diff --git a/src/Utils.h b/src/Utils.h
index 60a3ce6..971c954 100644
--- a/src/Utils.h
+++ b/src/Utils.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <set>
 #include <glm/glm.hpp>
 #include <ft2build.h>
@@ -22,6 +23,16 @@ struct FontVariation {
     float value;
 };
 
+#ifndef F26DOT6_TO_DOUBLE
+    #define F26DOT6_TO_DOUBLE(x) (1 / 64. * double(x))
+#endif
+#ifndef F16DOT16_TO_DOUBLE
+    #define F16DOT16_TO_DOUBLE(x) (1 / 65536. * double(x))
+#endif
+#ifndef DOUBLE_TO_F16DOT16
+    #define DOUBLE_TO_F16DOT16(x) FT_Fixed(65536. * x)
+#endif
+
 template <class T>
 inline void hash_combine(std::size_t & seed, const T & v){
     std::hash <T> hasher;
@@ -71,4 +82,56 @@ void getVFlip(const VFlipBehaviour & vFlipBehaviour,
               VFlipState & vFlip);
 
 
+static bool listFontVariationAxes(FT_Library & library,
+                                  FT_Face & face,
+                                  std::vector <FontVariationAxis> & axes){
+    if(face->face_flags & FT_FACE_FLAG_MULTIPLE_MASTERS){
+        FT_MM_Var * master = NULL;
+        if(FT_Get_MM_Var(face, &master)){
+            return false;
+        }
+        axes.resize(master->num_axis);
+        for(FT_UInt i = 0; i < master->num_axis; i++){
+            FontVariationAxis & axis = axes[i];
+            axis.name = master->axis[i].name;
+            axis.minValue = F16DOT16_TO_DOUBLE(master->axis[i].minimum);
+            axis.maxValue = F16DOT16_TO_DOUBLE(master->axis[i].maximum);
+            axis.defaultValue = F16DOT16_TO_DOUBLE(master->axis[i].def);
+        }
+        FT_Done_MM_Var(library, master);
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+static bool listFontVariationAxes(std::string fontPath,
+                                  std::vector <FontVariationAxis> & axes){
+    FT_Library library;   /* handle to library     */
+    FT_Face face;      /* handle to face object */
+
+    FT_Error error = FT_Init_FreeType(&library);
+    if(error){
+        FT_Done_FreeType(library);
+        return false;
+    }
+    error = FT_New_Face(library,
+                        fontPath.c_str(),
+                        0,
+                        &face);
+    if(error == FT_Err_Unknown_File_Format){
+        FT_Done_Face(face);
+        FT_Done_FreeType(library);
+        return false;
+    }else if(error){
+        FT_Done_Face(face);
+        FT_Done_FreeType(library);
+        return false;
+    }
+    bool success = listFontVariationAxes(library, face, axes);
+    // clean the fuck up
+    FT_Done_Face(face);
+    FT_Done_FreeType(library);
+    return success;
+}
+
 }