diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e02bb48..d006f23 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ before_install:
  - mkdir build
  - cp libgtest_main.so build/libgtest_main.a
  - cp libgtest.so build/libgtest.a
+ # still needed to actually execute the binary
  - sudo cp -a include/gtest /usr/include
  - sudo cp -a libgtest_main.so libgtest.so /usr/lib/ 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4754b0..727cfd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 ## A high-level object-oriented Gameboy Advance sprite engine library
 
-![travis build status](https://travis-ci.org/wgroeneveld/gba-sprite-engine.svg?branch=master)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/wgroeneveld/gba-sprite-engine.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/wgroeneveld/gba-sprite-engine)
 
 That's a mouthful - let's break that down:
 
@@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ Useful text manipulation:
 
 * `setText(txt, row, col)`
 * `<< text` or `<< int` etc: append to text stream for debugging purposes.
-* `setTextColor(COLOR)`: changes default color palette (white). 
+* `setFontColor(COLOR)`: changes default color palette (white).
+* `setFontStyle(const void* data, int size)` if you prefer your own font face.
+
+Changing the font style assumes a tile width of 32 and the same symbol indexes! It also resets the font color and map so call this before doing anything else. 
 
 #### Error logging
 
diff --git a/engine/include/libgba-sprite-engine/background/text_stream.h b/engine/include/libgba-sprite-engine/background/text_stream.h
index 3a145eb..ff529e8 100644
--- a/engine/include/libgba-sprite-engine/background/text_stream.h
+++ b/engine/include/libgba-sprite-engine/background/text_stream.h
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ public:
     void clear();
     void setText(std::string text, int row, int col);
     void setText(const char* text, int row, int col);
-    void setTextColor(COLOR color);
+
+    void setFontColor(COLOR color);
+    void setFontStyle(const void *data, int size);
+
     static TextStream& instance();
 
     void persist() override;
diff --git a/engine/src/background/text_stream.cpp b/engine/src/background/text_stream.cpp
index ac34036..f96fb85 100644
--- a/engine/src/background/text_stream.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/background/text_stream.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ TextStream::TextStream() : Background(0, text_data, sizeof(text_data), nullptr,
     this->palette = std::unique_ptr<BackgroundPaletteManager>(new BackgroundPaletteManager());
 
     persist();
-    clearMap();
+    clear();
 }
 
 void log_text(const char* text) {
@@ -94,12 +94,21 @@ TextStream& TextStream::operator<<(const char * s) {
     return *this;
 }
 
-void TextStream::setTextColor(COLOR color) {
+// WARNING: resets map and font color. Assumes a fixed tile width of TILE_WIDTH
+void TextStream::setFontStyle(const void *data, int size) {
+    this->data = data;
+    this->size = size;
+
+    persist();
+    clear();
+}
+
+void TextStream::setFontColor(COLOR color) {
     palette.get()->change(PALETTE_TEXT_BANK, PALETTE_COLOR_INDEX, color);
 }
 
 void TextStream::persist() {
     Background::persist();
     // WARNING: stream hijacks last bg palette bank, last index, no matter what.
-    setTextColor(PaletteManager::color(31, 31, 31));
+    setFontColor(PaletteManager::color(31, 31, 31));
 }