diff --git a/FreeSans.ttf b/FreeSans.ttf
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6de62ebf67
Binary files /dev/null and b/FreeSans.ttf differ
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e5f4ea4848..9a25627cfe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ gl_KIND				= library
 gl_DEPS				= $(fileformats_TARGET) $(game_TARGET) \
 						thirdparty/Tao/Tao.Glfw.dll 
 gl_LIBS				= $(COMMON_LIBS) System.Windows.Forms.dll \
-						thirdparty/Tao/Tao.Cg.dll thirdparty/Tao/Tao.OpenGl.dll \
+						thirdparty/Tao/Tao.Cg.dll thirdparty/Tao.Externals.dll \
 						$(gl_DEPS) $(game_TARGET)
 
 game_SRCS			=	$(shell find OpenRa.Game/ -iname '*.cs')
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ game_TARGET			= OpenRa.Game.exe
 game_KIND			= winexe
 game_DEPS			= $(fileformats_TARGET) 
 game_LIBS			= $(COMMON_LIBS) System.Windows.Forms.dll $(game_DEPS) \
-						thirdparty/Tao/Tao.OpenAl.dll
+						thirdparty/Tao.Externals.dll thirdparty/ISE.FreeType.dll 
 game_FLAGS			= -win32icon:OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.ico
 
 ra_SRCS				=	$(shell find OpenRa.Mods.RA/ -iname '*.cs')
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs
index 0b3ca88962..ae25b0bc14 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ using OpenRa.FileFormats;
 using OpenRa.FileFormats.Graphics;
 using OpenRa.Support;
 using System.IO;
+using ISE;
+using Tao.OpenGl;
 
 namespace OpenRa.Graphics
 {
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Graphics
 		public ITexture PaletteTexture;
 
 		readonly Font fDebug, fTitle;
-
+		readonly FTFontBitmap testFont;
+		
 		Sheet textSheet;
 		SpriteRenderer rgbaRenderer;
 		Sprite textSprite;
@@ -60,8 +63,13 @@ namespace OpenRa.Graphics
 			RgbaSpriteShader = device.CreateShader(FileSystem.Open("chrome-rgba.fx"));
 			WorldSpriteShader = device.CreateShader(FileSystem.Open("chrome-shp.fx"));
 
-			//fDebug = new Font("Tahoma", 10, FontStyle.Regular);
+			//fDebug = new Font("Tahoma", 10.0f, FontStyle.Regular);
 			//fTitle = new Font("Tahoma", 10, FontStyle.Bold);
+			int Errors;
+			testFont = new FTFontBitmap("FreeSans.ttf", out Errors);
+			testFont.ftRenderToTexture(2, 48);
+			testFont.FT_ALIGN = FTFontAlign.FT_ALIGN_CENTERED;
+			
 			textSheet = new Sheet(this, new Size(256, 256));
 			rgbaRenderer = new SpriteRenderer(this, true, RgbaSpriteShader);
 			textSprite = new Sprite(textSheet, new Rectangle(0, 0, 256, 256), TextureChannel.Alpha);
@@ -80,6 +88,10 @@ namespace OpenRa.Graphics
 		Bitmap RenderTextToBitmap(string s, Font f, Color c)
 		{
 			Bitmap b = new Bitmap(256, 256);
+			testFont.ftBeginFont(0.9f,0.0f,0.0f,0.5f);
+			testFont.ftWrite("Test",b);
+			testFont.ftEndFont();
+			
             /*using (var g = System.Drawing.Graphics.FromImage(b))
             {
                 g.TextRenderingHint = TextRenderingHint.SingleBitPerPixelGridFit;
@@ -91,7 +103,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Graphics
 
 		int2 GetTextSize(string s, Font f)
 		{
-			return new int2(0,0);
+			return new int2(50,100);
 			/*Bitmap b = new Bitmap(1,1);
 			System.Drawing.Graphics g = System.Drawing.Graphics.FromImage(b);
 			return new int2(g.MeasureString(s, f).ToSize());*/
@@ -157,9 +169,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Graphics
 
