diff --git a/example/index.html b/example/index.html
index fa780a3..f1eb1c2 100755
--- a/example/index.html
+++ b/example/index.html
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
       <option value="coin.js">coin.js</option>
       <option value="sinusoidal.js">sinusoidal.js</option>
       <option value="still_shapes.js">still_shapes.js</option>
+      <option value="text.js">text.js</option>
       <option value="polygons.js">polygons.js</option>
       <option value="sketchbook.js">sketchbook.js</option>
       <option value="tree.js">tree.js</option>
diff --git a/example/text.js b/example/text.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7187cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import * as BC from '../lib/BasicCanvas.js';
+
+use(BC);
+
+
+const sketch = canvas_id('sketch');
+sketch.dimensions(400, 280);
+
+
+sketch.fill = '#000';
+sketch.stroke = 'transparent';
+
+const google_font = `https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=`;
+
+//// Option 1. built in `FontFace`:
+const marker = new FontFace(
+  'marker',
+  `local('Permanent Marker Regular'), local('PermanentMarker-Regular'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/permanentmarker/v7/Fh4uPib9Iyv2ucM6pGQMWimMp004La2Cfw.woff2) format('woff2')`
+);  // Copied from fonts.google.com stylesheets
+
+marker.load().then(font => document.fonts.add(font));
+
+//// Option 2. adding CSS:
+BC.style(BC.css`
+  @font-face {
+    font-family: 'Playfair Display SC';
+    src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplaysc/v7/ke85OhoaMkR6-hSn7kbHVoFf7ZfgMPr_lbkMEA.woff2);
+  }
+`);
+// or
+//BC.style(BC.css`
+//  @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Playfair+Display+SC');
+//`);
+
+//// Option 3. Builtin:
+BC.load_font('6809', 'url(/example/6809.ttf)');
+
+// Then draw:
+document.fonts.ready.then(() => {
+  sketch.loop(frame => {
+    sketch.background('#fff');
+    sketch.fill = HSL(frame % 360);
+    sketch.stroke = HSLA(
+      (frame + 180) % 360,
+      100,
+      50,
+      (Math.sin(frame/30)**2) * 255
+    );
+
+    sketch.font = `40px 'marker'`;
+    sketch.text('First Option', Point(45, 100));
+
+    sketch.font = `40px 'Playfair Display SC'`
+    sketch.text('Second Option', Point(45,150));
+
+    sketch.font = `40px '6809'`
+    sketch.text('Better Option', Point(45, 200));
+  });
+});
+
diff --git a/lib/BasicCanvas.js b/lib/BasicCanvas.js
index 5e1efa4..0c1638a 100755
--- a/lib/BasicCanvas.js
+++ b/lib/BasicCanvas.js
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ export const clone = obj => Object.assign(Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(ob
 const use = (namespace, global=window) => Object.assign(global, namespace);
 window.use = use;
 
+export const load_font = (name, path, description) => {
+  const font = new FontFace(name, path, description);
+  font.load().then(loaded => document.fonts.add(loaded));
+  return font;
+};
+
 Math.TAU = 2 * Math.PI;
 Math.HALF_PI = Math.PI * 0.5;
 Number.prototype.roundTo = function (dp) {
@@ -527,3 +533,5 @@ export const canvas = elem => {
 export const canvas_id = id => {
   return canvas(document.getElementById(id));
 };
+
+// new canvas thing...