diff --git a/3rdparty/DerelictFT/lib/libfreetype-6.dll b/3rdparty/DerelictFT/lib/libfreetype-6.dll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..339afdfa
Binary files /dev/null and b/3rdparty/DerelictFT/lib/libfreetype-6.dll differ
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d
index 36ea5d1e..8f0ee271 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/ftfonts.d
@@ -30,5 +30,10 @@ class FreeTypeFontManager : FontManager {
 	override void cleanup() {
     }
 
+    /// register freetype font by filename - optinally font properties can be passed if known (e.g. from libfontconfig).
+    bool registerFont(string filename, FontFamily family = FontFamily.SansSerif, string face = null, bool italic = false, int weight = 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
 	~this() {}
 }
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
index 95c1acd9..795dda23 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
@@ -417,6 +417,10 @@ int myWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int
 	Win32FontManager fontMan = new Win32FontManager();
 	FontManager.instance = fontMan;
 
+    /// testing freetype font manager
+    import dlangui.graphics.ftfonts;
+    FreeTypeFontManager ftfontMan = new FreeTypeFontManager();
+
     version (USE_OPENGL) {
         import derelict.opengl3.gl3;
         DerelictGL3.load();