diff --git a/src/data/field/choice.hpp b/src/data/field/choice.hpp
index 89885f46..682f90bc 100644
--- a/src/data/field/choice.hpp
+++ b/src/data/field/choice.hpp
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ class ChoiceStyle : public Style {
 /// The Value in a ChoiceField
 class ChoiceValue : public Value {
   public:
-	inline ChoiceValue(const ChoiceFieldP& field) : Value(field) {}
+	inline ChoiceValue(const ChoiceFieldP& field)
+		: Value(field)
+		, value(field->initial, true)
+	{}
 	DECLARE_HAS_FIELD(Choice)
 	
 	Defaultable<String> value;	/// The name of the selected choice
diff --git a/src/data/field/text.cpp b/src/data/field/text.cpp
index f1909ed6..44f2a5ef 100644
--- a/src/data/field/text.cpp
+++ b/src/data/field/text.cpp
@@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ TextStyle::TextStyle(const TextFieldP& field)
 {}
 
 bool TextStyle::update(Context& ctx) {
-	return Style::update(ctx)
-	     | font.update(ctx);
+	return Style     ::update(ctx)
+	     | font       .update(ctx)
+	     | symbol_font.update(ctx);
 }
 void TextStyle::initDependencies(Context& ctx, const Dependency& dep) const {
-	Style::initDependencies(ctx, dep);
-	font.initDependencies(ctx, dep);
+	Style     ::initDependencies(ctx, dep);
+	font       .initDependencies(ctx, dep);
+	symbol_font.initDependencies(ctx, dep);
 }
 
 IMPLEMENT_REFLECTION(TextStyle) {
diff --git a/src/data/set.cpp b/src/data/set.cpp
index 77458d33..f2cb14bc 100644
--- a/src/data/set.cpp
+++ b/src/data/set.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Set::Styling {
 };
 
 IndexMap<FieldP, ValueP>& Set::stylingDataFor(const StyleSheet& stylesheet) {
-	StylingP& styling = styling_data[stylesheet.stylesheetName()];
+	StylingP& styling = styling_data[stylesheet.name()];
 	if (!styling) {
 		styling = new_shared<Styling>();
 		styling->data.init(stylesheet.styling_fields);
diff --git a/src/data/symbol_font.cpp b/src/data/symbol_font.cpp
index d8c88ee1..b0c4872a 100644
--- a/src/data/symbol_font.cpp
+++ b/src/data/symbol_font.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@
 #include <data/symbol_font.hpp>
 #include <util/dynamic_arg.hpp>
 #include <util/io/package_manager.hpp>
+#include <util/rotation.hpp>
+#include <render/text/element.hpp> // fot CharInfo
 #include <script/image.hpp>
+#include <util/error.hpp>
+
+DECLARE_TYPEOF_COLLECTION(SymbolFont::DrawableSymbol);
+DECLARE_TYPEOF_COLLECTION(SymbolInFontP);
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : SymbolFont
 
@@ -34,13 +40,6 @@ SymbolFontP SymbolFont::byName(const String& name) {
 	return packages.open<SymbolFont>(name + _(".mse-symbol-font"));
 }
 
-void SymbolFont::split(const String& text, SplitSymbols& out) {
-	for (size_t pos = 0 ; pos < text.size() ; ) {
-		// read a single symbol
-		pos = pos + 1; // TODO
-	}
-}
-
 IMPLEMENT_REFLECTION(SymbolFont) {
 	tag.addAlias(300, _("text align"), _("text alignment"));
 	
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ IMPLEMENT_REFLECTION(SymbolFont) {
 	REFLECT(text_alignment);
 }
 
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : SymbolFont::Symbol
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : SymbolInFont
 
 /// A symbol in a symbol font
 class SymbolInFont {
@@ -68,16 +67,16 @@ class SymbolInFont {
 	SymbolInFont();
 	
 	/// Get a shrunk, zoomed bitmap
-	Bitmap getBitmap(Context& ctx, double size);
+	Bitmap getBitmap(Context& ctx, Package& pkg, double size);
 	
 	/// Size of a (zoomed) bitmap
 	/** This is the size of the resulting image, it does NOT convert back to internal coordinates */
-	RealSize size(Context& ctx, double size);
+	RealSize size(Context& ctx, Package& pkg, double size);
 	
