diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 61491cc9ef..2cb2a90798 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			}
 
 			ModData.InitializeLoaders();
-			Renderer.InitializeFonts(ModData.Manifest);
+			Renderer.InitializeFonts(ModData);
 
 			if (Cursor != null)
 				Cursor.Dispose();
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs
index d23bc0a728..be167a0b2f 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		readonly Face face;
 		readonly Cache<Pair<char, Color>, GlyphInfo> glyphs;
 
-		public SpriteFont(string name, int size, SheetBuilder builder)
+		public SpriteFont(string name, byte[] data, int size, SheetBuilder builder)
 		{
 			if (builder.Type != SheetType.BGRA)
 				throw new ArgumentException("The sheet builder must create BGRA sheets.", "builder");
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			this.size = size;
 			this.builder = builder;
 
-			face = new Face(Library, name);
+			face = new Face(Library, data, 0);
 			face.SetPixelSizes((uint)size, (uint)size);
 
 			glyphs = new Cache<Pair<char, Color>, GlyphInfo>(CreateGlyph, Pair<char, Color>.EqualityComparer);
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Renderer.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Renderer.cs
index 6e669c68ef..37c487c0c0 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Renderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Renderer.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			throw new InvalidOperationException("Renderer DLL is missing RendererAttribute to tell us what type to use!");
 		}
 
-		public void InitializeFonts(Manifest m)
+		public void InitializeFonts(ModData modData)
 		{
 			if (Fonts != null)
 				foreach (var font in Fonts.Values)
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				if (fontSheetBuilder != null)
 					fontSheetBuilder.Dispose();
 				fontSheetBuilder = new SheetBuilder(SheetType.BGRA);
-				Fonts = m.Fonts.ToDictionary(x => x.Key,
-					x => new SpriteFont(Platform.ResolvePath(x.Value.First), x.Value.Second, fontSheetBuilder)).AsReadOnly();
+				Fonts = modData.Manifest.Fonts.ToDictionary(x => x.Key,
+					x => new SpriteFont(x.Value.First, modData.ModFiles.Open(x.Value.First).ReadAllBytes(), x.Value.Second, fontSheetBuilder)).AsReadOnly();
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/mods/d2k/mod.yaml b/mods/d2k/mod.yaml
index f5147ab525..67247dd639 100644
--- a/mods/d2k/mod.yaml
+++ b/mods/d2k/mod.yaml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Fonts:
 		Font:./mods/common/FreeSansBold.ttf
 		Size:14
 	Title:
-		Font:d2k:Dune2k.ttf
+		Font:./mods/d2k/Dune2k.ttf
 		Size:32
 	MediumBold:
 		Font:./mods/common/FreeSansBold.ttf