diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1e7caa9..3795acf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
 Cargo.lock
 target/
+/debian/.debhelper/
+/debian/libltk-dev/
+/debian/libltk-doc/
+/debian/ltk-theme-default/
+/debian/debhelper-build-stamp
+/debian/files
+/debian/*.substvars
+/debian/*.debhelper
+/debian/*.debhelper.log
diff --git a/src/widget/rich_text/mod.rs b/src/widget/rich_text/mod.rs
index f438140..9cb0058 100644
--- a/src/widget/rich_text/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widget/rich_text/mod.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub struct RichText<Msg: Clone>
 	pub( crate ) color:      Color,
 	pub( crate ) link_color: Color,
 	pub( crate ) font:       Option<( String, u16, FontStyle )>,
+	pub( crate ) face:       Option<Arc<FontFace>>,
 	pub( crate ) align:      TextAlign,
 	pub( crate ) links:      Vec<LinkSpan<Msg>>,
 }
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ impl<Msg: Clone> RichText<Msg>
 			color:      Color::WHITE,
 			link_color: Color::rgb( 0.20, 0.50, 0.95 ),
 			font:       None,
+			face:       None,
 			align:      TextAlign::Left,
 			links:      Vec::new(),
 		}
@@ -120,8 +122,19 @@ impl<Msg: Clone> RichText<Msg>
 		canvas.resolve_font( self.size )
 	}
 
+	/// Draw and measure with `face`, a font the caller loaded itself, instead of a theme family.
+	pub fn face( mut self, face: Arc<FontFace> ) -> Self
+	{
+		self.face = Some( face );
+		self
+	}
+
 	fn resolve_font( &self, canvas: &Canvas ) -> Option<Arc<FontFace>>
 	{
+		if let Some( face ) = &self.face
+		{
+			return Some( face.clone() );
+		}
 		self.font.as_ref().map( |( family, weight, style )| canvas.font_for( family, *weight, *style ) )
 	}
 
@@ -213,6 +226,7 @@ impl<Msg: Clone> RichText<Msg>
 			color:      self.color,
 			link_color: self.link_color,
 			font:       self.font,
+			face:       self.face,
 			align:      self.align,
 			links:      self.links.into_iter().map( |l| LinkSpan { start: l.start, end: l.end, msg: f( l.msg ) } ).collect(),
 		}
diff --git a/src/widget/text/mod.rs b/src/widget/text/mod.rs
index 8ecde1a..dd7e94b 100644
--- a/src/widget/text/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widget/text/mod.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ pub struct Text
 	/// the active theme's font registry on every draw. `None` keeps
 	/// the canvas default font (Sora Regular in `ltk-theme-default`).
 	pub( crate ) font:    Option<( String, u16, FontStyle )>,
+	/// A caller-supplied face that takes precedence over [`Self::font`].
+	pub( crate ) face:    Option<Arc<FontFace>>,
 	/// Multiplier applied to the font's natural line height when wrapping
 	/// onto multiple lines. `1.0` (default) uses the font-declared leading;
 	/// values above `1.0` open up the gap between wrapped lines.
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ impl Text
 			wrap:     false,
 			truncate: true,
 			font:     None,
+			face:     None,
 			line_height: 1.0,
 		}
 	}
@@ -103,6 +106,14 @@ impl Text
 		self
 	}
 
+	/// Draw and measure with `face`, a font the caller loaded itself (a host
+	/// that resolves its own system families), instead of a theme family.
+	pub fn face( mut self, face: Arc<FontFace> ) -> Self
+	{
+		self.face = Some( face );
+		self
+	}
+
 	/// Shorthand for [`Self::font`] when the desired override is just
 	/// a weight on the default Sora family (the family `ltk-theme-
 	/// default` declares).
@@ -162,6 +173,10 @@ impl Text
 
 	fn resolve_font( &self, canvas: &Canvas ) -> Option<Arc<FontFace>>
 	{
+		if let Some( face ) = &self.face
+		{
+			return Some( face.clone() );
+		}
 		self.font.as_ref().map( |( family, weight, style )|
 		{
 			canvas.font_for( family, *weight, *style )