diff --git a/textium/examples/Gudea-Regular.ttf b/textium/examples/Gudea-Regular.ttf
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index 0000000..a15eab8
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diff --git a/textium/examples/render_char.rs b/textium/examples/render_char.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efd163d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textium/examples/render_char.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+extern crate textium;
+extern crate rusttype;
+
+use rusttype::{FontCollection};
+
+fn main() {
+    let font_data = include_bytes!("Gudea-Regular.ttf");
+    let font = FontCollection::from_bytes(font_data as &[u8])
+        .into_font().unwrap();
+    let font = textium::Font::new(font);
+
+    let (metadata, bitmap) = font.rasterize_char('A', 40.0).unwrap();
+
+    println!("{:?}", metadata);
+
+    for line in bitmap.lines() {
+        for &pixel in line {
+            if pixel == 0 {
+                print!(" ");
+            } else {
+                print!("#");
+            }
+        }
+        println!();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/textium/src/lib.rs b/textium/src/lib.rs
index f0d5e88..1aef7e6 100644
--- a/textium/src/lib.rs
+++ b/textium/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ extern crate rusttype;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate glium;
 
+mod error;
 mod texture;
 mod geometry;
-mod error;
+mod rasterizer;
 
 use std::iter::Iterator;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use glium::backend::Facade;
 use glium::texture::Texture2d;
-use rusttype::Font;
 
-use texture::{Texture2dData, get_nearest_pow2};
 pub use error::Error;
 pub use geometry::Rect;
+pub use rasterizer::Font;
 
 /// Information used to render a glyph in a font.
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/textium/src/rasterizer.rs b/textium/src/rasterizer.rs
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+++ b/textium/src/rasterizer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+use rusttype;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use ::{FontAtlas, GlyphMetadata};
+use ::geometry::Rect;
+use ::texture::{Buffer2d, Bitmap};
+use ::packer::SkylinePacker;
+
+pub struct Font<'a> {
+    font: rusttype::Font<'a>
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+impl<'a> Font<'a> {
+    /// Construct a Textium font from a RustType one.
+    pub fn new(rt_font: rusttype::Font<'a>) -> Font {
+        Font {
+            font: rt_font
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /// Build a font atlas for a set of characters in a font, rasterized at a given scale.
+    ///
+    /// `margin` is the distance between glyphs in the atlas, in pixels.
+    /// `width` and `height` are the starting size of the bitmap.
+    ///
+    /// The packer may enlarge the bitmap beyond its initial dimensions in order to fit all glyphs.
+    pub fn make_atlas<I>(&self, chrs: I, scale: f32, margin: u32, width: usize, height: usize)
+        -> (FontAtlas, Bitmap<u8>)
+            where I: Iterator<Item=char>
+    {
+        let mut atlas = FontAtlas {glyph_data: HashMap::new()};
+        let mut packer = SkylinePacker::new(Bitmap::new(width, height));
+        packer.set_margin(margin);
+        for chr in chrs {
+            if let Some((mut info, rendered)) = self.rasterize_char(chr, scale) {
+                let r = packer.pack_resize(&rendered);
+            }
+        }
+
+        (atlas, packer.into_buf())
+    }
+
+    pub fn rasterize_char(&self, chr: char, scale: f32)
+        -> Option<(GlyphMetadata, Bitmap<u8>)>
+    {
+        let glyph = match self.font.glyph(chr) {
+            Some(g) => g,
+            None => return None, // propogate missing glyphs out of the function
+        }.scaled(rusttype::Scale::uniform(scale));
+
+        let h_metrics = glyph.h_metrics();
+        let glyph = glyph.positioned(rusttype::Point {x: 0., y: 0.});
+        let bbox = match glyph.pixel_bounding_box() {
+            Some(b) => b,
+            None => return None, // if the bounding box is missing, we can't rasterize
+        };
+
+        let mut out: Bitmap<u8> = Bitmap::new(bbox.width() as usize, bbox.height() as usize);
+        glyph.draw(|x, y, v| {
+            out.set(x as usize, y as usize, (v * 255.0) as u8);
+        });
+
+        println!("{:?}", bbox);
+
+        let data = GlyphMetadata {
+            scale: scale,
+            bounding_box: Rect {
+                x: bbox.min.x as usize,
+                y: bbox.min.y as usize,
+                w: bbox.width() as usize,
+                h: bbox.height() as usize,
+            },
+
+            advance_width: h_metrics.advance_width,
+            left_bearing: h_metrics.left_side_bearing,
+        };
+
+        Some((data, out))
+    }
+}