diff --git a/orx-text-writer/src/commonMain/kotlin/TextWriter.kt b/orx-text-writer/src/commonMain/kotlin/TextWriter.kt
index b061d980..be03936f 100644
--- a/orx-text-writer/src/commonMain/kotlin/TextWriter.kt
+++ b/orx-text-writer/src/commonMain/kotlin/TextWriter.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.openrndr.extra.textwriter
 import org.openrndr.draw.DrawStyle
 import org.openrndr.draw.Drawer
 import org.openrndr.draw.FontImageMap
+import org.openrndr.internal.GlyphOutput
 import org.openrndr.math.Vector2
 import org.openrndr.shape.Rectangle
 import kotlin.contracts.ExperimentalContracts
@@ -182,6 +183,20 @@ class TextWriter(val drawerRef: Drawer?) {
     var style = WriteStyle()
     val styleStack = ArrayDeque<WriteStyle>()
 
+    /**
+     * Stores the output of glyph positioning and rendering processes within the text drawing operations.
+     *
+     * This variable is used internally to maintain a collection of calculated glyph positions and associated
+     * bounding rectangles. It consists of two mutable lists:
+     * - One for glyph characters, represented by their positions.
+     * - One for glyph bounding rectangles, which define the area occupied by each glyph.
+     *
+     * The `glyphOutput` is primarily utilized in text rendering pipelines to calculate, store, and later
+     * process glyph information for visual rendering or additional transformations such as custom effects.
+     */
+    val glyphOutput = GlyphOutput(mutableListOf(), mutableListOf())
+
+
     var leading
         get() = style.leading
         set(value) {
@@ -380,7 +395,7 @@ class TextWriter(val drawerRef: Drawer?) {
                 val first = renderTokens.filter { it != TextToken.END_OF_LINE }.first()
                 val last = renderTokens.last()
                 renderTokens.split().flatMap {
-                    val sy =  first.y - (fontMap?.ascenderLength ?: 0.0)
+                    val sy = first.y - (fontMap?.ascenderLength ?: 0.0)
                     val ey = last.y + (fontMap?.descenderLength ?: 0.0)
 
                     val th = ey - sy
@@ -390,9 +405,7 @@ class TextWriter(val drawerRef: Drawer?) {
         }
 
 
-        if (visible) {
-            drawTextTokens(renderTokens)
-        }
+        drawTextTokens(renderTokens, visible)
         return renderTokens
     }
 
@@ -401,7 +414,9 @@ class TextWriter(val drawerRef: Drawer?) {
      * @param tokens a list of [TextToken] instances
      * @since 0.4.3
      */
-    fun drawTextTokens(tokens: List<TextToken>) {
+    fun drawTextTokens(tokens: List<TextToken>, visible: Boolean) {
+        glyphOutput.characters.clear()
+        glyphOutput.rectangles.clear()
         drawerRef?.let { d ->
             val renderer = d.fontImageMapDrawer
             val queue = renderer.getQueue(tokens.sumOf { it.token.length })
@@ -414,10 +429,14 @@ class TextWriter(val drawerRef: Drawer?) {
                     tracking = style.tracking,
                     kerning = drawStyle.kerning,
                     textSetting = drawStyle.textSetting,
-                    queue
+                    queue,
+                    visible,
+                    glyphOutput
                 )
             }
-            renderer.flush(d.context, d.drawStyle, queue)
+            if (visible) {
+                renderer.flush(d.context, d.drawStyle, queue)
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -496,8 +515,6 @@ class TextWriter(val drawerRef: Drawer?) {
         }
         return emptyList()
     }
-
-
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/orx-text-writer/src/jvmDemo/kotlin/DemoGlyphOutput01.kt b/orx-text-writer/src/jvmDemo/kotlin/DemoGlyphOutput01.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20d7af9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orx-text-writer/src/jvmDemo/kotlin/DemoGlyphOutput01.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import org.openrndr.application
+import org.openrndr.color.ColorRGBa
+import org.openrndr.draw.FontImageMap
+import org.openrndr.draw.TextSettingMode
+import org.openrndr.draw.isolated
+import org.openrndr.draw.loadFont
+import org.openrndr.draw.shadeStyle
+import org.openrndr.extra.textwriter.TextWriter
+import org.openrndr.extra.textwriter.writer
+import org.openrndr.math.Vector2
+import org.openrndr.shape.Rectangle
+import kotlin.math.cos
+
+/**
+ * This demo implements a drawing program utilizing custom text rendering with a wave-like animation effect.
+ * It allows for manipulating text position and scaling over time.
+ *
+ * Key elements of the program:
+ * - A centered rectangle on the drawing canvas.
+ * - Text rendering with properties such as horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, and tracking,
+ *   dynamically changing over time.
+ * - Custom text animation implementing wave-like movement and scaling.
+ */
+fun main() = application {
+    configure {
+        width = 720
+        height = 720
+    }
+    program {
+        extend {
+            val r = Rectangle.fromCenter(drawer.bounds.center, 600.0, 600.0)
+            drawer.isolated {
+                drawer.fill = null
+                drawer.stroke = ColorRGBa.WHITE
+                drawer.rectangle(r)
+            }
+            drawer.fontMap = loadFont("demo-data/fonts/IBMPlexMono-Regular.ttf", 24.0)
+
+
+            fun TextWriter.wavyWrite(text: String) {
+                text(text, visible = false)
+                drawer.shadeStyle = shadeStyle {
+                    fragmentTransform = """
+                            float o = x_fill.r;
+                            x_fill = u_fill;
+                            x_fill.a *= o;
+                        """.trimIndent()
+                }
+
+                drawer.image((drawer.fontMap as FontImageMap).texture, glyphOutput.rectangles.mapIndexed { index, it ->
+                    Pair(
+                        it.first, it.second
+                            .movedBy(Vector2(0.0, 20.0 * cos(index * 0.5 + seconds * 10.0)))
+                            .scaledBy(cos(index * 0.1 + seconds * 0.5) * 0.5 + 1.0)
+                    )
+                })
+            }
+            writer {
+                drawer.drawStyle.textSetting = TextSettingMode.SUBPIXEL
+                style.horizontalAlign = cos(seconds) * 0.5 + 0.5
+                style.verticalAlign = 0.5
+                style.tracking = (cos(seconds * 0.1) * 0.5 + 0.5) * 20.0
+                box = r.offsetEdges(-10.0)
+                wavyWrite("hello world\nthis is a test\ncentered")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}