diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index e735281ce8..68455d1e2f 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -368,22 +368,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				Settings.Game.Platform = p;
 				try
 				{
-					var rendererPath = Path.Combine(Platform.BinDir, "OpenRA.Platforms." + p + ".dll");
-
-#if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
-					var loader = new AssemblyLoader(rendererPath);
-					var platformType = loader.LoadDefaultAssembly().GetTypes().SingleOrDefault(t => typeof(IPlatform).IsAssignableFrom(t));
-
-#else
-					// NOTE: This is currently the only use of System.Reflection in this file, so would give an unused using error if we import it above
-					var assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFile(rendererPath);
-					var platformType = assembly.GetTypes().SingleOrDefault(t => typeof(IPlatform).IsAssignableFrom(t));
-#endif
-
-					if (platformType == null)
-						throw new InvalidOperationException("Platform dll must include exactly one IPlatform implementation.");
-
-					var platform = (IPlatform)platformType.GetConstructor(Type.EmptyTypes).Invoke(null);
+					var platform = CreatePlatform(p);
 					Renderer = new Renderer(platform, Settings.Graphics);
 					Sound = new Sound(platform, Settings.Sound);
 
@@ -440,6 +425,26 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			InitializeMod(modID, args);
 		}
 
+		public static IPlatform CreatePlatform(string platformName)
+		{
+			var rendererPath = Path.Combine(Platform.BinDir, "OpenRA.Platforms." + platformName + ".dll");
+
+#if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
+			var loader = new AssemblyLoader(rendererPath);
+			var platformType = loader.LoadDefaultAssembly().GetTypes().SingleOrDefault(t => typeof(IPlatform).IsAssignableFrom(t));
+
+#else
+			// NOTE: This is currently the only use of System.Reflection in this file, so would give an unused using error if we import it above
+			var assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFile(rendererPath);
+			var platformType = assembly.GetTypes().SingleOrDefault(t => typeof(IPlatform).IsAssignableFrom(t));
+#endif
+
+			if (platformType == null)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("Platform dll must include exactly one IPlatform implementation.");
+
+			return (IPlatform)platformType.GetConstructor(Type.EmptyTypes).Invoke(null);
+		}
+
 		public static void InitializeMod(string mod, Arguments args)
 		{
 			// Clear static state if we have switched mods
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs
index a48ef63e8a..59f9051ae7 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		float deviceScale;
 
-		public SpriteFont(string name, byte[] data, int size, int ascender, float scale, SheetBuilder builder)
+		public SpriteFont(IPlatform platform, string name, byte[] data, int size, int ascender, float scale, SheetBuilder builder)
 		{
 			if (builder.Type != SheetType.BGRA)
 				throw new ArgumentException("The sheet builder must create BGRA sheets.", nameof(builder));
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			this.size = size;
 			this.builder = builder;
 
-			font = Game.Renderer.CreateFont(data);
+			font = platform.CreateFont(data);
 			glyphs = new Cache<char, GlyphInfo>(CreateGlyph);
 			contrastGlyphs = new Cache<(char, int), Sprite>(CreateContrastGlyph);
 			dilationElements = new Cache<int, float[]>(CreateCircularWeightMap);
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Renderer.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Renderer.cs
index f5edf8180f..0e864e5311 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Renderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Renderer.cs
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				fontSheetBuilder?.Dispose();
 				fontSheetBuilder = new SheetBuilder(SheetType.BGRA, 512);
 				Fonts = modData.Manifest.Get<Fonts>().FontList.ToDictionary(x => x.Key,
-					x => new SpriteFont(x.Value.Font, modData.DefaultFileSystem.Open(x.Value.Font).ReadAllBytes(),
-										x.Value.Size, x.Value.Ascender, Window.EffectiveWindowScale, fontSheetBuilder));
+					x => new SpriteFont(
+						platform, x.Value.Font, modData.DefaultFileSystem.Open(x.Value.Font).ReadAllBytes(),
+						x.Value.Size, x.Value.Ascender, Window.EffectiveWindowScale, fontSheetBuilder));
 			}
 
 			Window.OnWindowScaleChanged += (oldNative, oldEffective, newNative, newEffective) =>
@@ -563,11 +564,6 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 		public string GLVersion => Context.GLVersion;
 
-		public IFont CreateFont(byte[] data)
-		{
-			return platform.CreateFont(data);
-		}
-
 		public int DisplayCount => Window.DisplayCount;
 
 		public int CurrentDisplay => Window.CurrentDisplay;