diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDElement.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDElement.kt
index 2cfd66858..23cd7be39 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDElement.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDElement.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.position.HUDElementVec2
 import glm_.mat4x4.Mat4
 
 abstract class HUDElement(
+    json: Map<String, Any>,
     val position: HUDElementVec2,
     val positionAnchor: HUDElementPositionAnchors,
     val content: ResourceLocation,
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDElementSerializer.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDElementSerializer.kt
index 925862b0a..e6d10b1ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDElementSerializer.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDElementSerializer.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ object HUDElementSerializer {
         val positionAnchor = HUDElementPositionAnchors.HUD_ELEMENT_POSITION_ATTACHMENTS_MAPPING[ResourceLocation((json["position"] as Map<*,*>)["location"].toString())]!!
         val size = HUDElementVec2.deserialize(json["size"])
         return HUD_ELEMENT_TYPES[ResourceLocation(json["type"].toString())]?.constructors?.first()?.call(
+            json,
             position,
             positionAnchor,
             ResourceLocation(json["content"].toString()),
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDImageElement.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDImageElement.kt
index 8d99e6493..0cd7b0906 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDImageElement.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDImageElement.kt
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ import glm_.vec4.Vec4
 import glm_.vec4.swizzle.xy
 
 class HUDImageElement(
+    json: Map<String, Any>,
     position: HUDElementVec2,
     positionAnchor: HUDElementPositionAnchors,
     content: ResourceLocation,
     size: HUDElementVec2,
     realZ: Float,
     tint: RGBColor = ChatColors.WHITE,
-) : HUDElement(position, positionAnchor, content, size, realZ, tint) {
+) : HUDElement(json, position, positionAnchor, content, size, realZ, tint) {
 
     private var mesh = SimpleTextureMesh()
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDTextElement.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDTextElement.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d4b870c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDTextElement.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.primitive
+
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.mappings.ResourceLocation
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.ChatColors
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.ChatComponent
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.RGBColor
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.position.HUDElementPositionAnchors
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.position.HUDElementVec2
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.protocol.protocol.ProtocolDefinition
+import glm_.glm
+
+class HUDTextElement(
+    json: Map<String, Any>,
+    position: HUDElementVec2,
+    positionAnchor: HUDElementPositionAnchors,
+    content: ResourceLocation,
+    size: HUDElementVec2,
+    realZ: Float,
+    tint: RGBColor = ChatColors.WHITE,
+): HUDElement(json, position, positionAnchor, content, size, realZ, tint) {
+    val charImages = mutableListOf<HUDImageElement>()
+
+    val HUDTextElementAlignment = HUDTextElementAlignments.deserialize(json["alignment"] as String)!!
+
+    fun renderChatComponent(chatComponent: ChatComponent) {
+        var width = 0
+        var lines = 1
+        var maxHeight = 0
+        fun newLine() {
+            lines++
+        }
+
+        val chars = chatComponent.message.toCharArray()
+
+        for (char in chars) {
+            if (ProtocolDefinition.LINE_BREAK_CHARS.contains(char)) {
+                newLine()
+            }
+            val fontChar = hudRenderer.renderWindow.font.getChar(char)
+            width += fontChar.size.x
+            maxHeight = glm.max(maxHeight, fontChar.size.y)
+
+
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDTextElementAlignments.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDTextElementAlignments.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e636f150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/HUDTextElementAlignments.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.primitive
+
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.mappings.ResourceLocation
+
+enum class HUDTextElementAlignments(val resourceLocation: ResourceLocation, val transform: (Float, Float) -> Float) {
+    LEFT(ResourceLocation("minosoft:left"), { _, position ->
+        position
+    }),
+    CENTER(ResourceLocation("minosoft:center"), { size, position ->
+        size/2 - position/2
+    }),
+    RIGHT(ResourceLocation("minosoft:right"), { size, position ->
+        size - position
+    }),
+    ;
+
+    companion object {
+        val HUD_TEXT_ELEMENT_ALIGNMENTS = values()
+
+        val HUD_TEXT_ELEMENT_ALIGNMENT_NAMES = run {
+            val result = mutableMapOf<ResourceLocation, HUDTextElementAlignments>()
+            for (hudTextElementAlignment in HUD_TEXT_ELEMENT_ALIGNMENTS) {
+                result[hudTextElementAlignment.resourceLocation] = hudTextElementAlignment
+            }
+            result
+        }
+
+        fun deserialize(string: String): HUDTextElementAlignments? {
+            return HUD_TEXT_ELEMENT_ALIGNMENT_NAMES[ResourceLocation(string)]
+        }
+    }
+}