-  private:
 	String          code;			///< Code for this symbol
+  private:
 	ScriptableImage image;			///< The image for this symbol
-	UInt            img_size;		///< Font size used by the image
+	double          img_size;		///< Font size used by the image
 	wxSize          actual_size;	///< Actual image size, only known after loading the image
 	/// Cached bitmaps for different sizes
 	map<double, Bitmap> bitmaps;
@@ -86,9 +85,40 @@ class SymbolInFont {
 };
 
 SymbolInFont::SymbolInFont()
+	: actual_size(0,0)
 {
 	assert(symbol_font_for_reading());
 	img_size = symbol_font_for_reading()->img_size;
+	if (img_size <= 0) img_size = 1;
+}
+
+Bitmap SymbolInFont::getBitmap(Context& ctx, Package& pkg, double size) {
+	// is this bitmap already loaded/generated?
+	Bitmap& bmp = bitmaps[size];
+	if (!bmp.Ok()) {
+		// generate new bitmap
+		if (!image) {
+			throw Error(_("No image specified for symbol with code '") + code + _("' in symbol font."));
+		}
+		Image img = image.generate(ctx, pkg)->image;
+		actual_size = wxSize(img.GetWidth(), img.GetHeight());
+		// scale to match expected size
+		Image resampled_image(actual_size.GetWidth()  * size / img_size,
+			                  actual_size.GetHeight() * size / img_size, false);
+		if (!resampled_image.Ok()) return Bitmap(1,1);
+		resample(img, resampled_image);
+		// convert to bitmap, store for later use
+		bmp = Bitmap(resampled_image);
+	}
+	return bmp;
+}
+
+RealSize SymbolInFont::size(Context& ctx, Package& pkg, double size) {
+	if (actual_size.GetWidth() == 0) {
+		// we don't know what size the image will be
+		getBitmap(ctx, pkg, size);
+	}
+	return wxSize(actual_size * size / img_size);
 }
 
