diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/sdf_text3D.slf b/libraries/render-utils/src/sdf_text3D.slf
index faa4d02bfa..1e11cd984d 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/sdf_text3D.slf
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/sdf_text3D.slf
@@ -19,17 +19,14 @@ uniform vec4 Color;
 // the interpolated normal
 in vec3 _normal;
 in vec2 _texCoord0;
-/*
-layout(location = 0) out vec4 _fragColor0;
-layout(location = 1) out vec4 _fragColor1;
-layout(location = 2) out vec4 _fragColor2;
-*/
 
 const float gamma = 2.2;
 const float smoothing = 256.0;
 const float interiorCutoff = 0.8;
 const float outlineExpansion = 0.2;
 
+
+
 void main() {
     // retrieve signed distance
     float sdf = texture(Font, _texCoord0).g;
@@ -49,19 +46,15 @@ void main() {
     // gamma correction for linear attenuation
     a = pow(a, 1.0 / gamma);
     
+    // discard if unvisible
     if (a < 0.01) {
         discard;
     }
     
-    // final color
-   /* _fragColor0 = vec4(Color.rgb, Color.a * a);
-    _fragColor1 = vec4(normalize(_normal.xyz), 0.0) * 0.5 + vec4(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
-    _fragColor2 = vec4(Color.rgb, 10 / 128.0);
-    */
     packDeferredFragmentLightmap(
          normalize(_normal),
-         Color.a * a,
-         Color.rgb,
+         1.0,
+         vec3(1.0),
          DEFAULT_ROUGHNESS,
          DEFAULT_METALLIC,
          DEFAULT_SPECULAR,
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/text/Font.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/text/Font.cpp
index 2e86d09fe0..762a7fb723 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/text/Font.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/text/Font.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QImage>
 
+#include <ColorUtils.h>
+
 #include <StreamHelpers.h>
 
 #include "sdf_text3D_vert.h"
@@ -354,7 +356,10 @@ void Font::drawString(gpu::Batch& batch, float x, float y, const QString& str, c
     batch.setPipeline(layered ? _layeredPipeline : _pipeline);
     batch.setResourceTexture(_fontLoc, _texture);
     batch._glUniform1i(_outlineLoc, (effectType == OUTLINE_EFFECT));
-    batch._glUniform4fv(_colorLoc, 1, (const float*)color);
+    
+    // need the gamma corrected color here
+    glm::vec4 lrgba = glm::vec4(ColorUtils::toLinearVec3(glm::vec3(*color)), color->a);
+    batch._glUniform4fv(_colorLoc, 1, (const float*)&lrgba);
 
     batch.setInputFormat(_format);
     batch.setInputBuffer(0, _verticesBuffer, 0, _format->getChannels().at(0)._stride);