextBase(text3D, copyop),
     _font(text3D._font),
     _style(text3D._style),
-    _characterDepth(text3D._characterDepth),
     _renderMode(text3D._renderMode)
 {
     computeGlyphRepresentation();
@@ -38,12 +36,15 @@ Text3D::Text3D(const Text3D & text3D, const osg::CopyOp & copyop):
 
 float Text3D::getCharacterDepth() const
 {
-    return _characterDepth;
+    if (!_style) return _characterHeight*0.1f;
+    else return _characterHeight * _style->getThicknessRatio();
 }
 
 void Text3D::setCharacterDepth(float characterDepth)
 {
-    _characterDepth = characterDepth;
+    if (!_style) _style = new Style;
+    _style->setThicknessRatio(characterDepth / _characterHeight);
+
     computeGlyphRepresentation();
 }
 
@@ -462,7 +463,9 @@ void Text3D::computeGlyphRepresentation()
 
         ++lineNumber;
     }
-    _textBB.expandBy(0.0f,0.0f,-1);
+
+    float thickness = _style.valid() ? _style->getThicknessRatio() : 0.1f;
+    _textBB.zMin() = -thickness;
 
     TextBase::computePositions();
 }
@@ -516,7 +519,8 @@ void Text3D::computePositions(unsigned int contextID) const
 
 
     float scale = _font->getScale();
-    osg::Vec3 scaleVec(scale * _characterHeight, scale * _characterHeight / _characterAspectRatio, _characterDepth);
+    osg::Vec3 scaleVec(scale * _characterHeight, scale * _characterHeight / _characterAspectRatio, scale * _characterHeight);
+
     matrix.makeTranslate(-_offset);
     matrix.postMultScale(scaleVec);
     matrix.postMultRotate(_rotation);