 IMPLEMENT_REFLECTION(SymbolInFont) {
@@ -97,6 +127,162 @@ IMPLEMENT_REFLECTION(SymbolInFont) {
 	REFLECT_N("image font size", img_size);
 }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : SymbolFont : splitting
+
+class SymbolFont::DrawableSymbol {
+  public:
+	DrawableSymbol(const String& text, SymbolInFont* symbol)
+		: text(text), symbol(symbol)
+	{}
+	
+	String        text;		///< Original text
+	SymbolInFont* symbol;	///< Symbol to draw, if nullptr, use the default symbol and draw the text
+};
+
+void SymbolFont::split(const String& text, SplitSymbols& out) const {
+	// read a single symbol until we are done with the text
+	for (size_t pos = 0 ; pos < text.size() ; ) {
+		// 1. check merged numbers
+		if (merge_numbers && pos + 1 < text.size()) {
+			size_t num_count = text.find_first_not_of(_("0123456789"), pos);
+			if (num_count >= 2) {
+				// draw single symbol for the whole number
+				out.push_back(DrawableSymbol(text.substr(0, num_count), 0));
+				pos += num_count;
+				goto next_symbol;
+			}
+		}
+		// 2. check symbol list
+		FOR_EACH_CONST(sym, symbols) {
+			if (!sym->code.empty() && is_substr(text, pos, sym->code)) { // symbol matches
+				out.push_back(DrawableSymbol(sym->code, sym.get()));
+				pos += sym->code.size();
+				goto next_symbol; // continue two levels
+			}
+		}
+		// 3. unknown code, draw single character as text
+		out.push_back(DrawableSymbol(text.substr(pos, 1), 0));
+		pos += 1;
+next_symbol:;
+	}
+}
+
+SymbolInFont* SymbolFont::defaultSymbol() const {
+	FOR_EACH_CONST(sym, symbols) {
+		if (sym->code.empty()) return sym.get();
+	}
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : SymbolFont : drawing
+
+void SymbolFont::draw(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, const RealRect& rect, double font_size, const Alignment& align, const String& text) {
+	SplitSymbols symbols;
+	split(text, symbols);
+	draw(dc, ctx, rect, font_size, align, symbols);
+}
+
+void SymbolFont::draw(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, RealRect rect, double font_size, const Alignment& align, const SplitSymbols& text) {
+	FOR_EACH_CONST(sym, text) {
+		RealSize size = dc.trInvS(symbolSize(ctx, dc.trS(font_size), sym));
+		RealRect sym_rect = split_left(rect, size);
+		if (sym.symbol) {
+			drawSymbol(  dc, ctx, sym_rect, font_size, align, *sym.symbol);
+		} else {
+			drawWithText(dc, ctx, sym_rect, font_size, align, sym.text);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void SymbolFont::drawSymbol  (RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, const RealRect& rect, double font_size, const Alignment& align, SymbolInFont& sym) {
+	// find bitmap
+	Bitmap bmp = sym.getBitmap(ctx, *this, dc.trS(font_size));
+	// draw aligned in the rectangle
+	dc.DrawBitmap(bmp, align_in_rect(align, dc.trInvS(RealSize(bmp.GetWidth(), bmp.GetHeight())), rect));
+}
+
+void SymbolFont::drawWithText(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, const RealRect& rect, double font_size, const Alignment& align, const String& text) {
+	// 1. draw background bitmap
+	// Size and position of symbol
+	RealRect sym_rect = rect;
+	// find and draw background bitmap
+	SymbolInFont* def = defaultSymbol();
+	if (def) {
+		Bitmap bmp = def->getBitmap(ctx, *this, dc.trS(font_size));
+		// align symbol
+		sym_rect.size     = dc.trInvS(RealSize(bmp.GetWidth(), bmp.GetHeight()));
+		sym_rect.position = align_in_rect(align, sym_rect.size, rect);
+		// draw
+		dc.DrawBitmap(bmp, sym_rect.position);
+	}
+	
+	// 2. draw text
+	if (!text_font) return;
+	// subtract margins from size
+	sym_rect.position.x  += text_margin_left;
+	sym_rect.position.y  += text_margin_top;
+	sym_rect.size.width  -= text_margin_left + text_margin_right;
+	sym_rect.size.height -= text_margin_top  + text_margin_bottom;
+	// setup text, shrink it
+	double size = text_font->size; // TODO : incorporate shrink factor?
+	RealSize ts;
+	while (true) {
+		if (size <= 0) return; // text too small
+		dc.SetFont(text_font->font, size);
+		ts = dc.GetTextExtent(text);
+		if (ts.width <= sym_rect.size.width && ts.height <= sym_rect.size.height) {
+			break; // text fits
+		} else {
+			// text doesn't fit
+			size -= dc.getFontSizeStep();
+		}
+	}
+	// align text
+	RealPoint text_pos = align_in_rect(text_alignment, ts, sym_rect);
+	// draw text
+	if (text_font->hasShadow()) {
+		dc.SetTextForeground(text_font->shadow_color);
+		dc.DrawText(text, text_pos + text_font->shadow_displacement);
+	}
+	dc.SetTextForeground(text_font->color);
+	dc.DrawText(text, text_pos);
+}
+
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : SymbolFont : sizes
+
+void SymbolFont::getCharInfo(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, double font_size, const String& text, vector<CharInfo>& out) {
+	SplitSymbols symbols;
+	split(text, symbols);
+	getCharInfo(dc, ctx, font_size, symbols, out);
+}
+
+void SymbolFont::getCharInfo(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, double font_size, const SplitSymbols& text, vector<CharInfo>& out) {
+	FOR_EACH_CONST(sym, text) {
+		size_t count = sym.text.size();
+		RealSize size = dc.trInvS(symbolSize(ctx, dc.trS(font_size), sym));
+		out.insert(out.end(), count, RealSize(size.width / count, size.height)); // divide into count parts
+	}
+}
+
+RealSize SymbolFont::symbolSize(Context& ctx, double font_size, const DrawableSymbol& sym) {
+	if (sym.symbol) {
+		return addDiagonal(sym.symbol->size(ctx, *this, font_size), spacing);
+	} else {
+		return defaultSymbolSize(ctx, font_size);
+	}
+}
+
+RealSize SymbolFont::defaultSymbolSize(Context& ctx, double font_size) {
+	SymbolInFont* def = defaultSymbol();
+	if (def) {
+		return addDiagonal(def->size(ctx, *this, font_size), spacing);
+	} else {
+		return addDiagonal(RealSize(1,1), spacing);
+	}
+}
+
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : SymbolFontRef
 
