diff --git a/src/game/rgfx_hud.c b/src/game/rgfx_hud.c
index a0f0e9a5..f3110c71 100644
--- a/src/game/rgfx_hud.c
+++ b/src/game/rgfx_hud.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include "segment2.h"
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-parameter"
+
 /*
  * RGFXHUD 5
  * Features 3D transforms for menu elements.
@@ -28,14 +30,33 @@
 static RgfxHud sRgfxHudBuffer[RGFX_HUD_LAYERS][RGFX_HUD_BUFFER_SIZE];
 static RgfxHud *sRgfxHudHead[RGFX_HUD_LAYERS] = { &sRgfxHudBuffer[0][0], &sRgfxHudBuffer[1][0], &sRgfxHudBuffer[2][0] };
 
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-parameter"
+static Texture *sRgfxClownfontCharMap[] = {
 
-// platform independent assert
+};
 
-static inline void debug_crash(char *s) {
-    RGFX_PRINTF(s);
-    CRASH;
-}
+static Texture *sRgfxCursiveCharMap[] = {
+
+};
+
+static Texture *sRgfxCursiveHdCharMap[] = {
+
+};
+
+static Texture *sRgfxFasttextCharMap[] = {
+
+};
+
+static Texture *sRgfxHelveticaCharMap[] = {
+
+};
+
+static RgfxFontProperties sRgfxFontProperties[RGFX_HUD_FONTS] = {
+    { &sRgfxClownfontCharMap[0], { 16, 16 }, FALSE },
+    { &sRgfxCursiveCharMap[0], { 8, 12 }, TRUE },
+    { &sRgfxCursiveHdCharMap[0], { 8, 12 }, TRUE },
+    { &sRgfxFasttextCharMap[0], { 8, 8 }, FALSE },
+    { &sRgfxHelveticaCharMap[0], { 10, 10 }, FALSE },
+};
 
 static RgfxHud *alloc_hud(u8 layer) {
     n64_assert((u32)sRgfxHudHead[layer] <= (u32)&sRgfxHudBuffer[layer] + RGFX_HUD_BUFFER_SIZE);
@@ -171,7 +192,7 @@ static inline f32 get_true_scale(RgfxHud *c, f32 s) {
     return ret;
 }
 
-static inline void apply_parent_transform(RgfxHud *c) {
+static void apply_parent_transform(RgfxHud *c) {
     Mtx *matrix;
     if (c->parent != NULL) {
         apply_parent_transform(c->parent);
@@ -202,17 +223,6 @@ static inline void apply_parent_transform(RgfxHud *c) {
     }
 }
 
-void print_mtx(char *title, const Mtx *mtx) {
-    n64_printf("%s mtx\n", title);
-    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-        for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
-            n64_printf("0x%08x ", mtx->m[i][j]);
-        }
-        n64_printf("\n");
-    }
-    n64_printf("\n");
-}
-
 static void rgfx_draw_box(RgfxHud *c) {
     s16 x = get_true_x(c, 0);
     s16 y = get_true_y(c, 0);
@@ -324,6 +334,15 @@ static void rgfx_draw_box(RgfxHud *c) {
     gSPDisplayList(MASTERDL, dl_hud_img_end);
 }
 
+s16 get_text_width(RgfxHud *c) {
+    switch (c->d.txt.font) {
+
+    }
+}
+
+// scale 1.0f is equal to a height of 16px
+// if integer scaling is detected and we are NOT using 3d otherwise, fallback to texture rect
+
 static void rgfx_draw_text(RgfxHud *c) {
     if (is_2d_element(c)) { // we are using texture rectangles
     } else { // we are using ortho triangles
diff --git a/src/game/rgfx_hud.h b/src/game/rgfx_hud.h
index 40ae88ff..58bda39e 100644
--- a/src/game/rgfx_hud.h
+++ b/src/game/rgfx_hud.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #define RGFX_HUD_BUFFER_SIZE 128
 #define RGFX_HUD_LAYERS      3
 
+#define RGFX_HUD_FONTS 5
+
 typedef enum {
     RGFX_BOX,
     RGFX_TEXT,
@@ -17,10 +19,17 @@ typedef enum {
 typedef enum {
     RGFX_FONT_CLOWNFONT,
     RGFX_FONT_CURSIVE,
+    RGFX_FONT_CURSIVE_HD,
     RGFX_FONT_FASTTEXT,
     RGFX_FONT_HELVETICA
 } RgfxFont;
 
+typedef struct {
+    Texture **charMap;
+    u8 size[2];
+    u8 flipped; // vanilla cursive font
+} RgfxFontProperties;
+
 typedef struct {
     s16 sX, sY;
     u8 color[4];