diff --git a/pytiled_parser/tiled_object.py b/pytiled_parser/tiled_object.py
index 03dc1a6..2cf2192 100644
--- a/pytiled_parser/tiled_object.py
+++ b/pytiled_parser/tiled_object.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import attr
 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
 
 from .properties import Properties, RawProperties
+from .common_types import Color, OrderedPair, Size
 from .template import Template
 
 
@@ -125,12 +126,12 @@ class Text(TiledObject):
     font_family: str = "sans-serif"
     font_size: int = 16
     wrap: bool = False
-    color: str = "#000000"
+    color: Color = "#000000"
     bold: bool = False
     italic: bool = False
     underline: bool = False
     strike_out: bool = False
-    kerning: bool = False
+    kerning: bool = True
     horizontal_align: str = "left"
     vertical_align: str = "top"
 
@@ -148,9 +149,6 @@ class Tile(TiledObject):
     gid: int
 
 
-RawProperties = Dict[str, Union[str, float, bool]]
-
-
 class RawTiledObject(TypedDict):
     """ The keys and their types that appear in a Tiled JSON Object."""
 
@@ -170,6 +168,8 @@ class RawTiledObject(TypedDict):
     ellipse: bool
     point: bool
     polygon: List[Dict[str, float]]
+    polyline: List[Dict[str, float]]
+    text: Dict[str, Union[float, str]]
 
 
 RawTiledObjects = List[RawTiledObject]
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ def _cast_point(raw_tiled_object: RawTiledObject) -> Point:
 
 
 def _cast_tile(raw_tiled_object: RawTiledObject) -> Tile:
+    """ Cast the raw_tiled_object to a Tile object.
+
+    Args:
+        raw_tiled_object: Raw Tiled object to be casted to a Tile
+
+    Returns:
+        Tile: The Tile object created from the raw_tiled_object
+    """
     gid = raw_tiled_object["gid"]
 
     return Tile(gid=gid, **_get_common_attributes(raw_tiled_object).__dict__)
diff --git a/tests/test_tiled_object.py b/tests/test_tiled_object.py
index a36636b..dfcf229 100644
--- a/tests/test_tiled_object.py
+++ b/tests/test_tiled_object.py
@@ -1051,6 +1051,47 @@ TEXTS = [
             coordinates=common_types.OrderedPair(96.3338140843469, 130.620495623508),
         ),
     ),
+    (
+        """
+        {
+         "height":19,
+         "id":31,
+         "name":"name: text - font options",
+         "rotation":0,
+         "text":
+            {
+             "bold":true,
+             "italic":true,
+             "kerning":false,
+             "strikeout":true,
+             "text":"Hello World",
+             "underline":true,
+             "wrap":true
+            },
+         "type":"text",
+         "visible":true,
+         "width":92.375,
+         "x":33,
+         "y":22
+        }
+        """,
+        tiled_object.Text(
+            id=31,
+            name="name: text - font options",
+            rotation=0,
+            bold=True,
+            italic=True,
+            kerning=False,
+            strike_out=True,
+            text="Hello World",
+            underline=True,
+            wrap=True,
+            type="text",
+            visible=True,
+            size=common_types.Size(92.375, 19),
+            coordinates=common_types.OrderedPair(33, 22),
+        ),
+    ),
 ]
 
 OBJECTS = ELLIPSES + RECTANGLES + POINTS + TILES + POLYGONS + POLYLINES + TEXTS