diff --git a/src/gpufont/font.hpp b/src/gpufont/font.hpp
index d036427..98b63c1 100644
--- a/src/gpufont/font.hpp
+++ b/src/gpufont/font.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // but it is still compiled in the "main.cpp" translation unit,
 // because both files have mostly the same dependencies (OpenGL, GLM, FreeType).
 #include "ofMain.h"
+#include "ofUtils.h"
 
 #include <GL/glext.h>
 #include <ft2build.h>
@@ -57,12 +58,12 @@ class Font {
         float x0, y0, x1, y1, x2, y2;
     };
 
-    struct BufferVertex {
-        float x, y, u, v;
-        int32_t bufferIndex;
-    };
-
     public:
+        struct BufferVertex {
+            float x, y, u, v;
+            int32_t bufferIndex;
+        };
+
 /// A structure to model a given axis of a variable font.
         struct FontVariationAxisParameters {
             /// The name of the variation axis.
@@ -700,6 +701,97 @@ class Font {
 
         }
 
+        void collectVerticesAndIndices(const glm::vec3 & position,
+                                       const std::string & text,
+                                       std::vector <BufferVertex> & vertices,
+                                       std::vector <int32_t> & indices,
+                                       const bool vFlip = false,
+                                       const float fontSize_px = 42){
+            float x = position.x;
+            float y = position.y;
+            float originalX = x;
+
+            FT_UInt previous = 0;
+            for(const char * textIt = text.c_str(); *textIt != '\0';){
+                float letterFontSize_px = fontSize_px; // can be individual
+                uint32_t charcode = decodeCharcode(&textIt);
+
+                if(charcode == '\r'){
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if(charcode == '\n'){
+                    x = originalX;
+                    y -= (float)face->height / (float)face->units_per_EM * worldSize;
+                    if(hinting){
+                        y = std::round(y);
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                auto glyphIt = glyphs.find(charcode);
+                Glyph & glyph = (glyphIt == glyphs.end()) ? glyphs[0] : glyphIt->second;
+
+                if(previous != 0 && glyph.index != 0){
+                    FT_Vector kerning;
+                    FT_Error error = FT_Get_Kerning(face, previous, glyph.index, kerningMode, &kerning);
+                    if(!error){
+                        x += (float)kerning.x / emSize * worldSize;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Do not emit quad for empty glyphs (whitespace).
+                if(glyph.curveCount){
+                    FT_Pos d = (FT_Pos)(emSize * dilation);
+
+                    float u0 = (float)(glyph.bearingX - d) / emSize;
+                    float v0 = (float)(glyph.bearingY - glyph.height - d) / emSize;
+                    float u1 = (float)(glyph.bearingX + glyph.width + d) / emSize;
+                    float v1 = (float)(glyph.bearingY + d) / emSize;
+
+
+                    float x0 = x + u0 * worldSize * letterFontSize_px;
+                    float y0 = y + v0 * worldSize * letterFontSize_px;
+                    float x1 = x + u1 * worldSize * letterFontSize_px;
+                    float y1 = y + v1 * worldSize * letterFontSize_px;
+
+                    if(vFlip){
+                        float _v = v0;
+                        v0 = v1;
+                        v1 = _v;
+
+                        y0 = y - v0 * worldSize * letterFontSize_px;
+                        y1 = y - v1 * worldSize * letterFontSize_px;
+                    }
+
+                    int32_t base = static_cast <int32_t>(vertices.size());
+                    vertices.push_back(BufferVertex{x0, y0, u0, v0, glyph.bufferIndex});
+                    vertices.push_back(BufferVertex{x1, y0, u1, v0, glyph.bufferIndex});
+                    vertices.push_back(BufferVertex{x1, y1, u1, v1, glyph.bufferIndex});
+                    vertices.push_back(BufferVertex{x0, y1, u0, v1, glyph.bufferIndex});
+
+                    indices.insert(indices.end(), {base, base + 1, base + 2, base + 2, base + 3, base});
+                }
+
+                x += ((float)glyph.advance * letterFontSize_px) / emSize * worldSize;
+                previous = glyph.index;
+            }
+        }
+
+        void draw(const std::vector <BufferVertex> & vertices,
+                  const std::vector <int32_t> & indices){
+            glBindVertexArray(vao);
+            glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo);
+            glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(BufferVertex) * vertices.size(), vertices.data(), GL_STREAM_DRAW);
+
+            glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, ebo);
+            glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(int32_t) * indices.size(), indices.data(), GL_STREAM_DRAW);
+
+            glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, indices.size(), GL_UNSIGNED_INT, 0);
+
+            glBindVertexArray(0);
+        }
+
         void draw(float x, float y, float z, const std::string & text, bool vFlip = false, float fontSize_px = 42){
             float originalX = x;