diff --git a/src/gui/FontManager.cc b/src/gui/FontManager.cc
index b89ebfe..6298df4 100644
--- a/src/gui/FontManager.cc
+++ b/src/gui/FontManager.cc
@@ -11,4 +11,12 @@ namespace jes
             return;
         }
     }
+
+    FontRef FontManager::load_font(const char * fname, size_t size)
+    {
+        FontRef font = new Font();
+        if (!font->load(m_ft, fname, size))
+            return NULL;
+        return font;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/FontManager.h b/src/gui/FontManager.h
index f20e535..77f1241 100644
--- a/src/gui/FontManager.h
+++ b/src/gui/FontManager.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define JES_FONTMANAGER_H
 
 #include "jes/Ref.h"
+#include "Font.h"
 #include <ft2build.h>
 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ namespace jes
     {
     public:
         FontManager();
+        FontRef load_font(const char * fname, size_t size);
     protected:
         FT_Library m_ft;
     };