 		public void DrawText(string text, int2 pos, Color c)
 		{
-			return;
 			using (new PerfSample("text"))
-			{
+			{											
 				Bitmap b = RenderTextToBitmap(text, fDebug, c);
 				textSheet.Texture.SetData(b);
 				rgbaRenderer.DrawSprite(textSprite, pos.ToFloat2(), "chrome");
@@ -169,7 +180,6 @@ namespace OpenRa.Graphics
 
 		public void DrawText2(string text, int2 pos, Color c)
 		{
-			return;
 			using (new PerfSample("text"))
 			{
 				Bitmap b = RenderTextToBitmap(text, fTitle, c);
@@ -181,12 +191,12 @@ namespace OpenRa.Graphics
 
 		public int2 MeasureText(string text)
 		{
-			return new int2(0,0); //GetTextSize(text, fDebug);
+			return GetTextSize(text, fDebug);
 		}
 
 		public int2 MeasureText2(string text)
 		{
-			return new int2(0,0);// GetTextSize(text, fTitle);
+			return GetTextSize(text, fTitle);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
index f2f2ab62d5..a1c49da2c3 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="3.5">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="3.5">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
-    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>
     <ProductVersion>9.0.30729</ProductVersion>
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{0DFB103F-2962-400F-8C6D-E2C28CCBA633}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -30,8 +31,6 @@
     <UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust>
     <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled>
     <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <StartupObject>
-    </StartupObject>
     <ApplicationIcon>OpenRA.ico</ApplicationIcon>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86' ">
@@ -43,6 +42,8 @@
     <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
     <UseVSHostingProcess>false</UseVSHostingProcess>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x86' ">
     <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
     <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
     <UseVSHostingProcess>false</UseVSHostingProcess>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
@@ -64,6 +66,14 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
     <Reference Include="Tao.OpenAl, Version=1.1.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a7579dda88828311, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
+    <Reference Include="ISE.FreeType, Version=1.0.2885.37773, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null">
+      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
+      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\ISE.FreeType.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Tao.OpenGl, Version=2.1.0.12, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1ca010269a4501ef">
+      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
+      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\Tao\Tao.OpenGl.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Chat.cs" />
diff --git a/thirdparty/ISE.FreeType.dll b/thirdparty/ISE.FreeType.dll
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7a7b7a7587
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diff --git a/thirdparty/Tao.Externals.dll b/thirdparty/Tao.Externals.dll
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..81ecf2e1aa
Binary files /dev/null and b/thirdparty/Tao.Externals.dll differ
diff --git a/thirdparty/Tao.Externals.dll.config b/thirdparty/Tao.Externals.dll.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6745059fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/Tao.Externals.dll.config
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<configuration>
+	<dllmap dll="freetype6.dll">
+    	<dllentry os="linux" dll="libfreetype.so.6" />
+    	<dllentry os="windows" dll="freetype6.dll" />
+    	<dllentry os="osx" dll="/sw/lib/libfreetype.dylib" />
+    </dllmap>
+</configuration>
+<dllmap dll="OpenAL32.dll">
+	<dllentry os="linux" dll="libopenal.so.1" />
+	<dllentry os="windows" dll="OpenAL32.dll" />
+	<dllentry os="osx" dll="/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenAL.framework/OpenAL" />
+</dllmap>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/thirdparty/Tao/Tao.FreeType.dll b/thirdparty/Tao/Tao.FreeType.dll
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..15ccb306d2
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diff --git a/thirdparty/Tao/Tao.FreeType.dll.config b/thirdparty/Tao/Tao.FreeType.dll.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f16cbf2616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/Tao/Tao.FreeType.dll.config
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<configuration>
+	<dllmap dll="freetype6.dll">
+    	<dllentry os="linux" dll="libfreetype.so.6" />
+    	<dllentry os="windows" dll="freetype6.dll" />
+    	<dllentry os="osx" dll="/sw/lib/libfreetype.dylib" />
+    </dllmap>
+</configuration>