diff --git a/src/model.ts b/src/model.ts
index f2fd6f7..b82bb12 100644
--- a/src/model.ts
+++ b/src/model.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ export type RoughPadding = number | [number, number] | FullPadding;
 
 export interface RoughAnnotationConfig extends RoughAnnotationConfigBase {
   type: RoughAnnotationType;
+  multiline?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface RoughAnnotationConfigBase {
   animate?: boolean; // defaults to true
   animationDuration?: number; // defaulst to 1000ms
-  animationDelay?: number; // default = 0
   color?: string; // defaults to currentColor
   strokeWidth?: number; // default based on type
   padding?: RoughPadding; // defaults to 5px
diff --git a/src/render.ts b/src/render.ts
index 2895953..bf385c2 100644
--- a/src/render.ts
+++ b/src/render.ts
@@ -2,43 +2,30 @@ import { Rect, RoughAnnotationConfig, SVG_NS, DEFAULT_ANIMATION_DURATION, FullPa
 import { ResolvedOptions, OpSet } from 'roughjs/bin/core';
 import { line, rectangle, ellipse } from 'roughjs/bin/renderer';
 
-const defaultOptions: ResolvedOptions = {
-  maxRandomnessOffset: 2,
-  roughness: 1.5,
-  bowing: 1,
-  stroke: '#000',
-  strokeWidth: 1.5,
-  curveTightness: 0,
-  curveFitting: 0.95,
-  curveStepCount: 9,
-  fillStyle: 'hachure',
-  fillWeight: -1,
-  hachureAngle: -41,
-  hachureGap: -1,
-  dashOffset: -1,
-  dashGap: -1,
-  zigzagOffset: -1,
-  seed: 0,
-  combineNestedSvgPaths: false,
-  disableMultiStroke: false,
-  disableMultiStrokeFill: false
-};
-
 type RoughOptionsType = 'highlight' | 'single' | 'double';
 
 function getOptions(type: RoughOptionsType, seed: number): ResolvedOptions {
-  const o = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(defaultOptions)) as ResolvedOptions;
-  switch (type) {
-    case 'highlight':
-      o.roughness = 3;
-      o.disableMultiStroke = true;
-      break;
-    case 'single':
-      o.disableMultiStroke = true;
-      break;
-  }
-  o.seed = seed;
-  return o;
+  return {
+    maxRandomnessOffset: 2,
+    roughness: type === 'highlight' ? 3 : 1.5,
+    bowing: 1,
+    stroke: '#000',
+    strokeWidth: 1.5,
+    curveTightness: 0,
+    curveFitting: 0.95,
+    curveStepCount: 9,
+    fillStyle: 'hachure',
+    fillWeight: -1,
+    hachureAngle: -41,
+    hachureGap: -1,
+    dashOffset: -1,
+    dashGap: -1,
+    zigzagOffset: -1,
+    combineNestedSvgPaths: false,
+    disableMultiStroke: type !== 'double',
+    disableMultiStrokeFill: false,
+    seed
+  };
 }
 
 function parsePadding(config: RoughAnnotationConfig): FullPadding {
@@ -170,14 +157,14 @@ export function renderAnnotation(svg: SVGSVGElement, rect: Rect, config: RoughAn
     const pathElements: SVGPathElement[] = [];
     let totalLength = 0;
     const totalDuration = config.animationDuration === 0 ? 0 : (config.animationDuration || DEFAULT_ANIMATION_DURATION);
-    const initialDelay = (config.animationDelay === 0 ? 0 : (config.animationDelay || 0)) + (animationGroupDelay || 0);
+    const setAttr = (p: SVGPathElement, an: string, av: string) => p.setAttribute(an, av);
 