 SymbolFontRef::SymbolFontRef()
@@ -106,9 +292,30 @@ SymbolFontRef::SymbolFontRef()
 {}
 
 bool SymbolFontRef::valid() const {
-	return !!font; //TODO: does this make sense?
+	return !!font;
 }
 
+bool SymbolFontRef::update(Context& ctx) {
+	if (name.update(ctx)) {
+		// font name changed, load another font
+		loadFont();
+		return true;
+	} else {
+		if (!font) loadFont();
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+void SymbolFontRef::initDependencies(Context& ctx, const Dependency& dep) const {
+	name.initDependencies(ctx, dep);
+}
+
+void SymbolFontRef::loadFont() {
+	if (name().empty()) {
+		font = SymbolFontP();
+	} else {
+		font = SymbolFont::byName(name);
+	}
+}
 
 IMPLEMENT_REFLECTION(SymbolFontRef) {
 	REFLECT(name);
diff --git a/src/data/symbol_font.hpp b/src/data/symbol_font.hpp
index f8c5327b..e722c8ea 100644
--- a/src/data/symbol_font.hpp
+++ b/src/data/symbol_font.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ DECLARE_POINTER_TYPE(Font);
 DECLARE_POINTER_TYPE(SymbolFont);
 DECLARE_POINTER_TYPE(SymbolInFont);
 class RotatedDC;
+struct CharInfo;
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : SymbolFont
 
@@ -29,20 +30,20 @@ class SymbolFont : public Packaged {
 	/// Loads the symbol font with a given name, for example "magic-mana-large"
 	static SymbolFontP byName(const String& name);
 	
-	class DrawableSymbol {
-	  public:
-		// TODO: anything?
-	  private:
-		String        text;		///< Original text
-		SymbolInFont* symbol;	///< Symbol to draw, if nullptr, use the default symbol and draw the text
-	};
+	class DrawableSymbol;
 	typedef vector<DrawableSymbol> SplitSymbols;
-	
 	/// Split a string into separate symbols for drawing and for determining their size
-	void split(const String& text, SplitSymbols& out);
+	void split(const String& text, SplitSymbols& out) const;
 	
 	/// Draw a piece of text prepared using split
-	void draw(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, const RealRect& rect, double font_size, const Alignment& align, const SplitSymbols& text);
+	void draw(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, const RealRect& rect, double font_size, const Alignment& align, const String& text);
+	/// Get information on characters in a string
+	void getCharInfo(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, double font_size, const String& text, vector<CharInfo>& out);
+	
+	/// Draw a piece of text prepared using split
+	void draw(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, RealRect rect, double font_size, const Alignment& align, const SplitSymbols& text);
+	/// Get information on characters in a string
+	void getCharInfo(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, double font_size, const SplitSymbols& text, vector<CharInfo>& out);
 	
 	static String typeNameStatic();
 	virtual String typeName() const;
@@ -64,9 +65,24 @@ class SymbolFont : public Packaged {
 	friend class SymbolInFont;
 	vector<SymbolInFontP> symbols;	///< The individual symbols
 	
+	/// Find the default symbol
+	/** may return nullptr */
+	SymbolInFont* defaultSymbol() const;
+	
+	/// Draws a single symbol inside the given rectangle
+	void drawSymbol  (RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, const RealRect& rect, double font_size, const Alignment& align, SymbolInFont& sym);
+	/// Draw the default bitmap to a dc and overlay a string of text
+	void drawWithText(RotatedDC& dc, Context& ctx, const RealRect& rect, double font_size, const Alignment& align, const String& text);
+	
+	/// Size of a single symbol
+	RealSize symbolSize       (Context& ctx, double font_size, const DrawableSymbol& sym);
+	/// Size of the default symbol
+	RealSize defaultSymbolSize(Context& ctx, double font_size);
+	
 	DECLARE_REFLECTION();
 };
 
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : SymbolFontRef
 
 /// A reference to an actual symbol font
@@ -76,12 +92,11 @@ class SymbolFontRef {
 	
 	// Script update
 	bool update(Context& ctx);
-	void initDependencies(Context&, Dependency& dep);
+	void initDependencies(Context&, const Dependency&) const;
 	
