diff --git a/wintable/new/api.h b/wintable/new/api.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d29d3b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wintable/new/api.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// 8 december 2014
+
+HANDLER(apiHandlers)
+{
+	switch (uMsg) {
+	case WM_SETFONT:
+		// TODO release old font?
+		t->font = (HFONT) wParam;
+		SendMessageW(t->header, WM_SETFONT, wParam, lParam);
+		// TODO reposition header?
+		// TODO how to properly handle LOWORD(lParam) != FALSE?
+		*lResult = 0;
+		return TRUE;
+	case WM_GETFONT:
+		*lResult = (LRESULT) (t->font);
+		return TRUE;
+	case tableAddColumn:
+		// TODO
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	return FALSE;
+}
diff --git a/wintable/new/main.c b/wintable/new/main.c
index 1c097fd..d296fc3 100644
--- a/wintable/new/main.c
+++ b/wintable/new/main.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static void (*tablePanic)(const char *, DWORD) = NULL;
 struct table {
 	HWND hwnd;
 	HWND header;
+	HFONT font;
 };
 
 #include "util.h"
@@ -58,12 +59,14 @@ struct table {
 #include "children.h"
 #include "resize.h"
 #include "draw.h"
+#include "api.h"
 
 static const handlerfunc handlers[] = {
 	eventHandlers,
 	childrenHandlers,
 	resizeHandler,
 	drawHandlers,
+	apiHandlers,
 	NULL,
 };