diff --git a/Assets/Editor/Fonts/MaterialIcons-Regular.shfont b/Assets/Editor/Fonts/MaterialIcons-Regular.shfont
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..496a7032
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diff --git a/Assets/Editor/Fonts/Segoe UI.shfont b/Assets/Editor/Fonts/Segoe UI.shfont
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4532e59
Binary files /dev/null and b/Assets/Editor/Fonts/Segoe UI.shfont differ
diff --git a/Assets/Editor/Fonts/fa-solid-900.shfont b/Assets/Editor/Fonts/fa-solid-900.shfont
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71c2c4ac
Binary files /dev/null and b/Assets/Editor/Fonts/fa-solid-900.shfont differ
diff --git a/Assets/Fonts/SegoeUI.ttf b/Assets/Fonts/SegoeUI.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46b3b993
Binary files /dev/null and b/Assets/Fonts/SegoeUI.ttf differ
diff --git a/Assets/Shaders/Text_VS.glsl b/Assets/Shaders/Text_VS.glsl
index 369e185e..90760fe2 100644
--- a/Assets/Shaders/Text_VS.glsl
+++ b/Assets/Shaders/Text_VS.glsl
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 // vertex inputs
 layout(location = 0) in vec4 positionalOffset;
 layout(location = 1) in uint glyphIndex;
-layout(location = 2) in uvec2 integerData;
 
 // between shader stages
 layout(location = 0) out struct
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ layout(set = 2, binding = 0) uniform CameraData
 layout(std140, push_constant) uniform TestPushConstant
 {
   mat4 worldTransform;
+  uint eid;
 
 } testPushConstant;
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ vec2 CreateQuad(in uint vertexID)
 void main()
 {
   // write EID data to FS
-  Out2.eid = integerData[0];
+  Out2.eid = testPushConstats.eid;
 
   // local variable for font index
   uint fontIndex = glyphIndex;
diff --git a/Dependencies.bat b/Dependencies.bat
index 44185ff8..ba411815 100644
--- a/Dependencies.bat
+++ b/Dependencies.bat
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ echo ---------------------------------------------------
 echo "SHADE DEPENDENCIES (Default - All in 10 Seconds)"
 echo "A - All"
 echo "B - VMA"
-echo "C - msdf"
+echo "C - FontCompiler"
 echo "D - ModelCompiler"
 echo "E - spdlog"
 echo "F - reactphysics3d"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ set _e=%ERRORLEVEL%
 
 if %_e%==1 goto VMA
 if %_e%==2 goto VMA
-if %_e%==3 goto MSDF
+if %_e%==3 goto FontCompiler
 if %_e%==4 goto ModelCompiler
 if %_e%==5 goto spdlog
 if %_e%==6 goto reactphysics3d
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ if %_e%==16 goto fmod
 echo -----------------------VMA----------------------------
 rmdir "Dependencies/VMA" /S /Q
 git clone https://github.com/SHADE-DP/VulkanMemoryAllocator.git "Dependencies/VMA"
-if %_e%==2 (goto :done) else (goto :MSDF)
+if %_e%==2 (goto :done) else (goto :FontCompiler)
 
-:MSDF
-echo -----------------------MSDF----------------------------
-rmdir "Dependencies/msdf" /S /Q
-git clone  --recurse-submodules https://github.com/SHADE-DP/msdf-atlas-gen.git "Dependencies/msdf"
+:FontCompiler
+echo -----------------------FontCompiler----------------------------
+rmdir "Dependencies/FontCompiler" /S /Q
+git clone  https://github.com/SHADE-DP/FontCompiler.git "Dependencies/FontCompiler"
+git clone  --recurse-submodules https://github.com/SHADE-DP/msdf-atlas-gen "Dependencies/FontCompiler/Dependencies/msdf"
 if %_e%==3 (goto :done) else (goto :ModelCompiler)
 
