diff --git a/sfw/render_core/font.cpp b/sfw/render_core/font.cpp
index be13887..fb47086 100644
--- a/sfw/render_core/font.cpp
+++ b/sfw/render_core/font.cpp
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ void Font::font_face_from_mem(const void *ttf_data, uint32_t ttf_len, float font
 		return;
 	}
 
+	unload();
+
 	if (!(flags & FONT_ASCII)) {
 		flags |= FONT_ASCII; // ensure this minimal range [0020-00FF] is almost always in
 	}
 
-	_initialized = 1;
-
 	// load .ttf into a bitmap using stb_truetype.h
 	int dim = flags & FONT_4096 ? 4096 : flags & FONT_2048 ? 2048
 			: flags & FONT_1024							   ? 1024
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ void Font::font_face_from_mem(const void *ttf_data, uint32_t ttf_len, float font
 	memdelete_arr(cdata);
 
 	_initialized = true;
+
+#undef MERGE_TABLE
+#undef MERGE_PACKED_TABLE
 }
 
 void Font::font_face(const char *filename_ttf, float font_size, unsigned flags) {
@@ -442,6 +445,55 @@ Ref<Texture> Font::get_texture() {
 	return _texture;
 }
 
-Font::Font() {
+void Font::unload() {
+	if (!_initialized) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	_num_glyphs = 0;
+	_cp2iter = NULL;
+	_iter2cp = NULL;
+	_begin = 0;
+
 	_initialized = false;
+
+	_height = 0;
+	_width = 0;
+	_font_size = 0;
+	_factor = 0;
+	_scale = 0;
+
+	_ascent = 0;
+	_descent = 0;
+	_linegap = 0;
+	_linedist = 0;
+
+	_image.unref();
+	_texture.unref();
+
+	_texture_offsets.clear();
+}
+
+Font::Font() {
+	_num_glyphs = 0;
+	_cp2iter = NULL;
+	_iter2cp = NULL;
+	_begin = 0;
+
+	_initialized = false;
+
+	_height = 0;
+	_width = 0;
+	_font_size = 0;
+	_factor = 0;
+	_scale = 0;
+
+	_ascent = 0;
+	_descent = 0;
+	_linegap = 0;
+	_linedist = 0;
+}
+
+Font::~Font() {
+	unload();
 }
diff --git a/sfw/render_core/font.h b/sfw/render_core/font.h
index 306a47f..37f5d52 100644
--- a/sfw/render_core/font.h
+++ b/sfw/render_core/font.h
@@ -79,15 +79,18 @@ public:
 	Ref<Image> get_image();
 	Ref<Texture> get_texture();
 
+	void unload();
+
 	Font();
+	~Font();
 
 protected:
 	// character info
 	// filled up by stb_truetype.h
-	unsigned _num_glyphs;
-	unsigned *_cp2iter;
-	unsigned *_iter2cp;
-	unsigned _begin; // first glyph. used in cp2iter table to clamp into a lesser range
+	uint32_t _num_glyphs;
+	uint32_t *_cp2iter;
+	uint32_t *_iter2cp;
+	uint32_t _begin; // first glyph. used in cp2iter table to clamp into a lesser range
 
 	// font info and data
 	bool _initialized;