--- a/dmtext.h	Mon Oct 01 11:03:10 2012 +0300
+++ b/dmtext.h	Mon Oct 01 11:20:56 2012 +0300
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
 } DMBitmapFont;
 
 
-int dmLoadBitmapFont(DMResource *res, DMBitmapFont **font);
+DMBitmapFont *dmNewBitmapFont(int nglyphs);
+int dmFreeBitmapFont(DMBitmapFont *font);
+int dmLoadBitmapFont(DMResource *res, DMBitmapFont **pfont);
+int dmCreateBitmapFontFromImage(SDL_Surface *image, int width, int height, DMBitmapFont **pfont);
 
 void dmDrawBMTextConst(SDL_Surface *screen, DMBitmapFont *font, int mode, int xc, int yc, const char *str);
 void dmDrawBMTextVA(SDL_Surface *screen, DMBitmapFont *font, int mode, int xc, int yc, const char *fmt, va_list ap);

--- a/dmtext_bm.c	Mon Oct 01 11:03:10 2012 +0300
+++ b/dmtext_bm.c	Mon Oct 01 11:20:56 2012 +0300
@@ -47,3 +47,84 @@
     va_end(ap);
 }
 
+
+DMBitmapFont *dmNewBitmapFont(int nglyphs)
+{
+    DMBitmapFont *font = dmMalloc0(sizeof(DMBitmapFont));
+    if (font == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    
+    font->nglyphs = nglyphs;
+    font->glyphs = dmCalloc(nglyphs, sizeof(SDL_Surface *));
+    
+    return font;
+}
+
+
+int dmFreeBitmapFont(DMBitmapFont *font)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    if (font == NULL)
+        return DMERR_NULLPTR;
+    
+    for (i = 0; i < font->nglyphs; i++)
+    {
+        if (font->glyphs[i] != NULL)
+        {
+            SDL_FreeSurface(font->glyphs[i]);
+            font->glyphs[i] = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    dmFree(font);
+    return DMERR_OK;
+}
+
+
+int dmLoadBitmapFont(DMResource *res, DMBitmapFont **pfont)
+{
+    return DMERR_OK;
+}
+
+
+int dmCreateBitmapFontFromImage(SDL_Surface *image, int width, int height, DMBitmapFont **pfont)
+{
+    int glyph, xc, yc, xglyphs, yglyphs;
+    DMBitmapFont *font;
+
+    if (image->w < width || width < 4 || image->h < height || height < 4)
+        return DMERR_INVALID_ARGS;
+    
+    xglyphs = image->w / width;
+    yglyphs = image->h / height;
+    
+    if ((font = dmNewBitmapFont(xglyphs * yglyphs)) == NULL)
+        return DMERR_MALLOC;
+
+    font->width = width;
+    font->height = height;
+    
+    glyph = 0;
+    for (yc = 0; yc < yglyphs; yc++)
+    for (xc = 0; xc < xglyphs; xc++)
+    {
+        SDL_Surface *bmp = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, width, height,
+            image->format->BitsPerPixel,
+            image->format->Rmask,
+            image->format->Gmask,
+            image->format->Bmask,
+            image->format->Amask);
+        
+        if (bmp == NULL)
+        {
+            dmFreeBitmapFont(font);
+            return DMERR_MALLOC;
+        }
+        
+        font->glyphs[glyph++] = bmp;
+    }
+    
+    *pfont = font;
+    return DMERR_OK;
+}