diff --git a/characters.h b/characters.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3450875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/characters.h
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#ifndef CHARACTERS_H
+#define CHARACTERS_H
+
+
+uint32_t characters[96] =
+  {0b000000000000000000000000000000, // SPACE
+  0b100001000010000000001000000000, // !
+  0b101001010000000000000000000000, // "
+  0b010101111101010111110101000000, // #
+  0b111101010011110010101111000000, // $
+  0b101000010001000100001010000000, // %
+  0b010001010001101100100110100000, // &
+  0b100001000000000000000000000000, // '
+  0b010001000010000100000100000000, // (
+  0b100000100001000010001000000000, // )
+  0b000001010001000101000000000000, // *
+  0b000000100011100010000000000000, // +
+  0b000000000000000100001000000000, // ,
+  0b000000000011000000000000000000, // -
+  0b000000000000000000001000000000, // .
+  0b001000010001000100001000000000, // /
+  0b111001010010100101001110000000, // 0
+  0b001000010000100001000010000000, // 1
+  0b111000010011100100001110000000, // 2
+  0b111000010011100001001110000000, // 3
+  0b101001010011100001000010000000, // 4
+  0b111001000011100001001110000000, // 5
+  0b111001000011100101001110000000, // 6
+  0b111000010000100001000010000000, // 7
+  0b111001010011100101001110000000, // 8
+  0b111001010011100001001110000000, // 9
+  0b000001000000000100000000000000, // :
+  0b000001000000000100001000000000, // ;
+  0b001000100010000010000010000000, // <
+  0b000001110000000111000000000000, // =
+  0b100000100000100010001000000000, // >
+  0b111000010001100000000100000000, // ?
+  0b011101010110101101100111100000, // @
+  0b111001010010100111001010000000, // A
+  0b110001010011000101001110000000, // B
+  0b011001000010000100000110000000, // C
+  0b110001010010100101001100000000, // D
+  0b111001000011100100001110000000, // E
+  0b111001000011100100001000000000, // F
+  0b011001000010000101000110000000, // G
+  0b101001010011100101001010000000, // H
+  0b111000100001000010001110000000, // I
+  0b111000010000100101000110000000, // J
+  0b101001010011000101001010000000, // K
+  0b100001000010000100001110000000, // L
+  0b111111010110101101011010100000, // M
+  0b100101101010110100101001000000, // N
+  0b111001010010100101001110000000, // O
+  0b111001010011100100001000000000, // P
+  0b111001010010100101001111000000, // Q
+  0b111001010011000101001010000000, // R
+  0b111001000011100001001110000000, // S
+  0b111000100001000010000100000000, // T
+  0b101001010010100101001110000000, // U
+  0b101001010010100101000100000000, // V
+  0b101011010110101101010101000000, // W
+  0b101001010001000101001010000000, // X
+  0b101001010011100010000100000000, // Y
+  0b111100001001100100001111000000, // Z
+  0b110001000010000100001100000000, // [
+  0b100001000001000001000010000000, // backslash
+  0b110000100001000010001100000000, // ]
+  0b010001010000000000000000000000, // ^
+  0b000000000000000000001110000000, // _
+  0b100000100000000000000000000000, // `
+  0b000000110010100101000111000000, // a
+  0b100001110010100101001110000000, // b
+  0b000001110010000100001110000000, // c
+  0b001001110010100101001110000000, // d
+  0b000001110010100100001110000000, // e
+  0b011000100011100010000100000000, // f
+  0b000001110010100111000010011100, // g
+  0b100001000011100101001010000000, // h
+  0b100000000010000100001100000000, // i
+  0b010000000001000010000100011000, // j
+  0b100001000010100110001010000000, // k
+  0b110000100001000010001110000000, // l
+  0b000001111010101101011010100000, // m
+  0b000001100010100101001010000000, // n
+  0b000001110010100101001110000000, // o
+  0b000001110010100101001110010000, // p
+  0b000001110010100101001110000100, // q
+  0b000001010011000100001000000000, // r
+  0b000000110011000001001100000000, // s
+  0b010001110001000010000110000000, // t
+  0b000001010010100101001110000000, // u
+  0b000001010010100101000100000000, // v
+  0b000001010110101101010101000000, // w
+  0b000001010010100010001010000000, // x
+  0b000001010010100111000010011100, // y
+  0b000001110000100010001110000000, // z
+  0b011000100011000010000110000000, // {
+  0b100001000010000100001000000000, // |
+  0b110000100001100010001100000000, // }
+  0b000000000001010101000000000000, // ~
+  0b000000000000000000000000000000  // DEL
+  };
+
+  #endif // CHARACTERS_H
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/game.c b/game.c
index 752b32b..21ff5b5 100644
--- a/game.c
+++ b/game.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "game.h"
 #include "domino.h"
 #include "assets/dominos.h"
+#include "characters.h"
 
 #define MIN(a,b) (((a)<(b))?(a):(b))
 #define MAX(a,b) (((a)>(b))?(a):(b))
@@ -107,6 +108,40 @@ draw(
   }
 }
 
+void
+draw_character(
+  struct image canvas,
+  char character,
+  size_t xpos, size_t ypos
+) {
+  const int character_width = 5;
+  const int character_height = 6;
+  struct image texture;
+  texture.width = character_height;
+  texture.height = character_width;
+  texture.buf = (uint32_t[30]) {0};
+  const uint32_t bitmask = characters[character - ' '];
+  
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < character_width; i++) {
+    for (size_t j = 0; j < character_height; j++) {
+      if (bitmask >> ((character_height - j - 1) * character_width + (character_width - i + 1)) & 1) { 
+        // (0b101101 >> ((height - y - 1) * width + (width - x + 1))) & 1
+        texture.color[j*character_width + i] = (struct color){255, 255, 255, 0};
+      }
+      //else {
+      //  texture.color[j*character_width + i] = (struct color){0, 0, 0, 255};
+      //};
+      
+    }
+  }
+  draw(canvas, texture, xpos, ypos);
+}
+
+//void
+//draw_text(
+//  
+//)
+
 void render(struct image canvas) {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < canvas.bufsize; i++) canvas.buf[i] = i;
 
@@ -128,5 +163,9 @@ void render(struct image canvas) {
   if (has_active) {
     draw(canvas,domino[active.back.val][active.front.val], CLAMP(mouse_x + active.front.x, 0, canvas.width), CLAMP(mouse_y + active.front.y, 0, canvas.height));
   }
+
+  // character
+  draw_character(canvas, 'D', 50, 20); // debugging
+
 }