diff --git a/ruby/Makefile.am b/ruby/Makefile.am
index 11ee0fb..80f1948 100644
--- a/ruby/Makefile.am
+++ b/ruby/Makefile.am
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ TESTS = test
 endif
 
 cucul_la_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/cucul -I$(RUBY_ARCHDIR)
-cucul_la_SOURCES = cucul.c cucul-canvas.c
+cucul_la_SOURCES = cucul.c cucul-canvas.c cucul-font.c
 cucul_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -shared -L$(RUBY_LIBDIR) -l$(RUBY_SO_NAME)
 cucul_la_LIBADD = ../cucul/libcucul.la
 
 EXTRA_DIST = cucul-canvas.h \
+	     cucul-canvas.h \
+	     common.h \
 	     test.rb \
              t/tc_frame.rb \
              README
diff --git a/ruby/common.h b/ruby/common.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9668d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef __COMMON_H__
+#define __COMMON_H__
+
+#define _SELF  (DATA_PTR(self))
+
+#endif
diff --git a/ruby/cucul-canvas.c b/ruby/cucul-canvas.c
index ea53689..41ac2ff 100644
--- a/ruby/cucul-canvas.c
+++ b/ruby/cucul-canvas.c
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
 #include <ruby.h>
 #include <cucul.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include "cucul-canvas.h"
+#include "cucul-font.h"
+#include "common.h"
 
-#define _SELF  (DATA_PTR(self))
+VALUE cCanvas;
 
 #define simple_func(x)                                  \
 static VALUE x (VALUE self)                             \
@@ -201,10 +202,12 @@ static VALUE blit(int argc, VALUE* argv, VALUE self) {
 
     Check_Type(x, T_FIXNUM);
     Check_Type(y, T_FIXNUM);
+    //FIXME rather check that class is cCanvas
     Check_Type(src, TYPE(self));
     Data_Get_Struct(src, cucul_canvas_t, csrc);
     if(!NIL_P(mask))
     {
+        //FIXME rather check that class is cCanvas
         Check_Type(mask, TYPE(self));
         Data_Get_Struct(mask, cucul_canvas_t, cmask);
     }
@@ -484,6 +487,29 @@ static VALUE free_frame(VALUE self, VALUE id)
 
 /****/
 
+static VALUE render_canvas(VALUE self, VALUE font, VALUE width, VALUE height, VALUE pitch)
+{
+    void *buf;
+    cucul_font_t *f;
+    VALUE b;
+
+    //FIXME rather check that class is cFont
+    Check_Type(font, TYPE(self));
+
+    buf = malloc(width*height*4);
+    if(buf == NULL)
+    {
+        rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "Out of memory");
+    }
+
+    f = DATA_PTR(font);
+    cucul_render_canvas(_SELF, f, buf, NUM2UINT(width), NUM2UINT(height), NUM2UINT(pitch));
+
+    b = rb_str_new(buf, width*height*4);
+    free(buf);
+    return b;
+}
+
 static VALUE import_memory(VALUE self, VALUE data, VALUE format)
 {
     long int bytes;
@@ -565,7 +591,7 @@ static VALUE import_list(void)
 
 void Init_cucul_canvas(VALUE mCucul)
 {
-    VALUE cCanvas = rb_define_class_under(mCucul, "Canvas", rb_cObject);
+    cCanvas = rb_define_class_under(mCucul, "Canvas", rb_cObject);
     rb_define_alloc_func(cCanvas, canvas_alloc);
 
     rb_define_method(cCanvas, "initialize", canvas_initialize, 2);
@@ -634,6 +660,7 @@ void Init_cucul_canvas(VALUE mCucul)
     rb_define_method(cCanvas, "create_frame", create_frame, 1);
     rb_define_method(cCanvas, "free_frame", free_frame, 1);
 
+    rb_define_method(cCanvas, "render", render_canvas, 4);
     rb_define_method(cCanvas, "import_memory", import_memory, 2);
     rb_define_method(cCanvas, "import_file", import_file, 2);
     rb_define_method(cCanvas, "export_memory", export_memory, 1);
diff --git a/ruby/cucul-canvas.h b/ruby/cucul-canvas.h
index 587ced3..4748e08 100644
--- a/ruby/cucul-canvas.h
+++ b/ruby/cucul-canvas.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef __CUCUL_CANVAS_H__
 #define __CUCUL_CANVAS_H__
 
