diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/types.d b/src/dlangui/core/types.d
index cf3960b6..93447554 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/types.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/types.d
@@ -41,8 +41,13 @@ public struct Rect {
 public class RefCountedObject {
     protected int _refCount;
     public @property int refCount() { return _refCount; }
-    public void addRef() { _refCount++; }
-    public void releaseRef() { if (--_refCount == 0) destroy(this); }
+    public void addRef() { 
+		_refCount++; 
+	}
+    public void releaseRef() { 
+		if (--_refCount == 0) 
+			destroy(this); 
+	}
     public ~this() {}
 }
 
@@ -56,23 +61,39 @@ public struct Ref(T) { // if (T is RefCountedObject)
         if (_data !is null)
             _data.addRef();
     }
-    public void opAssign(Ref!T data) {
+	public this(this) {
+		if (_data !is null)
+            _data.addRef();
+	}
+    public ref Ref opAssign(ref Ref data) {
         if (data._data == _data)
-            return;
+            return this;
         if (_data !is null)
             _data.releaseRef();
         _data = data._data;
         if (_data !is null)
             _data.addRef();
+		return this;
     }
-    public void opAssign(T data) {
+    public ref Ref opAssign(Ref data) {
+        if (data._data == _data)
+            return this;
+        if (_data !is null)
+            _data.releaseRef();
+        _data = data._data;
+        if (_data !is null)
+            _data.addRef();
+		return this;
+    }
+    public ref Ref opAssign(T data) {
         if (data == _data)
-            return;
+            return this;
         if (_data !is null)
             _data.releaseRef();
         _data = data;
         if (_data !is null)
             _data.addRef();
+		return this;
     }
     public void clear() { 
         if (_data !is null) {
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d
index ac538b50..55d19764 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class DrawBuf : RefCountedObject {
         fillRect(Rect(left, top, right, bottom), color);
     }
     abstract public void fillRect(Rect rc, uint color);
+	abstract public void drawGlyph(int x, int y, ubyte[] src, int srcdx, int srcdy, uint color);
     public void clear() {}
     public ~this() { clear(); }
 }
@@ -59,6 +60,35 @@ class ColorDrawBufBase : DrawBuf {
     public override void fillRect(int left, int top, int right, int bottom, uint color) {
         fillRect(Rect(left, top, right, bottom), color);
     }
+	public override void drawGlyph(int x, int y, ubyte[] src, int srcdx, int srcdy, uint color) {
+		bool clipping = !_clipRect.empty();
+		for (int yy = 0; yy < srcdy; yy++) {
+			int liney = y + yy;
+			if (clipping && (liney < _clipRect.top || liney >= _clipRect.bottom))
+				continue;
+			if (liney < 0 || liney >= _dy)
+				continue;
+			uint * row = scanLine(liney);
+			ubyte * srcrow = src.ptr + yy * srcdx;
+			for (int xx = 0; xx < srcdx; xx++) {
+				int colx = xx + x;
+				if (clipping && (colx < _clipRect.left || colx >= _clipRect.right))
+					continue;
+				if (colx < 0 || colx >= _dx)
+					continue;
+				uint alpha1 = srcrow[xx] ^ 255;
+				uint alpha2 = (color >> 24);
+				uint alpha = ((((alpha1 ^ 255) * (alpha2 ^ 255)) >> 8) ^ 255) & 255;
+				uint pixel = row[colx];
+				if (!alpha)
+					row[colx] = pixel;
+				else if (alpha < 255) {
+					// apply blending
+					row[colx] = blendARGB(pixel, color, alpha);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
     public override void fillRect(Rect rc, uint color) {
         if (applyClipping(rc)) {
             for (int y = rc.top; y < rc.bottom; y++) {
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/fonts.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/fonts.d
index 784139b0..36ed525a 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/fonts.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/fonts.d
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 module dlangui.graphics.fonts;
-import dlangui.core.types;
+public import dlangui.graphics.drawbuf;
+public import dlangui.core.types;
+public import dlangui.core.logger;
+import std.algorithm;
 
 public enum FontFamily : int {
     SansSerif,
@@ -91,12 +94,53 @@ public class Font : RefCountedObject {
     abstract public @property bool isNull();
 	// measure text string, return accumulated widths[] (distance to end of n-th character), returns number of measured chars.
 	abstract public int measureText(const dchar[] text, ref int[] widths, int maxWidth);
+	// draw text string to buffer
+	abstract public void drawText(DrawBuf buf, int x, int y, const dchar[] text, uint color);
 	abstract public Glyph * getCharGlyph(dchar ch);
     public void clear() {}
     public ~this() { clear(); }
 }
 alias FontRef = Ref!Font;
 
+public struct FontList {
+	FontRef[] _list;
+	uint _len;
+	public ~this() {
+		for (uint i = 0; i < _len; i++) {
+			_list[i].clear();
+		}
+	}
+	// returns item by index
+	public ref FontRef get(int index) {
+		return _list[index];
+	}
+	// returns index of found item, -1 if not found
+	public int find(int size, int weight, bool italic, FontFamily family, string face) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < _list.length; i++) {
+			Font item = _list[i].get;
+			if (item.family != family)
+				continue;
+			if (item.size != size)
+				continue;
+			if (item.italic != italic || item.weight != weight)
+				continue;
+			if (!equal(item.face, face))
+				continue;
+			return i;
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+	public ref FontRef add(Font item) {
+		Log.d("FontList.add() enter");
+		if (_len >= _list.length) {
+			_list.length = _len < 16 ? 16 : _list.length * 2;
+		}
+		_list[_len++] = item;
+		Log.d("FontList.add() exit");
+		return _list[_len - 1];
+	}
+}
+
 public class FontManager {
     static __gshared FontManager _instance;
     public static @property void instance(FontManager manager) {
@@ -105,6 +149,6 @@ public class FontManager {
     public static @property FontManager instance() {
         return _instance;
     }
-    abstract public FontRef getFont(int size, int weight, bool italic, FontFamily family, string face);
+    abstract public ref FontRef getFont(int size, int weight, bool italic, FontFamily family, string face);
     public ~this() {}
 }
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
index c5cc49ec..768c6daa 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ class Win32Font : Font {
 
