diff --git a/library/display.py b/library/display.py
index a3d60429..809136e5 100644
--- a/library/display.py
+++ b/library/display.py
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ def display_static_text(self):
                     background_color=config.THEME_DATA['static_text'][text].get("BACKGROUND_COLOR", (255, 255, 255)),
                     background_image=_get_full_path(config.THEME_DATA['PATH'],
                                                     config.THEME_DATA['static_text'][text].get("BACKGROUND_IMAGE",
-                                                                                               None))
+                                                                                               None)),
+                    anchor="lt"
                 )
 
 
diff --git a/library/lcd/lcd_comm.py b/library/lcd/lcd_comm.py
index 7336b46f..64208bf1 100644
--- a/library/lcd/lcd_comm.py
+++ b/library/lcd/lcd_comm.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
+import math
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from enum import IntEnum
 from typing import Tuple
@@ -206,7 +207,8 @@ def DisplayText(
             font_color: Tuple[int, int, int] = (0, 0, 0),
             background_color: Tuple[int, int, int] = (255, 255, 255),
             background_image: str = None,
-            align: str = 'left'
+            align: str = 'left',
+            anchor: str = None,
     ):
         # Convert text to bitmap using PIL and display it
         # Provide the background image path to display text with transparent background
@@ -238,19 +240,26 @@ def DisplayText(
         # Get text bounding box
         font = ImageFont.truetype("./res/fonts/" + font, font_size)
         d = ImageDraw.Draw(text_image)
-        left, top, text_width, text_height = d.textbbox((0, 0), text, font=font)
+        left, top, right, bottom = d.textbbox((x, y), text, font=font, align=align, anchor=anchor)
 
-        # Draw text with specified color & font, remove left/top margins
-        d.text((x - left, y - top), text, font=font, fill=font_color, align=align)
+        # textbbox may return float values, which is not good for the bitmap operations below.
+        # Let's extend the bounding box to the next whole pixel in all directions
+        left, top = math.floor(left), math.floor(top)
+        right, bottom = math.ceil(right), math.ceil(bottom)
 
-        # Crop text bitmap to keep only the text (also crop if text overflows display)
-        text_image = text_image.crop(box=(
-            x, y,
-            min(x + text_width - left, self.get_width()),
-            min(y + text_height - top, self.get_height())
-        ))
+        # Draw text onto the background image with specified color & font
+        d.text((x, y), text, font=font, fill=font_color, align=align, anchor=anchor)
 
-        self.DisplayPILImage(text_image, x, y)
+        # Restrict the dimensions if they overflow the display size
+        left = max(left, 0)
+        top = max(top, 0)
+        right = min(right, self.get_width())
+        bottom = min(bottom, self.get_height())
+
+        # Crop text bitmap to keep only the text
+        text_image = text_image.crop(box=(left, top, right, bottom))
+
+        self.DisplayPILImage(text_image, left, top)
 
     def DisplayProgressBar(self, x: int, y: int, width: int, height: int, min_value: int = 0, max_value: int = 100,
                            value: int = 50,
diff --git a/library/stats.py b/library/stats.py
index a5086877..5e417d40 100644
--- a/library/stats.py
+++ b/library/stats.py
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ def display_themed_value(theme_data, value, min_size=0, unit=''):
         font_size=theme_data.get("FONT_SIZE", 10),
         font_color=theme_data.get("FONT_COLOR", (0, 0, 0)),
         background_color=theme_data.get("BACKGROUND_COLOR", (255, 255, 255)),
-        background_image=get_theme_file_path(theme_data.get("BACKGROUND_IMAGE", None))
+        background_image=get_theme_file_path(theme_data.get("BACKGROUND_IMAGE", None)),
+        anchor="lt"
     )