diff --git a/common/src/backend/resources/assets/flywheel/flywheel/internal/indirect/cull.glsl b/common/src/backend/resources/assets/flywheel/flywheel/internal/indirect/cull.glsl
index 395979d5c..2817e4b69 100644
--- a/common/src/backend/resources/assets/flywheel/flywheel/internal/indirect/cull.glsl
+++ b/common/src/backend/resources/assets/flywheel/flywheel/internal/indirect/cull.glsl
@@ -87,38 +87,46 @@ bool _flw_isVisible(uint instanceIndex, uint modelIndex) {
         transformBoundingSphere(flw_view, center, radius);
 
         vec4 aabb;
-        if (projectSphere(center, radius, _flw_cullData.znear, _flw_cullData.P00, _flw_cullData.P11, aabb))
-        {
-            float width = (aabb.z - aabb.x) * _flw_cullData.pyramidWidth;
-            float height = (aabb.w - aabb.y) * _flw_cullData.pyramidHeight;
+        if (projectSphere(center, radius, _flw_cullData.znear, _flw_cullData.P00, _flw_cullData.P11, aabb)) {
+            vec2 size = aabb.zw - aabb.xy;
 
-            int level = clamp(int(ceil(log2(max(width, height)))), 0, _flw_cullData.pyramidLevels);
+            vec2 sizeInPixels = size * flw_viewportSize;
 
-            ivec2 levelSize = textureSize(_flw_depthPyramid, level);
+            // Cull objects that are less than a pixel in size. Could probably make this configurable.
+            isVisible = isVisible && any(greaterThan(sizeInPixels, vec2(1.)));
 
-            ivec4 levelSizePair = ivec4(levelSize, levelSize);
+            if (isVisible) {
+                float width = size.x * _flw_cullData.pyramidWidth;
+                float height = size.y * _flw_cullData.pyramidHeight;
 
-            ivec4 bounds = ivec4(aabb * vec4(levelSizePair));
+                int level = clamp(int(ceil(log2(max(width, height)))), 0, _flw_cullData.pyramidLevels);
 
-            // Clamp to the texture bounds.
-            // Since we're not going through a sampler out of bounds texel fetches will return 0.
-            bounds = clamp(bounds, ivec4(0), levelSizePair);
+                ivec2 levelSize = textureSize(_flw_depthPyramid, level);
 
-            float depth01 = texelFetch(_flw_depthPyramid, bounds.xw, level).r;
-            float depth11 = texelFetch(_flw_depthPyramid, bounds.zw, level).r;
-            float depth10 = texelFetch(_flw_depthPyramid, bounds.zy, level).r;
-            float depth00 = texelFetch(_flw_depthPyramid, bounds.xy, level).r;
+                ivec4 levelSizePair = ivec4(levelSize, levelSize);
 
-            float depth;
-            if (_flw_cullData.useMin == 0) {
-                depth = max(max(depth00, depth01), max(depth10, depth11));
-            } else {
-                depth = min(min(depth00, depth01), min(depth10, depth11));
-            }
+                ivec4 bounds = ivec4(aabb * vec4(levelSizePair));
+
+                // Clamp to the texture bounds.
+                // Since we're not going through a sampler out of bounds texel fetches will return 0.
+                bounds = clamp(bounds, ivec4(0), levelSizePair);
+
+                float depth01 = texelFetch(_flw_depthPyramid, bounds.xw, level).r;
+                float depth11 = texelFetch(_flw_depthPyramid, bounds.zw, level).r;
+                float depth10 = texelFetch(_flw_depthPyramid, bounds.zy, level).r;
+                float depth00 = texelFetch(_flw_depthPyramid, bounds.xy, level).r;
 
-            float depthSphere = 1. + _flw_cullData.znear / (center.z + radius);
+                float depth;
+                if (_flw_cullData.useMin == 0) {
+                    depth = max(max(depth00, depth01), max(depth10, depth11));
+                } else {
+                    depth = min(min(depth00, depth01), min(depth10, depth11));
+                }
 
-            isVisible = isVisible && depthSphere <= depth;
+                float depthSphere = 1. + _flw_cullData.znear / (center.z + radius);
+
+                isVisible = isVisible && depthSphere <= depth;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/common/src/lib/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/lib/visual/text/TextVisual.java b/common/src/lib/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/lib/visual/text/TextVisual.java
index 677a60ab2..14b72b742 100644
--- a/common/src/lib/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/lib/visual/text/TextVisual.java
+++ b/common/src/lib/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/lib/visual/text/TextVisual.java
@@ -308,9 +308,8 @@ private record GlyphMesh(float glyphWidth, float glyphHeight, Vector2fc[] offset
 		private static final float[] X = new float[] { 0, 0, 1, 1 };
 		private static final float[] Y = new float[] { 0, 1, 1, 0 };
 
-		// FIXME: what is the actual bounding sphere??
 		public GlyphMesh(float glyphWidth, float glyphHeight, Vector2fc[] offsets) {
-			this(glyphWidth, glyphHeight, offsets, new Vector4f(0, 0, 0, Math.max(glyphWidth, glyphHeight) * 2 * Mth.SQRT_OF_TWO));
+			this(glyphWidth, glyphHeight, offsets, boundingSphere(glyphWidth, glyphHeight, offsets));
 		}
 
 		@Override
@@ -344,6 +343,36 @@ public void write(MutableVertexList vertexList) {
 		public Vector4fc boundingSphere() {
 			return boundingSphere;
 		}
+
+		private static Vector4fc boundingSphere(float glyphWidth, float glyphHeight, Vector2fc[] offsets) {
+			if (offsets.length == 0) {
+				return new Vector4f(0, 0, 0, 0);
+			}
+
+			float minX = Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+			float minY = Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+			float maxX = Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+			float maxY = Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+			for (Vector2fc offset : offsets) {
+				for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
+					var x = offset.x() + (glyphWidth * X[j]);
+					var y = offset.y() + (glyphHeight * Y[j]);
+					minX = Math.min(minX, x);
+					minY = Math.min(minY, y);
+					maxX = Math.max(maxX, x);
+					maxY = Math.max(maxY, y);
+				}
+			}
+
+			float x = (minX + maxX) / 2;
+			float y = (minY + maxY) / 2;
+
+			float sizeX = maxX - minX;
+			float sizeY = maxY - minY;
+			float maxSize = Math.max(sizeX, sizeY);
+
+			return new Vector4f(x, y, 0, Mth.SQRT_OF_TWO * maxSize / 2);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private record GlyphEffectMesh() implements QuadMesh {