     public this() {
     }
+	public ~this() {
+		Log.d("Deleting font");
+		clear();
+	}
     public override void clear() {
         if (_hfont !is null)
         {
@@ -174,6 +178,26 @@ class Win32Font : Font {
 		return _glyphCache.put(cast(ushort)glyphIndex, &g);
 	}
 
+	// draw text string to buffer
+	public override void drawText(DrawBuf buf, int x, int y, const dchar[] text, uint color) {
+		int[] widths;
+		int charsMeasured = measureText(text, widths, 3000);
+		for (int i = 0; i < charsMeasured; i++) {
+			int xx = (i > 0) ? widths[i - 1] : 0;
+			Glyph * glyph = getCharGlyph(text[i]);
+			if (glyph is null)
+				continue;
+			if ( glyph.blackBoxX && glyph.blackBoxY ) {
+				buf.drawGlyph( x + xx + glyph.originX,
+						   y + _baseline - glyph.originY,
+						  glyph.glyph,
+						  glyph.blackBoxX,
+						  glyph.blackBoxY,
+						  color);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	public override int measureText(const dchar[] text, ref int[] widths, int maxWidth) {
 		if (_hfont is null || _drawbuf is null || text.length == 0)
 			return 0;
@@ -251,7 +275,7 @@ class Win32Font : Font {
 
 
 class Win32FontManager : FontManager {
-	FontRef[] _activeFonts;
+	FontList _activeFonts;
 	FontDef[] _fontFaces;
 	FontDef*[string] _faceByName;
     public this() {
@@ -277,32 +301,23 @@ class Win32FontManager : FontManager {
 		Log.i("Found ", _fontFaces.length, " font faces");
         return res!=0;
     }
-    public override FontRef getFont(int size, int weight, bool italic, FontFamily family, string face) {
-		FontRef res;
+	FontRef _emptyFontRef;
+    public override ref FontRef getFont(int size, int weight, bool italic, FontFamily family, string face) {
+		Log.i("getFont()");
 		FontDef * def = findFace(family, face);
 		if (def !is null) {
-			for (int i = 0; i < _activeFonts.length; i++) {
-				Font item = _activeFonts[i].get;
-				if (item.family != def.family)
-					continue;
-				if (item.size != size)
-					continue;
-				if (item.italic != italic || item.weight != weight)
-					continue;
-				if (!equal(item.face, def.face))
-					continue;
-				res = _activeFonts[i];
-				break;
-			}
-			if (res.isNull) {
-				Win32Font item = new Win32Font();
-				if (!item.create(def, size, weight, italic))
-					return res;
-				res = item;
-				_activeFonts ~= res;
-			}
+			int index = _activeFonts.find(size, weight, italic, def.family, def.face);
+			if (index >= 0)
+				return _activeFonts.get(index);
+			Log.d("Creating new font");
+			Win32Font item = new Win32Font();
+			if (!item.create(def, size, weight, italic))
+				return _emptyFontRef;
+			Log.d("Adding to list of active fonts");
+			return _activeFonts.add(item);
+		} else {
+			return _emptyFontRef;
 		}
-        return res;
     }
 	FontDef * findFace(FontFamily family) {
 		FontDef * res = null;
diff --git a/winmain.d b/winmain.d
index 923930d3..3781d444 100644
--- a/winmain.d
+++ b/winmain.d
@@ -6,19 +6,42 @@ import dlangui.core.logger;
 import dlangui.graphics.fonts;
 import std.stdio;
 
+class TestWidget : Widget {
+	public override void onDraw(DrawBuf buf) {
+		super.onDraw(buf);
+		FontRef font1;
+		FontRef font2;
+		Log.d("Testing opAssign");
+		font1 = font2;
+		Log.d("Testing copy constructor");
+		FontRef font3 = font2;
+		Log.d("On draw: getting font");
+		FontRef font = FontManager.instance.getFont(32, 400, false, FontFamily.SansSerif, "Arial");
+		Log.d("Got font, drawing text");
+		font.drawText(buf, _pos.left + 5, _pos.top + 5, "Text"d, 0x0000FF);
+		Log.d("Text is drawn successfully");
+	}
+}
+
 extern (C) int UIAppMain() {
 	Log.d("Some debug message");
 	Log.e("Sample error #", 22);
 
     Window window = Platform.instance().createWindow("My Window", null);
-    Widget myWidget = new Widget();
+    Widget myWidget = new TestWidget();
     window.mainWidget = myWidget;
     window.show();
     window.windowCaption = "New Window Caption";
+
+
+
+	Log.d("Before getFont");
 	FontRef font = FontManager.instance.getFont(32, 400, false, FontFamily.SansSerif, "Arial");
+	Log.d("After getFont");
 	assert(!font.isNull);
 	int[] widths;
 	dchar[] text = cast(dchar[])"Test string"d;
+	Log.d("Calling measureText");
 	int charsMeasured = font.measureText(text, widths, 1000);
 	assert(charsMeasured > 0);
 	int w = widths[charsMeasured - 1];