diff --git a/src/backend/sdl.c b/src/backend/sdl.c
index 1cccd76..abd579e 100644
--- a/src/backend/sdl.c
+++ b/src/backend/sdl.c
@@ -330,13 +330,20 @@ static void render_windows(struct window_list* wl)
     }
 }
 
-static void draw_set_color(SDL_Renderer* r, uint64_t col)
+static SDL_Color uint64_to_color(uint64_t col)
 {
-    SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(r,
-                           (col & 0xff0000) >> 16,
-                           (col & 0x00ff00) >> 8,
-                           (col & 0x0000ff) >> 0,
-                           255);
+    SDL_Color c;
+    c.a = 255;
+    c.r = (col & 0xff0000) >> 16;
+    c.g = (col & 0x00ff00) >> 8;
+    c.b = (col & 0x0000ff) >> 0;
+    return c;
+}
+
+static void draw_set_color(SDL_Renderer* r, uint64_t col_u64)
+{
+    SDL_Color col = uint64_to_color(col_u64);
+    SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(r, col.r, col.g, col.b, col.a);
 }
 
 static void draw_clear(SDL_Renderer* r, uint64_t bg)
@@ -358,6 +365,25 @@ static void draw_glyph(SDL_Renderer* r, const struct ax_glyph* gl)
                     });
         break;
 
+    case AX_GLYPH_TEXT: {
+        SDL_Surface* surf =
+            TTF_RenderText_Blended(
+                gl->d.text.h->font,
+                gl->d.text.t,
+                uint64_to_color(gl->d.text.f));
+        SDL_Texture* text =
+            SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(r, surf);
+        SDL_Rect dst;
+        dst.x = gl->d.text.x;
+        dst.y = gl->d.text.y;
+        dst.w = surf->w;
+        dst.h = surf->h;
+        SDL_RenderCopy(r, text, NULL, &dst);
+        SDL_DestroyTexture(text);
+        SDL_FreeSurface(surf);
+        break;
+    }
+
     default: {
         enum ax_glyph_type val = gl->ty;
         const char* str;
diff --git a/src/ctxt/window.c b/src/ctxt/window.c
index e718107..d3c5255 100644
--- a/src/ctxt/window.c
+++ b/src/ctxt/window.c
@@ -74,4 +74,20 @@ void ax__window_draw_demo(
     g->d.rect.w = 150;
     g->d.rect.h = 400;
     g->d.rect.f = 0x4444ff;
+
+    g = ax__graphics_push(gr);
+    g->ty = AX_GLYPH_TEXT;
+    g->d.text.x = 40;
+    g->d.text.y = 40;
+    g->d.text.f = 0x000000;
+    g->d.text.h = ax__theme_font_handle(thm, AX_FONT_H1);
+    g->d.text.t = "Hello,";
+
+    g = ax__graphics_push(gr);
+    g->ty = AX_GLYPH_TEXT;
+    g->d.text.x = 100;
+    g->d.text.y = 200;
+    g->d.text.f = 0x000000;
+    g->d.text.h = ax__theme_font_handle(thm, AX_FONT_H2);
+    g->d.text.t = "world!";
 }
diff --git a/src/geom/graphics.enums b/src/geom/graphics.enums
index 2e2cbf2..21be88d 100644
--- a/src/geom/graphics.enums
+++ b/src/geom/graphics.enums
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-[glyph (AX_GLYPH_RECT "rect")]
\ No newline at end of file
+[glyph (AX_GLYPH_RECT "rect")
+       (AX_GLYPH_TEXT "text")]
diff --git a/src/geom/graphics.h b/src/geom/graphics.h
index dbddb95..04c8756 100644
--- a/src/geom/graphics.h
+++ b/src/geom/graphics.h
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 struct rgn;
+struct ax_font_h;
 
 enum ax_glyph_type {
     AX_GLYPH_RECT = 0,
+    AX_GLYPH_TEXT,
     AX_GLYPH__COUNT,
 };
 
@@ -16,10 +18,18 @@ struct ax_glyph_rect {
     uint64_t f;
 };
 
+struct ax_glyph_text {
+    int32_t x, y;
+    struct ax_font_h* h;
+    const char* t;
+    uint64_t f;
+};
+
 struct ax_glyph {
     enum ax_glyph_type ty;
     union {
         struct ax_glyph_rect rect;
+        struct ax_glyph_text text;
     } d;
 };