--- a/libinterp/interp-core/txt-eng-ft.cc
+++ b/libinterp/interp-core/txt-eng-ft.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 option) any later version.
 
 Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or<
 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 for more details.
 

--- a/libinterp/interp-core/txt-latex.cc
+++ b/libinterp/interp-core/txt-latex.cc
@@ -78,77 +78,69 @@
       cmd = system ("dvips default.dvi -E -o default.eps");
 
       // .eps -> .png 
-      cmd = system ("gs -dEPSCrop -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -r600 -sDEVICE=ppm -sOutputFile=default.ppm \"default.eps\"");
+      cmd = system ("gs -dEPSCrop -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -r300 -sDEVICE=ppm -sOutputFile=default.ppm \"default.eps\"");
 
       // removing temporary files 
       cmd = remove ("default.tex");
       cmd = remove ("default.dvi");
       cmd = remove ("default.log");
       cmd = remove ("default.aux");
+      cmd = remove ("default.eps");
 
       // read data from PPM file to Array for OpenGL rendering
       file.open("default.ppm");
       file>>magic_number>>skip;
       std::getline(file, comment);
       file>>width>>height;
-      data = uint8NDArray (dim_vector (4, height, width), static_cast<uint8_t> (0));
+      data = uint8NDArray (dim_vector (4, width, height), static_cast<uint8_t> (0));
 
       // reading the data, row by row 
-      for(int j=0; j<width; j++)
+      for(int i=height-1; i>=0; i--)
         {
-          for(int i=0; i<height; i++)
+          for(int j=0; j<width; j++)
             {
-              file>>data(0,i,j); //red
-              file>>data(1,i,j); //green
-              file>>data(2,i,j); //blue
-              data(3,i,j) = 0;   //alpha -> transparent
+              int r,g,b;
+              
+              file >> r >> g >> b;
+              data(0,j,i) = r; //red
+              data(1,j,i) = g; //green
+              data(2,j,i) = b; //blue
+              data(3,j,i) = 255;   //alpha -> transparent
             }
         }
-      file.close();     
-
-      // remove PPM file
-      cmd = remove("default.ppm");
+      file.close();
     }
   else
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+    
+  
+  
   return data; 
 }
 
 Matrix 
 latex_render::get_bbox (void)
 {
+  Matrix bounding_box (1, 4, 0.0);
   std::ifstream file;
-  std::string comment;
-  double tmp, scaling = 1.36;
-  Matrix bounding_box (1, 4, 0.0);
-  int counter = 0,x,y, cmd;
+  std::string skip;
+  int width, height;
+  
+  file.open("default.ppm");
 
-  file.open("default.eps");
-  char character = 0,string[20];
-  std::getline(file,comment);
-  std::getline(file,comment);
-  std::getline(file,comment);
-  std::getline(file,comment);
+  std::getline(file, skip);
+  std::getline(file, skip);
 
-  // For the first moment, bounding box is set so the fontsize will be 12pt
-  file>>string;
-  file>>x;
-
-  file>>y;
-  file>>tmp;
-  x=tmp-x;
+  
+  file>>width>>height;
+  
+  bounding_box(2) = width;
+  bounding_box(3) = height;
 
-  file>>tmp;
-  y=tmp-y;
-  bounding_box(0) = 0;
-  bounding_box(1) = 0;
-  bounding_box(2) = x*scaling;
-  bounding_box(3) = y*scaling;
   file.close();
-
-  // remove EPS file is no longer needed
-  cmd = remove ("default.eps");
-
+  
+  remove("default.ppm");
+  
   return bounding_box;
 }
 

--- a/libinterp/interpfcn/graphics.cc
+++ b/libinterp/interpfcn/graphics.cc
@@ -7140,7 +7140,7 @@
 void
 text::properties::update_font (void)
 {
-
+/*
 #ifdef HAVE_FREETYPE
 #ifdef HAVE_FONTCONFIG
   renderer.set_font (get ("fontname").string_value (),
@@ -7150,6 +7150,7 @@
 #endif
   renderer.set_color (get_color_rgb ());
 #endif
+*/
 }
 
 void
@@ -7182,9 +7183,17 @@
 
   string_vector sv = string_prop.all_strings ();
   
+  r.set_font (get ("fontname").string_value (),
+              get ("fontweight").string_value (),
+              get ("fontangle").string_value (),
+              get ("fontsize").double_value ());
+              
+  r.set_color (get_color_rgb ());
   
   r.text_to_pixels (sv.join ("\n"), pixels, bbox,
                            halign, valign, get_rotation ());
+                           
+  
   /* The bbox is relative to the text's position.
      We'll leave it that way, because get_position () does not return
      valid results when the text is first constructed.

--- a/libinterp/interpfcn/graphics.in.h
+++ b/libinterp/interpfcn/graphics.in.h
@@ -4307,10 +4307,12 @@
     Matrix get_data_position (void) const;
     Matrix get_extent_matrix (void) const;
     const uint8NDArray& get_pixels (void) const { return pixels; }
+/*
 #if HAVE_FREETYPE
     // freetype renderer, used for calculation of text size
     text_render renderer;
 #endif
+*/
 
   protected:
     void init (void)