 	/// Is a font loaded?
 	bool valid() const;
-	
-  private:
+		
 	Scriptable<String> name;			///< Font package name, can be changed with script
 	double             size;			///< Size of the font
 	double             scale_down_to;	///< Mimumum size of the font
diff --git a/src/render/text/element.cpp b/src/render/text/element.cpp
index ee8edcef..03c70dd6 100644
--- a/src/render/text/element.cpp
+++ b/src/render/text/element.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct TextElementsFromString {
 				} else {
 					// add a new element for this text
 					if (symbol > 0 && style.symbol_font.valid()) {
-						te.elements.push_back(new_shared4<SymbolTextElement>(text, pos, pos + 1, style.symbol_font));
+						te.elements.push_back(new_shared5<SymbolTextElement>(text, pos, pos + 1, style.symbol_font, &ctx));
 					} else {
 						te.elements.push_back(new_shared4<FontTextElement>  (text, pos, pos + 1, style.font.make(bold > 0, italic > 0)));
 					}
diff --git a/src/render/text/element.hpp b/src/render/text/element.hpp
index 093126cc..3168fccb 100644
--- a/src/render/text/element.hpp
+++ b/src/render/text/element.hpp
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ class FontTextElement : public SimpleTextElement {
 /// A text element that uses a symbol font
 class SymbolTextElement : public SimpleTextElement {
   public:
-	SymbolTextElement(const String& text, size_t start ,size_t end, const SymbolFontRef& font)
+	SymbolTextElement(const String& text, size_t start ,size_t end, const SymbolFontRef& font, Context* ctx)
 		: SimpleTextElement(text, start, end)
-		, font(font)
+		, font(font), ctx(*ctx)
 	{}
 
 	virtual void draw       (RotatedDC& dc, double scale, const RealRect& rect, double* xs, DrawWhat what, size_t start, size_t end) const;
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ class SymbolTextElement : public SimpleTextElement {
 	virtual double minScale() const;
   private:
 	const SymbolFontRef& font; // owned by TextStyle
+	Context& ctx;
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : CompoundTextElement
diff --git a/src/render/text/symbol.cpp b/src/render/text/symbol.cpp
index ce6b7cc5..9aa338d8 100644
--- a/src/render/text/symbol.cpp
+++ b/src/render/text/symbol.cpp
@@ -7,17 +7,22 @@
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Includes
 
 #include <render/text/element.hpp>
+#include <data/symbol_font.hpp>
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : SymbolTextElement
 
 void SymbolTextElement::draw(RotatedDC& dc, double scale, const RealRect& rect, double* xs, DrawWhat what, size_t start, size_t end) const {
-	// TODO
+	if (font.font) {
+		font.font->draw(dc, ctx, rect, font.size * scale, font.alignment, text.substr(start, end-start));
+	}
 }
 
 void SymbolTextElement::getCharInfo(RotatedDC& dc, double scale, vector<CharInfo>& out) const {
-	// TODO
+	if (font.font) {
+		font.font->getCharInfo(dc, ctx, font.size * scale, text.substr(start, end-start), out);
+	}
 }
 
 double SymbolTextElement::minScale() const {
-	return 1; // TODO
+	return font.size / min(0.001, min(font.size, font.scale_down_to));
 }
diff --git a/src/render/text/viewer.cpp b/src/render/text/viewer.cpp
index 13dc7eeb..5f9f2bad 100644
--- a/src/render/text/viewer.cpp
+++ b/src/render/text/viewer.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ const TextViewer::Line& TextViewer::findLine(size_t index) const {
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Elements
 
 void TextViewer::prepareElements(const String& text, const TextStyle& style, Context& ctx) {
-	elements.fromString(text, 0, text.size(), style, ctx);
+	if (style.always_symbol) {
+		elements.elements.clear();
+		elements.elements.push_back(new_shared5<SymbolTextElement>(text, 0, text.size(), style.symbol_font, &ctx));
+	} else {
+		elements.fromString(text, 0, text.size(), style, ctx);
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/script/image.hpp b/src/script/image.hpp
index 4a0276f3..79545cee 100644
--- a/src/script/image.hpp
+++ b/src/script/image.hpp
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class ScriptableImage {
 	inline operator bool() const { return script; }
 	
