diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs
index c72a6f71ac..74c57f92a2 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs
@@ -22,31 +22,39 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 				"to temporarily avoid the problem.") {}
 	}
 
+	public enum SheetType
+	{
+		Indexed = 1,
+		DualIndexed = 2,
+		BGRA = 4,
+	}
+
 	public class SheetBuilder
 	{
 		Sheet current;
+		TextureChannel channel;
+		SheetType type;
 		int rowHeight = 0;
 		Point p;
-		TextureChannel channel;
-		Sheet NewSheet() { return new Sheet(new Size(Renderer.SheetSize, Renderer.SheetSize)); }
 
-		internal SheetBuilder(TextureChannel ch)
+		internal SheetBuilder(SheetType t)
 		{
-			current = NewSheet();
-			channel = ch;
+			current = new Sheet(new Size(Renderer.SheetSize, Renderer.SheetSize));;
+			channel = TextureChannel.Red;
+			type = t;
 		}
 
 		public Sprite Add(byte[] src, Size size, bool allowSheetOverflow)
 		{
-			Sprite rect = Allocate(size, allowSheetOverflow);
+			var rect = Allocate(size, allowSheetOverflow);
 			Util.FastCopyIntoChannel(rect, src);
 			return rect;
 		}
 
 		public Sprite Add(Size size, byte paletteIndex, bool allowSheetOverflow)
 		{
-			byte[] data = new byte[size.Width * size.Height];
-			for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
+			var data = new byte[size.Width * size.Height];
+			for (var i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
 				data[i] = paletteIndex;
 
 			return Add(data, size, allowSheetOverflow);
@@ -54,14 +62,11 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		TextureChannel? NextChannel(TextureChannel t)
 		{
-			switch (t)
-			{
-				case TextureChannel.Red: return TextureChannel.Green;
-				case TextureChannel.Green: return TextureChannel.Blue;
-				case TextureChannel.Blue: return TextureChannel.Alpha;
-				case TextureChannel.Alpha:
-				default: return null;
-			}
+			var nextChannel = (int)t + (int)type;
+			if (nextChannel > (int)TextureChannel.Alpha)
+				return null;
+
+			return (TextureChannel)nextChannel;
 		}
 
 		public Sprite Allocate(Size imageSize, bool allowSheetOverflow)
@@ -93,11 +98,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 				p = new Point(0,0);
 			}
 
-			Sprite rect = new Sprite(current, new Rectangle(p, imageSize), channel);
+			var rect = new Sprite(current, new Rectangle(p, imageSize), channel);
 			current.MakeDirty();
 			p.X += imageSize.Width;
 
 			return rect;
 		}
+
+		public Sheet Current { get { return current; } }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs
index 89ad06964f..f4284b8055 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteFont.cs
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			glyphs = new Cache<Pair<char, Color>, GlyphInfo>(CreateGlyph, 
 			         Pair<char,Color>.EqualityComparer);
 
-			// setup a 1-channel SheetBuilder for our private use
-			if (builder == null) builder = new SheetBuilder(TextureChannel.Alpha);
+			// setup a SheetBuilder for our private use
+			// TODO: SheetBuilder state is leaked between mod switches
+			if (builder == null)
+				builder = new SheetBuilder(SheetType.BGRA);
 
 			PrecacheColor(Color.White);
 			PrecacheColor(Color.Red);
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 					throw new InvalidOperationException();
 		}
 
-		public void DrawText (string text, float2 location, Color c)
+		public void DrawText(string text, float2 location, Color c)
 		{
 			location.Y += size;	// baseline vs top
 
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		public int2 Measure(string text)
 		{
-			return new int2((int)text.Split( '\n' ).Max( s => s.Sum(a => glyphs[Pair.New(a, Color.White)].Advance)), text.Split('\n').Count()*size);
+			return new int2((int)text.Split('\n').Max(s => s.Sum(a => glyphs[Pair.New(a, Color.White)].Advance)), text.Split('\n').Count()*size);
 		}
 
 		Cache<Pair<char,Color>, GlyphInfo> glyphs;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Util.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Util.cs
index 20d79f4f0f..d0efeadc3e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Util.cs
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		static readonly int[] channelMasks = { 2, 1, 0, 3 };	// yes, our channel order is nuts.
 
-		public static void FastCopyIntoChannel(Sprite dest, byte[] src)
+		public static void FastCopyIntoChannel(Sprite dest, byte[] src) { FastCopyIntoChannel(dest, 0, src); }
+		public static void FastCopyIntoChannel(Sprite dest, int channelOffset, byte[] src)
 		{
 			var data = dest.sheet.Data;
 			var srcStride = dest.bounds.Width;
 			var destStride = dest.sheet.Size.Width * 4;
-			var destOffset = destStride * dest.bounds.Top + dest.bounds.Left * 4 + channelMasks[(int)dest.channel];
+			var destOffset = destStride * dest.bounds.Top + dest.bounds.Left * 4 + channelMasks[(int)dest.channel + channelOffset];
 			var destSkip = destStride - 4 * srcStride;
 			var height = dest.bounds.Height;
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/ModData.cs b/OpenRA.Game/ModData.cs
index dd456520d4..f5c298d4b7 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/ModData.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/ModData.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 			ChromeMetrics.Initialize(Manifest.ChromeMetrics);
 			ChromeProvider.Initialize(Manifest.Chrome);
-			SheetBuilder = new SheetBuilder(TextureChannel.Red);
+			SheetBuilder = new SheetBuilder(SheetType.Indexed);
 			SpriteLoader = new SpriteLoader(new string[] { ".shp" }, SheetBuilder);
 			CursorProvider.Initialize(Manifest.Cursors);
 		}