--- a/dmtext_bm.c	Tue Oct 02 20:26:08 2012 +0300
+++ b/dmtext_bm.c	Tue Oct 02 20:33:01 2012 +0300
@@ -110,6 +110,34 @@
 }
 
 
+/* Set the palette for each glyph. While the function allows you to
+ * specify 'start' and 'end' indices and palette array freely, you should
+ * typically use DMFONT_NPALETTE size palette starting at index 0.
+ */
+int dmSetBitmapFontPalette(DMBitmapFont *font, SDL_Color *pal, int start, int size)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    if (font == NULL)
+        return DMERR_NULLPTR;
+    
+    if (start < 0 || end < start)
+        return DMERR_INVALID_ARGS;
+    
+    for (i = 0; i < font->nglyphs; i++)
+    {
+        SDL_Surface *glyph = font->glyphs[i];
+        if (glyph != NULL)
+        {
+            if (glyph->format->BitsPerPixel == 8)
+                SDL_SetColors(glyph, pal, start, end);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return DMERR_OK;
+}
+
+
 int dmCreateBitmapFontFromImage(SDL_Surface *image, int width, int height, DMBitmapFont **pfont)
 {
     int nglyph, xc, yc, xglyphs, yglyphs;