 	/// Generate an image, doesn't cache, and doesn't scale
-	/** Image files are loaded from the given package */
+	/** Image files are loaded from the given package.
+	 *  The result is always valid. */
 	ScriptImageP generate(Context& ctx, Package&) const;
 	/// Generate an image, scaling it and optionally saturating it
 	ScriptImageP generate(Context& ctx, Package&, UInt width, UInt height, PreserveAspect preserve_aspect = ASPECT_STRETCH, bool saturate = false) const;
diff --git a/src/script/scriptable.hpp b/src/script/scriptable.hpp
index 9a2ce205..09e03a80 100644
--- a/src/script/scriptable.hpp
+++ b/src/script/scriptable.hpp
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ class Scriptable {
 	Scriptable()               : value()      {}
 	Scriptable(const T& value) : value(value) {}
 	
-	inline operator const T& () const { return value; }
+	inline operator const T&   () const { return value; }
+	inline const T& operator ()() const { return value; }
 	inline bool isScripted() const { return script; }
 	
 	/// Updates the value by executing the script, returns true if the value has changed
diff --git a/src/util/io/package_manager.cpp b/src/util/io/package_manager.cpp
index ac7ec4a1..ea1ec46d 100644
--- a/src/util/io/package_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/util/io/package_manager.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <util/io/package_manager.hpp>
 #include <util/error.hpp>
 #include <data/game.hpp>
+#include <data/stylesheet.hpp>
+#include <data/symbol_font.hpp>
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : IncludePackage
 
@@ -68,10 +70,10 @@ PackagedP PackageManager::openAny(const String& name) {
 	} else {
 		// load with the right type, based on extension
 		if      (fn.GetExt() == _("mse-game"))         p = new_shared<Game>();
-//		else if (fn.GetExt() == _("mse-style"))        p = new_shared<CardStyle>();
+		else if (fn.GetExt() == _("mse-style"))        p = new_shared<StyleSheet>();
 //		else if (fn.GetExt() == _("mse-locale"))       p = new_shared<Locale>();
 		else if (fn.GetExt() == _("mse-include"))      p = new_shared<IncludePackage>();
-//		else if (fn.GetExt() == _("mse-symbol-font"))  p = new_shared<SymbolFont>();
+		else if (fn.GetExt() == _("mse-symbol-font"))  p = new_shared<SymbolFont>();
 		else {
 			throw PackageError(_("Unrecognized package type: '") + fn.GetExt() + _("'\nwhile trying to open: ") + name);
 		}
diff --git a/src/util/real_point.hpp b/src/util/real_point.hpp
index cc9e01de..9e7d702c 100644
--- a/src/util/real_point.hpp
+++ b/src/util/real_point.hpp
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ inline RealSize addVertical(const RealSize& a, const RealSize& b) {
 	return RealSize(max(a.width, b.width), a.height + b.height);
 }
 
+/// Add two sizes diagonally
+/**  ####   $$$    ####...
+ *   #### + $$$  = ####...
+ *   ####          ####...
+ *                 ....$$$
+ *                 ....$$$
+ */
+inline RealSize addDiagonal(const RealSize& a, const RealSize& b) {
+	return RealSize(a.width + b.width, a.height + b.height);
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Rectangle using doubles
 
 /// A rectangle (postion and size) using real (double) coordinats
@@ -136,6 +147,30 @@ class RealRect {
 	}
 };
 
+/// Split a rectangle horizontally
+/** Returns a section from the left of this rectangle witht the given width
+ *  The rectangle will change to become the part remaining to the right
+ *  For example given a rectangle:
+ *    +------------+
+ *    |     R      |
+ *    +------------+
+ *  A = split_left(R,5)
+ *    +----+-------+
+ *    | A  |   R   |
+ *    +----+-------+
+ */
+inline RealRect split_left(RealRect& r, double w) {
+	RealRect result(r.position.x, r.position.y, w, r.size.height);
+	r.size.width -= w;
+	r.position.x += w;
+	return result;
+}
+/// Split a rectangle horizontally
+inline RealRect split_left(RealRect& r, const RealSize& s) {
+	return split_left(r, s.width);
+}
+
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Operators
 
 inline RealPoint operator + (const RealSize& s, const RealPoint& p) {
diff --git a/src/util/rotation.cpp b/src/util/rotation.cpp
index a8785e64..f6f0b636 100644
--- a/src/util/rotation.cpp
+++ b/src/util/rotation.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ void RotatedDC::SetFont(wxFont font, double size) {
 	dc.SetFont(font);
 }
 