     for (const d of pathStrings) {
       const path = document.createElementNS(SVG_NS, 'path');
-      path.setAttribute('d', d);
-      path.setAttribute('fill', 'none');
-      path.setAttribute('stroke', config.color || 'currentColor');
-      path.setAttribute('stroke-width', `${strokeWidth}`);
+      setAttr(path, 'd', d);
+      setAttr(path, 'fill', 'none');
+      setAttr(path, 'stroke', config.color || 'currentColor');
+      setAttr(path, 'stroke-width', `${strokeWidth}`);
       if (animate) {
         const length = path.getTotalLength();
         lengths.push(length);
@@ -193,7 +180,7 @@ export function renderAnnotation(svg: SVGSVGElement, rect: Rect, config: RoughAn
         const path = pathElements[i];
         const length = lengths[i];
         const duration = totalLength ? (totalDuration * (length / totalLength)) : 0;
-        const delay = initialDelay + durationOffset;
+        const delay = animationGroupDelay + durationOffset;
         const style = path.style;
         style.strokeDashoffset = `${length}`;
         style.strokeDasharray = `${length}`;
diff --git a/src/rough-notation.ts b/src/rough-notation.ts
index 36f7949..780d1f4 100644
--- a/src/rough-notation.ts
+++ b/src/rough-notation.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ type AnnotationState = 'unattached' | 'not-showing' | 'showing';
 class RoughAnnotationImpl implements RoughAnnotation {
   private _state: AnnotationState = 'unattached';
   private _config: RoughAnnotationConfig;
-  private _e: HTMLElement;
-  private _svg?: SVGSVGElement;
   private _resizing = false;
   private _ro?: any; // ResizeObserver is not supported in typescript std lib yet
-  private _lastSize?: Rect;
   private _seed = randomSeed();
-  _animationGroupDelay = 0;
+
+  private _e: HTMLElement;
+  private _svg?: SVGSVGElement;
+  private _lastSizes: Rect[] = [];
+
+  _animationDelay = 0;
 
   constructor(e: HTMLElement, config: RoughAnnotationConfig) {
     this._e = e;
@@ -28,9 +30,6 @@ class RoughAnnotationImpl implements RoughAnnotation {
   get animationDuration() { return this._config.animationDuration; }
   set animationDuration(value) { this._config.animationDuration = value; }
 
-  get animationDelay() { return this._config.animationDelay; }
-  set animationDelay(value) { this._config.animationDelay = value; }
-
   get iterations() { return this._config.iterations; }
   set iterations(value) { this._config.iterations = value; }
 
@@ -64,8 +63,7 @@ class RoughAnnotationImpl implements RoughAnnotation {
       setTimeout(() => {
         this._resizing = false;
         if (this._state === 'showing') {
-          const newSize = this.size();
-          if (newSize && this.hasRectChanged(newSize)) {
+          if (this.haveRectsChanged()) {
             this.show();
           }
         }
@@ -115,14 +113,7 @@ class RoughAnnotationImpl implements RoughAnnotation {
     if ((!this._ro) && ('ResizeObserver' in window)) {
       this._ro = new (window as any).ResizeObserver((entries: any) => {
         for (const entry of entries) {
-          let trigger = true;
           if (entry.contentRect) {
-            const newRect = this.sizeFor(entry.contentRect);
-            if (newRect && (!this.hasRectChanged(newRect))) {
-              trigger = false;
-            }
-          }
-          if (trigger) {
             this._resizeListener();
           }
         }
@@ -133,20 +124,30 @@ class RoughAnnotationImpl implements RoughAnnotation {
     }
   }
 
-  private sameInteger(a: number, b: number): boolean {
-    return Math.round(a) === Math.round(b);
+  private haveRectsChanged(): boolean {
+    if (this._lastSizes.length) {
+      const newRects = this.rects();
+      if (newRects.length === this._lastSizes.length) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < newRects.length; i++) {
+          if (!this.isSameRect(newRects[i], this._lastSizes[i])) {
+            return true;
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
   }
 
