diff --git a/EGA8x14.png b/EGA8x14.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5da0d32
Binary files /dev/null and b/EGA8x14.png differ
diff --git a/Test.java b/Test.java
index ec78b78..e269725 100644
--- a/Test.java
+++ b/Test.java
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ public class Test {
 		var img = engine.loadImage("C:\\Users\\dani\\Videos\\Screenshot 2022-06-25 17-00-59.png");
 		var tex2 = window.loadTexture("C:\\art\\pixel stuff.png");
 		var tileset = window.loadTextureArray("C:\\stream\\coding\\rlc\\tilemap.png", new Vec2i(16, 16));
+		var font = window.loadFontTileset("EGA8x14.png");
 		//img.drawImage(img2, Vec2i.ZERO);
 		var tex = window.loadTexture(img);
-		window.setDebug(true);
+		window.setDebug(false);
 
 		while(!window.shouldClose()) {
 			window.tick();
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ public class Test {
 				new Recti(new Vec2i(400, 400), new Vec2i(16, 16)),
 				tileset.get(0x30)
 			);
+
+			renderContext.drawString(new Vec2i(100, 100), "hello world mew", font);
 			window.renderFinish(renderContext);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/BaseRenderContext.java b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/BaseRenderContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aff9d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/BaseRenderContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.danitheskunk.skunkworks;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.IntBuffer;
+
+abstract class BaseRenderContext implements IRenderContext {
+	public void drawString(Vec2i pos, String string, IFont font) {
+		int x = pos.getX();
+		int y = pos.getY();
+		IntBuffer buf;
+		try {
+			buf = ByteBuffer.wrap(string.getBytes("UTF-32")).asIntBuffer();
+		} catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+		for(int i = 0; i < string.length(); ++i) {
+			int ch = buf.get(i);
+			var tex = font.getTexture(ch);
+			drawTextureRectangle(new Recti(new Vec2i(x, y), tex.getSize()), tex);
+			x += font.getCharWidth(ch);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/GLRenderContext.java b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/GLRenderContext.java
index 88269ee..f3e5d30 100644
--- a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/GLRenderContext.java
+++ b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/GLRenderContext.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.danitheskunk.skunkworks;
 
 import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11.*;
 
-class GLRenderContext implements IRenderContext{
+class GLRenderContext extends BaseRenderContext implements IRenderContext{
 	private final GLTextureAtlas atlas;
 
 	public GLRenderContext(GLTextureAtlas atlas) {
diff --git a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/GLWindow.java b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/GLWindow.java
index 1228bd4..5bdc803 100644
--- a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/GLWindow.java
+++ b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/GLWindow.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class GLWindow extends BaseWindow {
 		glOrtho(0.0f, size.getX(), size.getY(), 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
 		glEnable(GL_COLOR);
 		glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+		glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+		glEnable(GL_BLEND);
 
 		textureAtlas = new GLTextureAtlas();
 		renderContext = new GLRenderContext(textureAtlas);
diff --git a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/IRenderContext.java b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/IRenderContext.java
index 3aede41..93a7286 100644
--- a/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/IRenderContext.java
+++ b/com/danitheskunk/skunkworks/IRenderContext.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.danitheskunk.skunkworks;
 
 public interface IRenderContext {
 	void drawRectangle(Recti rect, Color color);
+	void drawString(Vec2i pos, String string, IFont font);
 	void drawTextureRectangle(Recti rect, ITexture texture);
 	void drawTextureRectangle(Recti rect, ITexture texture, Color color);
 }