 :ModelCompiler
diff --git a/Dependencies.lua b/Dependencies.lua
index 2e24222b..fe75c3f4 100644
--- a/Dependencies.lua
+++ b/Dependencies.lua
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ IncludeDir["ModelCompiler"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\ModelCompiler"
 IncludeDir["imgui"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\imgui"
 IncludeDir["imguizmo"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\imguizmo"
 IncludeDir["imnodes"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\imnodes"
-IncludeDir["msdf_atlas_gen"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\msdf"
-IncludeDir["msdfgen"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\msdf\\msdfgen"
+IncludeDir["FontCompiler"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\FontCompiler"
+IncludeDir["msdf_atlas_gen"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\FontCompiler\\Dependencies\\msdf"
+IncludeDir["msdfgen"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\FontCompiler\\Dependencies\\msdf\\msdfgen"
 IncludeDir["spdlog"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\spdlog"
 IncludeDir["tracy"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\tracy"
 IncludeDir["VMA"] = "%{wks.location}\\Dependencies\\VMA"
diff --git a/SHADE_Application/src/Application/SBApplication.cpp b/SHADE_Application/src/Application/SBApplication.cpp
index bf5b8d49..4cbffe91 100644
--- a/SHADE_Application/src/Application/SBApplication.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Application/src/Application/SBApplication.cpp
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ namespace Sandbox
     
     SHFrameRateController::UpdateFRC();
 
+    //std::system("FontCompiler.exe ../../Assets/Fonts/SegoeUI.ttf");
+
     // Link up SHDebugDraw
     SHDebugDraw::Init(SHSystemManager::GetSystem<SHDebugDrawSystem>());
   }
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/premake5.lua b/SHADE_Engine/premake5.lua
index 42f95520..a7899b3c 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/premake5.lua
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/premake5.lua
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ project "SHADE_Engine"
     {
       "xcopy  /r /y /q \"%{IncludeDir.ModelCompiler}\\bin\\Debug\\assimp-vc142-mtd.dll\" \"$(OutDir)\"",
       "xcopy  /r /y /q \"%{IncludeDir.ModelCompiler}\\bin\\Debug\\ModelCompiler.exe\" \"$(OutDir)\"",
+      "xcopy  /r /y /q \"%{IncludeDir.FontCompiler}\\bin\\Debug\\FontCompiler.exe\" \"$(OutDir)\"",
       "xcopy  /r /y /q \"%{IncludeDir.fmod}\\lib\\fmodL.dll\" \"$(OutDir)\"",
       "xcopy  /r /y /q \"%{IncludeDir.fmod}\\lib\\fmodstudioL.dll\" \"$(OutDir)\""
     }
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ project "SHADE_Engine"
     {
       "xcopy  /r /y /q \"%{IncludeDir.ModelCompiler}\\bin\\Release\\assimp-vc142-mt.dll\" \"$(OutDir)\"",
       "xcopy  /r /y /q \"%{IncludeDir.ModelCompiler}\\bin\\Release\\ModelCompiler.exe\" \"$(OutDir)\"",
+      "xcopy  /r /y /q \"%{IncludeDir.FontCompiler}\\bin\\Release\\FontCompiler.exe\" \"$(OutDir)\"",
       "xcopy  /r /y /q \"%{IncludeDir.fmod}\\lib\\fmod.dll\" \"$(OutDir)\"",
       "xcopy  /r /y /q \"%{IncludeDir.fmod}\\lib\\fmodstudio.dll\" \"$(OutDir)\""
     }
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHGraphicsConstants.h b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHGraphicsConstants.h
index fd8566d7..bd505524 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHGraphicsConstants.h
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHGraphicsConstants.h
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ namespace SHADE
       /***************************************************************************/
       static constexpr uint32_t INTEGER_DATA = 5;
 
+      static constexpr uint32_t CALCULATED_GLYPH_POSITION = 0;
+      static constexpr uint32_t GLYPH_INDEX = 1;
+
+
     };
 
     /*******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFont.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFont.cpp
index 2812aef4..977a0bad 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFont.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFont.cpp
@@ -154,4 +154,9 @@ namespace SHADE
     return matrixDataBuffer;
   }
 
+  Handle<SHVkDescriptorSetGroup> SHFont::GetDescriptorSet(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return descSet;
+  }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFont.h b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFont.h
index d529dec2..c3aba053 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFont.h
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFont.h
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ namespace SHADE
     std::unordered_map<msdfgen::unicode_t, uint32_t> GetUnicodeIndexing (void) const noexcept;
     SHFontAsset const&                               GetFontAsset       (void) const noexcept;
     Handle<SHVkImage>                                GetImage           (void) const noexcept;
-    Handle<SHVkBuffer>                               GetMatrixBuffer          (void) const noexcept;
+    Handle<SHVkBuffer>                               GetMatrixBuffer    (void) const noexcept;
+    Handle<SHVkDescriptorSetGroup>                   GetDescriptorSet   (void) const noexcept;
     