-  private hasRectChanged(rect: Rect): boolean {
-    if (this._lastSize && rect) {
-      return !(
-        this.sameInteger(rect.x, this._lastSize.x) &&
-        this.sameInteger(rect.y, this._lastSize.y) &&
-        this.sameInteger(rect.w, this._lastSize.w) &&
-        this.sameInteger(rect.h, this._lastSize.h)
-      );
-    }
-    return true;
+  private isSameRect(rect1: Rect, rect2: Rect): boolean {
+    const si = (a: number, b: number) => Math.round(a) === Math.round(b);
+    return (
+      si(rect1.x, rect2.x) &&
+      si(rect1.y, rect2.y) &&
+      si(rect1.w, rect2.w) &&
+      si(rect1.h, rect2.h)
+    );
   }
 
   isShowing(): boolean {
@@ -203,36 +204,50 @@ class RoughAnnotationImpl implements RoughAnnotation {
   }
 
   private render(svg: SVGSVGElement, ensureNoAnimation: boolean) {
-    const rect = this.size();
-    if (rect) {
-      let config = this._config;
-      if (ensureNoAnimation) {
-        config = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this._config));
-        config.animate = false;
-      }
-      renderAnnotation(svg, rect, config, this._animationGroupDelay, this._seed);
-      this._lastSize = rect;
-      this._state = 'showing';
+    let config = this._config;
+    if (ensureNoAnimation) {
+      config = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this._config));
+      config.animate = false;
     }
+    const rects = this.rects();
+    let totalWidth = 0;
+    rects.forEach((rect) => totalWidth += rect.w);
+    const totalDuration = (config.animationDuration || DEFAULT_ANIMATION_DURATION);
+    let delay = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < rects.length; i++) {
+      const rect = rects[i];
+      config.animationDuration = totalDuration * (rect.w / totalWidth);
+      renderAnnotation(svg, rects[i], config, delay + this._animationDelay, this._seed);
+      delay += config.animationDuration;
+    }
+    this._lastSizes = rects;
+    this._state = 'showing';
   }
 
-  private size(): Rect | null {
-    return this.sizeFor(this._e.getBoundingClientRect());
-  }
-
-  private sizeFor(bounds: DOMRect | DOMRectReadOnly): Rect | null {
+  private rects(): Rect[] {
+    const ret: Rect[] = [];
     if (this._svg) {
-      const rect1 = this._svg.getBoundingClientRect();
-      const rect2 = bounds;
-
-      const x = (rect2.x || rect2.left) - (rect1.x || rect1.left);
-      const y = (rect2.y || rect2.top) - (rect1.y || rect1.top);
-      const w = rect2.width;
-      const h = rect2.height;
-
-      return { x, y, w, h };
+      if (this._config.multiline) {
+        const elementRects = this._e.getClientRects();
+        for (let i = 0; i < elementRects.length; i++) {
+          ret.push(this.svgRect(this._svg, elementRects[i]));
+        }
+      } else {
+        ret.push(this.svgRect(this._svg, this._e.getBoundingClientRect()));
+      }
     }
-    return null;
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  private svgRect(svg: SVGSVGElement, bounds: DOMRect | DOMRectReadOnly): Rect {
+    const rect1 = svg.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const rect2 = bounds;
+    return {
+      x: (rect2.x || rect2.left) - (rect1.x || rect1.left),
+      y: (rect2.y || rect2.top) - (rect1.y || rect1.top),
+      w: rect2.width,
+      h: rect2.height
+    };
   }
 }
 
@@ -244,7 +259,7 @@ export function annotationGroup(annotations: RoughAnnotation[]): RoughAnnotation
   let delay = 0;
   for (const a of annotations) {
     const ai = a as RoughAnnotationImpl;
-    ai._animationGroupDelay = delay;
+    ai._animationDelay = delay;
     const duration = ai.animationDuration === 0 ? 0 : (ai.animationDuration || DEFAULT_ANIMATION_DURATION);
     delay += duration;
   }
@@ -261,4 +276,4 @@ export function annotationGroup(annotations: RoughAnnotation[]): RoughAnnotation
       }
     }
   };
-}
+}
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