diff --git a/Source/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElement.cs b/Source/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElement.cs
index 0bebf2c74..fa84ceb96 100644
--- a/Source/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElement.cs	
+++ b/Source/Basic Shapes/SvgVisualElement.cs	
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ protected internal virtual void RenderFill(SvgRenderer renderer)
         {
             if (this.Fill != null)
             {
-                using (Brush brush = this.Fill.GetBrush(this, this.FillOpacity))
+                using (Brush brush = this.Fill.GetBrush(this, Math.Min(Math.Max(this.FillOpacity * this.Opacity, 0), 1)))
                 {
                     if (brush != null)
                     {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ protected internal virtual void RenderStroke(SvgRenderer renderer)
             if (this.Stroke != null)
             {
                 float strokeWidth = this.StrokeWidth.ToDeviceValue(this);
-                using (var pen = new Pen(this.Stroke.GetBrush(this, this.StrokeOpacity), strokeWidth))
+                using (var pen = new Pen(this.Stroke.GetBrush(this, Math.Min(Math.Max(this.StrokeOpacity * this.Opacity, 0), 1)), strokeWidth))
                 {
                     if (this.StrokeDashArray != null && this.StrokeDashArray.Count > 0)
                     {
diff --git a/Source/Painting/SvgDeferredPaintServer.cs b/Source/Painting/SvgDeferredPaintServer.cs
index 88172a33b..cbd46053a 100644
--- a/Source/Painting/SvgDeferredPaintServer.cs
+++ b/Source/Painting/SvgDeferredPaintServer.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public static T TryGet<T>(SvgPaintServer server) where T : SvgPaintServer
             }
             else
             {
+                deferred.EnsureServer();
                 return deferred._concreteServer as T;
             }
         }
diff --git a/Source/Text/SvgTextAnchor.cs b/Source/Text/SvgTextAnchor.cs
index 207bf95c9..162b22a45 100644
--- a/Source/Text/SvgTextAnchor.cs
+++ b/Source/Text/SvgTextAnchor.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace Svg
     [TypeConverter(typeof(SvgTextAnchorConverter))]
     public enum SvgTextAnchor
     {
+        inherit,
         /// <summary>
         /// The rendered characters are aligned such that the start of the text string is at the initial current text position.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Source/Text/SvgTextBase.cs b/Source/Text/SvgTextBase.cs
index c0d30c733..34a7fbe84 100644
--- a/Source/Text/SvgTextBase.cs
+++ b/Source/Text/SvgTextBase.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public abstract class SvgTextBase : SvgVisualElement
         private SvgUnitCollection _dx = new SvgUnitCollection();
         private SvgUnit _letterSpacing;
         private SvgUnit _wordSpacing;
-        private SvgTextAnchor _textAnchor = SvgTextAnchor.Start;
+        private SvgTextAnchor _textAnchor = SvgTextAnchor.inherit;
         private static readonly SvgRenderer _stringMeasure;
         private const string DefaultFontFamily = "Times New Roman";
 
@@ -196,7 +196,15 @@ protected override bool RequiresSmoothRendering
         /// <value>The bounds.</value>
         public override System.Drawing.RectangleF Bounds
         {
-            get { return this.Path.GetBounds(); }
+            get 
+            {
+                var path = this.Path;
+                foreach (var elem in this.Children.OfType<SvgVisualElement>())
+                {
+                    path.AddPath(elem.Path, false);
+                }
+                return path.GetBounds(); 
+            }
         }
 
         private static string ValidateFontFamily(string fontFamilyList)
@@ -361,8 +369,10 @@ public override System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath Path
                     _path = new GraphicsPath();
                     _path.StartFigure();
 
+                    var anchorElem = (from e in this.ParentsAndSelf.OfType<SvgTextBase>() where e.TextAnchor != SvgTextAnchor.inherit select e).FirstOrDefault();
+
                     // Determine the location of the start point
-                    switch (this.TextAnchor)
+                    switch (anchorElem == null ? this.TextAnchor : anchorElem.TextAnchor)
                     {
                         case SvgTextAnchor.Middle:
                             x -= (boundsData.Bounds.Width / 2);