diff --git a/runtime/lib/widget.rb b/runtime/lib/widget.rb
index dc7067a..3e7276c 100644
--- a/runtime/lib/widget.rb
+++ b/runtime/lib/widget.rb
@@ -34,4 +34,8 @@ module Widget
   def draw_rect(x, y, width, height, r, g, b, a)
     GL.draw_rect(@x + x, @y + y, width, height, r, g, b, a)
   end
+
+  def draw_text(font, x, y, string, r, g, b, a)
+    GL.draw_text(font, @x + x, @y + y, string, r, g, b, a)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/GL.cc b/src/GL.cc
index 289aa5a..e4dc005 100644
--- a/src/GL.cc
+++ b/src/GL.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "ruby.h"
 #include "GLBuffer.h"
 #include "GLProgram.h"
+#include "Font.h"
 
 enum
 {
@@ -42,11 +43,39 @@ static VALUE GL_draw_rect(VALUE klass,
     return Qnil;
 }
 
+static VALUE GL_draw_text(VALUE klass,
+                          VALUE font, VALUE x, VALUE y, VALUE string,
+                          VALUE r, VALUE g, VALUE b, VALUE a)
+{
+    int x_int = FIX2INT(x);
+    glUseProgram(programs[PROGRAM_TEXT]->id);
+    glUniform1i(programs[PROGRAM_TEXT]->uniforms[UNIFORM_TEXTURE], 0);
+    glUniform4f(programs[PROGRAM_TEXT]->uniforms[UNIFORM_COLOR],
+                NUM2DBL(r),
+                NUM2DBL(g),
+                NUM2DBL(b),
+                NUM2DBL(a));
+
+    int length = RSTRING_LEN(string);
+    const char * string_ptr = RSTRING_PTR(string);
+    int advance = FIX2INT(rb_iv_get(font, "@advance"));
+    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
+    {
+        glUniform2i(programs[PROGRAM_TEXT]->uniforms[UNIFORM_POSITION], x_int, FIX2INT(y));
+        Font_RenderGlyph(font, string_ptr[i]);
+        x_int += advance;
+    }
+
+    return Qnil;
+}
+
 void GL_Init()
 {
     ruby_module = rb_define_module("GL");
     rb_define_singleton_method(ruby_module, "draw_rect",
                                (VALUE(*)(...))GL_draw_rect, 8);
+    rb_define_singleton_method(ruby_module, "draw_text",
+                               (VALUE(*)(...))GL_draw_text, 8);
 }
 
 static void load_gl_buffers()