diff --git a/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/CGFont.m b/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/CGFont.m
index 5eda87ec..77cdd2da 100755
--- a/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/CGFont.m
+++ b/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/CGFont.m
@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ CGFontRef CGFontCreateWithFontName(NSString *name) {
 void CGFontRelease(CGFontRef self){
    [self release];
 }
+
+size_t CGFontGetNumberOfGlyphs(CGFontRef self) {
+   return [self numberOfGlyphs];
+}
+
+
diff --git a/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGContext.m b/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGContext.m
index bd5f745f..b6e11c95 100644
--- a/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGContext.m
+++ b/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGContext.m
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLI
 #import "KGContext.h"
 #import "KGBitmapContext.h"
 #import "KGGraphicsState.h"
-#import "KGFontState.h"
 #import "KGColor.h"
 #import "KGColorSpace.h"
 #import "KGMutablePath.h"
@@ -797,16 +796,7 @@ static inline KGGraphicsState *currentState(KGContext *self){
 }
 
 -(void)showText:(const char *)text length:(unsigned)length {
-   unichar unicode[length];
-   CGGlyph glyphs[length];
-   int     i;
-   
-// FIX, encoding
-   for(i=0;i<length;i++)
-    unicode[i]=text[i];
-    
-   [[currentState(self) fontState] getGlyphs:glyphs forCharacters:unicode length:length];
-   [self showGlyphs:glyphs count:length];
+   KGInvalidAbstractInvocation();
 }
 
 -(void)showText:(const char *)text length:(unsigned)length atPoint:(float)x:(float)y {
diff --git a/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGFont.h b/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGFont.h
index 65e62d57..90ce95b7 100644
--- a/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGFont.h
+++ b/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGFont.h
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLI
 
 -(NSString *)fontName;
 
+-(size_t)numberOfGlyphs;
+
 @end
diff --git a/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGFont.m b/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGFont.m
index f0320234..90a70f43 100644
--- a/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGFont.m
+++ b/AppKit/CoreGraphics.subproj/KGFont.m
@@ -27,4 +27,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLI
    return _name;
 }
 
+-(size_t)numberOfGlyphs {
+   return 0;
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGContext_builtin_gdi.m b/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGContext_builtin_gdi.m
index 3cb14c7b..b4715bb0 100644
--- a/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGContext_builtin_gdi.m
+++ b/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGContext_builtin_gdi.m
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ static inline BOOL transformIsFlipped(CGAffineTransform matrix){
    [self currentState]->_textTransform.ty+=advancement.height;
 }
 
+-(void)showText:(const char *)text length:(unsigned)length {
+   unichar unicode[length];
+   CGGlyph glyphs[length];
+   int     i;
+   
+// FIX, encoding
+   for(i=0;i<length;i++)
+    unicode[i]=text[i];
+    
+   [[[self currentState] fontState] getGlyphs:glyphs forCharacters:unicode length:length];
+   [self showGlyphs:glyphs count:length];
+}
+
 -(void)deviceSelectFontWithName:(NSString *)name pointSize:(float)pointSize antialias:(BOOL)antialias {   
    int height=(pointSize*GetDeviceCaps(_dc,LOGPIXELSY))/72.0;
 
diff --git a/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGContext_gdi.m b/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGContext_gdi.m
index 2bd3e75e..03d8146c 100644
--- a/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGContext_gdi.m
+++ b/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGContext_gdi.m
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static RECT NSRectToRECT(NSRect rect) {
    [self establishFontState];
 }
 
+
 -(void)deviceClipReset {
    [_deviceContext clipReset];
 }
@@ -347,6 +348,18 @@ static RECT NSRectToRECT(NSRect rect) {
    [self currentState]->_textTransform.ty+=advancement.height;
 }
 
+-(void)showText:(const char *)text length:(unsigned)length {
+   unichar unicode[length];
+   CGGlyph glyphs[length];
+   int     i;
+   
+// FIX, encoding
+   for(i=0;i<length;i++)
+    unicode[i]=text[i];
+    
+   [[[self currentState] fontState] getGlyphs:glyphs forCharacters:unicode length:length];
+   [self showGlyphs:glyphs count:length];
+}
 
 // The problem is that the GDI gradient fill is a linear/stitched filler and the
 // Mac one is a sampling one. So to preserve color variation we stitch together a lot of samples
diff --git a/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGFontState_gdi.h b/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGFontState_gdi.h
index c999abf8..46e60676 100644
--- a/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGFontState_gdi.h
+++ b/AppKit/Win32.subproj/KGFontState_gdi.h
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #import <AppKit/KGFontState.h>
 
 @interface KGFontState_gdi : KGFontState {
-   CGFontMetrics             _metrics;
-   struct CGGlyphRangeTable *_glyphRangeTable;
-   struct CGGlyphMetricsSet *_glyphInfoSet;
    BOOL _useMacMetrics;
 }
 
diff --git a/AppKit/X11.subproj/CairoContext.m b/AppKit/X11.subproj/CairoContext.m
index 10ee654a..0eb6389d 100644
--- a/AppKit/X11.subproj/CairoContext.m
+++ b/AppKit/X11.subproj/CairoContext.m
@@ -395,6 +395,19 @@
    cairo_font_face_destroy(face);
 }
 
+-(void)showText:(const char *)text length:(unsigned)length {
+   unichar unicode[length];
+   CGGlyph glyphs[length];
+   int     i;
+   
+// FIX, encoding
+   for(i=0;i<length;i++)
+    unicode[i]=text[i];
+    
+   [[[self currentState] fontState] getGlyphs:glyphs forCharacters:unicode length:length];
+   [self showGlyphs:glyphs count:length];
+}
+
 -(void)flush {
    cairo_surface_flush(_surface);
 }
diff --git a/ApplicationServices/CGFont.h b/ApplicationServices/CGFont.h
index b55d81f8..38d54a45 100755
--- a/ApplicationServices/CGFont.h
+++ b/ApplicationServices/CGFont.h
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ typedef unsigned short CGGlyph;
 COREGRAPHICS_EXPORT CGFontRef CGFontCreateWithFontName(NSString *name);
 
 COREGRAPHICS_EXPORT void CGFontRelease(CGFontRef self);
+COREGRAPHICS_EXPORT size_t CGFontGetNumberOfGlyphs(CGFontRef self);
+