+double RotatedDC::getFontSizeStep() const {
+	return 1; // TODO
+//	return 1. / (high_quality ? text_scaling : 1);
+}
+
 RealSize RotatedDC::GetTextExtent(const String& text) const {
 	int w, h;
 	dc.GetTextExtent(text, &w, &h);
diff --git a/src/util/rotation.hpp b/src/util/rotation.hpp
index db33feea..fbc42b94 100644
--- a/src/util/rotation.hpp
+++ b/src/util/rotation.hpp
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ class Rotation {
 	RealRect trNoNegNoZoom(const RealRect& r) const;
 	
 	/// Translate a size or length back to internal 'coordinates'
-	inline double trInvS(double s) const { return  s / zoom; }
+	inline double   trInvS(double s)           const { return s / zoom; }
+	/// Translate a size back to internal 'coordinates', doesn't rotate
+	inline RealSize trInvS(const RealSize& s) const { return RealSize(s.width / zoom, s.height / zoom); }
 	
 	/// Translate a point back to internal coordinates
 	RealPoint trInv(const RealPoint& p) const;
@@ -142,6 +144,9 @@ class RotatedDC : public Rotation {
 	/** The font will get the given (internal) point size */
 	void SetFont(wxFont font, double size);
 	
+	/// Steps to use when decrementing font size
+	double getFontSizeStep() const;
+	
 	RealSize GetTextExtent(const String& text) const;
 	double GetCharHeight() const;
 	
diff --git a/src/util/smart_ptr.hpp b/src/util/smart_ptr.hpp
index de1e1442..b122313d 100644
--- a/src/util/smart_ptr.hpp
+++ b/src/util/smart_ptr.hpp
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ template <typename T, typename A0, typename A1, typename A2, typename A3>
 inline shared_ptr<T> new_shared4(const A0& a0, const A1& a1, const A2& a2, const A3& a3) {
 	return shared_ptr<T>(new T(a0, a1, a2, a3));
 }
+/// Allocate a new shared-pointed object, given five arguments to pass to the ctor of T
+template <typename T, typename A0, typename A1, typename A2, typename A3, typename A4>
+inline shared_ptr<T> new_shared5(const A0& a0, const A1& a1, const A2& a2, const A3& a3, const A4& a4) {
+	return shared_ptr<T>(new T(a0, a1, a2, a3, a4));
+}
+/// Allocate a new shared-pointed object, given six arguments to pass to the ctor of T
+template <typename T, typename A0, typename A1, typename A2, typename A3, typename A4, typename A5>
+inline shared_ptr<T> new_shared6(const A0& a0, const A1& a1, const A2& a2, const A3& a3, const A4& a4, const A5& a5) {
+	return shared_ptr<T>(new T(a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5));
+}
 /// Allocate a new shared-pointed object, given seven arguments to pass to the ctor of T
 template <typename T, typename A0, typename A1, typename A2, typename A3, typename A4, typename A5, typename A6>
 inline shared_ptr<T> new_shared7(const A0& a0, const A1& a1, const A2& a2, const A3& a3, const A4& a4, const A5& a5, const A6& a6) {
diff --git a/src/util/string.cpp b/src/util/string.cpp
index 4ac59377..dd6d952d 100644
--- a/src/util/string.cpp
+++ b/src/util/string.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ bool is_substr(const String& str, size_t pos, const Char* cmp) {
 	}
 	return *cmp == _('\0');
 }
+bool is_substr(const String& str, size_t pos, const String& cmp) {
+	return is_substr(str, pos, cmp.c_str());
+}
 
 bool cannocial_name_compare(const String& as, const Char* b) {
 	const Char* a = as.c_str();
diff --git a/src/util/string.hpp b/src/util/string.hpp
index c6e2c7f5..5c80470d 100644
--- a/src/util/string.hpp
+++ b/src/util/string.hpp
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ bool starts_with(const String& str, const String& start);
 
 /// Return whether str contains the string cmp at position pos
 bool is_substr(const String& str, size_t pos, const Char* cmp);
+/// Return whether str contains the string cmp at position pos
+bool is_substr(const String& str, size_t pos, const String& cmp);
 
 /// Compare two strings for equality, b may contain '_' where a contains ' '
 bool cannocial_name_compare(const String& a, const Char* b);