+#include <ruby.h>
+
+extern VALUE cCanvas;
 extern void Init_cucul_canvas(VALUE);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/ruby/cucul-font.c b/ruby/cucul-font.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff138e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/cucul-font.c
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ *  libcucul Ruby bindings
+ *  Copyright (c) 2007 Pascal Terjan <pterjan@linuxfr.org>
+ *
+ *  This library is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
+ *  the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
+ *  and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
+ *  To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
+ *  http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <ruby.h>
+#include <cucul.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "common.h"
+
+VALUE cFont;
+
+void font_free(void *font)
+{
+    cucul_free_font((cucul_font_t *)font);
+}
+
+static VALUE font_alloc(VALUE klass)
+{
+    VALUE obj;
+    obj = Data_Wrap_Struct(klass, 0, font_free, NULL);    
+    return obj;
+}
+
+static VALUE font_initialize(VALUE self, VALUE name)
+{
+    cucul_font_t *font;
+
+    font = cucul_load_font(StringValuePtr(name), 0);
+    if(font == NULL)
+    {
+        rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, strerror(errno));
+    }
+    _SELF = font;
+    return self;
+}
+
+static VALUE font_list(void)
+{
+    VALUE ary;
+    char const* const* list;
+    
+    list = cucul_get_font_list();
+    
+    ary = rb_ary_new();    
+    while (*list != NULL)
+    {
+        rb_ary_push(ary, rb_str_new2(*list));
+        list++;
+    }
+
+    return ary;
+}
+
+static VALUE get_font_width(VALUE self)
+{
+    return UINT2NUM(cucul_get_font_width(_SELF));
+}
+
+static VALUE get_font_height(VALUE self)
+{
+    return UINT2NUM(cucul_get_font_height(_SELF));
+}
+
+static VALUE get_font_blocks(VALUE self)
+{
+    VALUE ary;
+    unsigned long int const *list;
+    
+    list = cucul_get_font_blocks(_SELF);
+    
+    ary = rb_ary_new();    
+    while (*list != 0L)
+    {
+        rb_ary_push(ary, ULONG2NUM(*list));
+        list++;
+    }
+
+    return ary;
+}
+
+void Init_cucul_font(VALUE mCucul)
+{
+    cFont = rb_define_class_under(mCucul, "Font", rb_cObject);
+    rb_define_alloc_func(cFont, font_alloc);
+
+    rb_define_method(cFont, "initialize", font_initialize, 1);
+    rb_define_method(cFont, "width", get_font_width, 0);
+    rb_define_method(cFont, "height", get_font_height, 0);
+    rb_define_method(cFont, "blocks", get_font_blocks, 0);
+    rb_define_singleton_method(cFont, "list", font_list, 0);
+}
+
diff --git a/ruby/cucul-font.h b/ruby/cucul-font.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57141a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/cucul-font.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef __CUCUL_FONT_H__
+#define __CUCUL_FONT_H__
+
+#include <ruby.h>
+
+extern VALUE cFont;
+extern void Init_cucul_font(VALUE);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/ruby/cucul.c b/ruby/cucul.c
index b0222a6..c8e4cc1 100644
--- a/ruby/cucul.c
+++ b/ruby/cucul.c
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
 #include <cucul.h>
 
 #include "cucul-canvas.h"
-
-static VALUE mCucul;
+#include "cucul-font.h"
 
 void Init_cucul()
 {
-    mCucul = rb_define_module("Cucul");
+    VALUE mCucul = rb_define_module("Cucul");
 
     rb_define_const(mCucul, "BLACK", INT2FIX(CUCUL_BLACK));
     rb_define_const(mCucul, "BLUE", INT2FIX(CUCUL_BLUE));
@@ -45,4 +44,5 @@ void Init_cucul()
     rb_define_const(mCucul, "BLINK", INT2FIX(CUCUL_BLINK));
 
     Init_cucul_canvas(mCucul);
+    Init_cucul_font(mCucul);
 }
diff --git a/ruby/t/tc_canvas.rb b/ruby/t/tc_canvas.rb
index d3d466a..860076d 100644
--- a/ruby/t/tc_canvas.rb
+++ b/ruby/t/tc_canvas.rb
@@ -44,4 +44,10 @@ class TC_Canvas < Test::Unit::TestCase
         @c.put_char(1, 1, 42)
         assert_equal(42, @c.get_char(1,1))
     end
+    def test_render
+        c = Cucul::Canvas.new(4,4)
+	c.put_str(0,0,"plop")
+	f = Cucul::Font.new(Cucul::Font.list[0])
+	assert_not_nil(c.render(f, c.width*f.width, c.height*f.height, c.width*f.width*4))
+    end
 end
diff --git a/ruby/t/tc_font.rb b/ruby/t/tc_font.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca06e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/t/tc_font.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'cucul'
+
+class TC_Canvas < Test::Unit::TestCase
+    def test_list
+	assert_not_nil(Cucul::Font.list)
+    end
+    def test_load
+	Cucul::Font.list.each{|f|
+		font = Cucul::Font.new(f)
+		assert_not_nil(font)
+		assert_not_nil(font.width)
+		assert_not_nil(font.height)
+		assert_not_nil(font.blocks)
+	}
+    end
+    def test_fail_load
+	assert_raise(RuntimeError) {
+		Cucul::Font.new("This font should not exist")
+	}
+    end
+end