   };
 }
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderingSubSystem.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderingSubSystem.cpp
index a7416544..c7b8e0c9 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderingSubSystem.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderingSubSystem.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFont.h"
 #include "Graphics/Buffers/SHVkBuffer.h"
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/GlobalData/SHGraphicsGlobalData.h"
+#include "Graphics/Pipeline/SHVkPipeline.h"
 
 namespace SHADE
 {
@@ -102,6 +103,19 @@ namespace SHADE
 
     // Create pipeline
     pipeline = logicalDevice->CreateGraphicsPipeline(pipelineLayout, nullptr, compatibleRenderpass, subpass);
+    
+    // vertex input state of the pipeline
+    SHVertexInputState vertexInputState;
+
+    // Configure vertex attributes
+    vertexInputState.AddBinding(false, false, { SHVertexAttribute(SHAttribFormat::FLOAT_4D) });  // location = 0 (character position data)
+    vertexInputState.AddBinding(false, false, { SHVertexAttribute(SHAttribFormat::UINT32_1D) }); // location = 1 (glyph index to index matrices)
+
+    // Set vertex state for new pipeline
+    pipeline->GetPipelineState().SetVertexInputState(vertexInputState);
+
+    // Construct pipeline
+    pipeline->ConstructPipeline();
   }
 
   void SHTextRenderingSubSystem::Run(uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept
@@ -120,19 +134,27 @@ namespace SHADE
     }
   }
 
-  void SHTextRenderingSubSystem::Render(void) noexcept
+  void SHTextRenderingSubSystem::Render(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer) noexcept
   {
     auto& textRendererComps = SHComponentManager::GetDense<SHTextRendererComponent>();
     for (auto& comp : textRendererComps)
     {
-      // draw the component
+      Handle<SHFont> fontHandle = comp.fontHandle;
+      if (fontHandle)
+      {
+        // bind the pipeline 
+        cmdBuffer->BindPipeline(pipeline);
 
-      // bind the pipeline 
-      // bind the pipeline layout
-      // bind VBO (position and indices)
-      // bind descriptors for font (matrices)
+        // bind VBO (position and indices)
+        cmdBuffer->BindVertexBuffer(SHGraphicsConstants::VertexBufferBindings::CALCULATED_GLYPH_POSITION, comp.charPositionDataBuffer, 0);
+        cmdBuffer->BindVertexBuffer(SHGraphicsConstants::VertexBufferBindings::GLYPH_INDEX, comp.indexingDataBuffer, 0);
 
-      // call draw call
+        // bind descriptors for font (matrices)
+        cmdBuffer->BindDescriptorSet(fontHandle->GetDescriptorSet(), SH_PIPELINE_TYPE::GRAPHICS, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetIndex::FONT_DATA, {});
+
+        // call draw call
+
+      }
 
     }
   }
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderingSubSystem.h b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderingSubSystem.h
index 26db3046..52c6a497 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderingSubSystem.h
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderingSubSystem.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "Resource/SHHandle.h"
+#include "Graphics/Pipeline/SHPipelineState.h"
 
 namespace SHADE
 {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ namespace SHADE
   public:
     void Init(Handle<SHVkLogicalDevice> device, Handle<SHVkRenderpass> compatibleRenderpass, Handle<SHSubpass> subpass, Handle<SHVkDescriptorPool> descPool, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> textVS, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> textFS) noexcept;
     void Run(uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept;
-    void Render (void) noexcept;
+    void Render (Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer) noexcept;
     void Exit(void) noexcept;
 
 
diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
index 2164d649..26f181b5 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ workspace "SHADE"
   include "SHADE_CSharp"
   
   group "Dependencies"
-	include "Dependencies/msdf"
+	include "Dependencies/FontCompiler/Dependencies/msdf"
 	include "Dependencies/imgui"
 	--include "Dependencies/tracy"
 	include "Dependencies/yamlcpp"
   include "Dependencies/reactphysics3d"
   include "Dependencies/ModelCompiler"
+  include "Dependencies/FontCompiler"
   group ""