diff --git a/Engine.cc b/Engine.cc
index 8cf80db..14cdf44 100644
--- a/Engine.cc
+++ b/Engine.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <GL/gl.h>
 #include <GL/glu.h>
 #include "SDL.h"
-#include "SDL_ttf.h"
 using namespace std;
 
 #define AG_EVENT_PREFIX "__ag_event_"
@@ -128,15 +127,15 @@ Engine::~Engine()
     {
         delete it->second;
     }
-    for (std::map<int, SDL_Surface *>::iterator it = m_textboxes.begin();
+    for (std::map<int, FTFont *>::iterator it = m_textboxes.begin();
          it != m_textboxes.end();
          it++)
     {
-        SDL_FreeSurface(it->second);
+        delete it->second;
     }
     delete m_fileLoader;
     if (m_font != NULL)
-        TTF_CloseFont(m_font);
+        delete m_font;
 }
 
 bool Engine::load(const char * program)
@@ -154,9 +153,15 @@ bool Engine::load(const char * program)
     }
     else
     {
-        m_font = TTF_OpenFont(path.c_str(), 16);
-        if (m_font == NULL)
-            cerr << "Error loading " FONT_NAME "!" << endl;
+        m_font = new FTBufferFont(path.c_str());
+        if (m_font->Error() != 0)
+        {
+            cerr << "Error loading font '" << path << "'" << endl;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            m_font->FaceSize(20);
+        }
     }
 
     int s = luaL_loadfile(m_luaState, program);
@@ -473,28 +478,18 @@ int Engine::createTextBox(const char * text, int mode,
         Uint8 r, Uint8 g, Uint8 b,
         Uint8 br, Uint8 bg, Uint8 bb)
 {
-    SDL_Surface * surf = NULL;
-    SDL_Color color = {r, g, b};
-    SDL_Color bgcolor = {br, bg, bb};
-    switch (mode)
-    {
-        case 0:
-            surf = TTF_RenderText_Solid(m_font, text, color);
-            break;
-        case 1:
-            surf = TTF_RenderText_Shaded(m_font, text, color, bgcolor);
-            break;
-        case 2:
-            surf = TTF_RenderText_Blended(m_font, text, color);
-            break;
-    }
-    if (surf != NULL)
-    {
-        int id = m_next_text_index++;
-        m_textboxes[id] = surf;
-        return id;
-    }
-    return 0;
+    GLfloat color[] = {1.0, 0.7, 0.1, 0.5};
+    glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT, GL_AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE, color);
+    glPushMatrix();
+        glTranslatef(-10, 0, 6);
+        glRotatef(90, 1, 0, 0);
+        glPushAttrib(GL_ENABLE_BIT);
+            glEnable(GL_NORMALIZE);
+            glScalef(0.1, 0.1, 0.1);
+            m_font->Render(text);
+        glPopAttrib();
+    glPopMatrix();
+    return 1;
 }
 
 void Engine::getScreenSize(int * width, int * height)
@@ -507,8 +502,6 @@ void Engine::drawText(int id, int x, int y)
 {
     if (m_textboxes.find(id) != m_textboxes.end())
     {
-        SDL_Rect dstrect = {x, y, 0, 0};
-        SDL_BlitSurface(m_textboxes[id], NULL, m_video.getSurface(), &dstrect);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Engine.h b/Engine.h
index 131d991..edc4ae6 100644
--- a/Engine.h
+++ b/Engine.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "wfobj/WFObj.h"
 #include "Video.h"
 #include "refptr/refptr.h"
-#include "SDL_ttf.h"
+#include "ftgl.h"
 
 class Engine
 {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Engine
         OdeWorld        m_world;
         std::map<int, Object *> m_objects;
         int             m_next_object_index;
-        std::map<int, SDL_Surface *> m_textboxes;
+        std::map<int, FTFont *> m_textboxes;
         int             m_next_text_index;
         GLdouble        m_eye[3];
         GLdouble        m_center[3];
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Engine
         SDL_Event       m_updateEvent;
         SDL_Event       m_exitEvent;
         Uint32          m_event_time;
-        TTF_Font *      m_font;
+        FTFont *        m_font;
 
         bool            m_event_update_present;
         bool            m_event_key_down_present;
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0291900..be64bf0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(LUALIBS)),)
 LUALIBS  := -llua5.1
 endif
 
-SDLINCLUDE := $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
-SDLLIBS    := $(shell sdl-config --libs) -lSDL_image -lSDL_ttf
+FTGLINCLUDE := $(shell pkg-config --cflags ftgl)
+FTGLLIBS    := $(shell pkg-config --libs ftgl)
 
-ODEINCLUDE := $(shell ode-config --cflags)
-ODELIBS    := $(shell ode-config --libs)
+SDLINCLUDE  := $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
+SDLLIBS     := $(shell sdl-config --libs) -lSDL_image
+
+ODEINCLUDE  := $(shell ode-config --cflags)
+ODELIBS     := $(shell ode-config --libs)
 
 TOPLEVEL    := $(shell pwd)
 
@@ -39,10 +42,10 @@ else
 GLLIBS      := -lGL -lGLU
 endif
 
-export CPPFLAGS := $(LUAINCLUDE) $(SDLINCLUDE) $(ODEINCLUDE) -I$(TOPLEVEL)
+export CPPFLAGS := $(LUAINCLUDE) $(SDLINCLUDE) $(ODEINCLUDE) $(FTGLINCLUDE) -I$(TOPLEVEL)
 export CFLAGS   := $(CPPFLAGS) -O2 -Wall
 export CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS)
-export LDFLAGS  := $(LUALIBS) $(ODELIBS) $(GLLIBS) $(WINDOWSLIBS) $(SDLLIBS)
+export LDFLAGS  := $(LUALIBS) $(ODELIBS) $(GLLIBS) $(WINDOWSLIBS) $(SDLLIBS) $(FTGLLIBS)
 
 ifdef DEBUG
 	CFLAGS += -g
diff --git a/anaglym.cc b/anaglym.cc
index 16c94b9..620631b 100644
--- a/anaglym.cc
+++ b/anaglym.cc
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "anaglym.h"
 #include "Engine.h"
 #include "SDL.h"
-#include "SDL_ttf.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>                 /* exit(), srand() */
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
@@ -74,11 +73,6 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 
     Video video;
     video.start(width, height, fullscreen, grab_input);
-    if (TTF_Init() != 0)
-    {
-        cerr << "TTF_Init() error" << endl;
-        exit(3);
-    }
 
     dInitODE();
     g_engine = new Engine(argv[0], video);
@@ -87,7 +81,6 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
     delete g_engine;
     video.stop();
     dCloseODE();
-    TTF_Quit();
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tests/cratestack.lua b/tests/cratestack.lua
index 2b2e8f7..299d859 100644
--- a/tests/cratestack.lua
+++ b/tests/cratestack.lua
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@ end
 function mouse_moves(x, y, xrel, yrel)
     ag.println("mouse_moves ", x, ", ", y)
 end
+
+function update_event()
+    ag.createSolidTextBox("Hi there everyone!", 0, 0, 0)
+end