diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a9ec4c9..75b7f9d1 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,14 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
 	target_link_libraries(cpp-multithread pthread)
 endif()
 
+_add_example(drawtext
+	drawtext/main.c
+	${_EXAMPLE_RESOURCES_RC}
+)
+
 add_custom_target(examples
 	DEPENDS
 		controlgallery
 		histogram
-		cpp-multithread)
+		cpp-multithread
+		drawtext)
diff --git a/examples/drawtext/main.c b/examples/drawtext/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90c401ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/drawtext/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+// 17 january 2017
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "../../ui.h"
+
+uiWindow *mainwin;
+uiArea *area;
+uiAreaHandler handler;
+
+const char *text =
+	"It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life. "
+	"I have, as it were, a superstitious hesitation in lifting the veil that "
+	"clings about my childhood like a golden mist. The task of writing an "
+	"autobiography is a difficult one. When I try to classify my earliest "
+	"impressions, I find that fact and fancy look alike across the years that "
+	"link the past with the present. The woman paints the child's experiences "
+	"in her own fantasy. A few impressions stand out vividly from the first "
+	"years of my life; but \"the shadows of the prison-house are on the rest.\" "
+	"Besides, many of the joys and sorrows of childhood have lost their "
+	"poignancy; and many incidents of vital importance in my early education "
+	"have been forgotten in the excitement of great discoveries. In order, "
+	"therefore, not to be tedious I shall try to present in a series of "
+	"sketches only the episodes that seem to me to be the most interesting "
+	"and important."
+	"";
+char fontFamily[] = "Palatino";
+// TODO should be const; look at constructor function
+uiDrawFontDescriptor defaultFont = {
+	.Family = fontFamily,
+	.Size = 18,
+	.Weight = uiDrawTextWeightNormal,
+	.Italic = uiDrawTextItalicNormal,
+	.Stretch = uiDrawTextStretchNormal,
+};
+uiAttributedString *attrstr;
+
+#define margins 5
+
+static void handlerDraw(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaDrawParams *p)
+{
+	uiDrawPath *path;
+	uiDrawTextLayout *layout;
+
+	path = uiDrawNewPath(uiDrawFillModeWinding);
+	uiDrawPathAddRectangle(path, margins, margins,
+		p->AreaWidth - 2 * margins,
+		p->AreaHeight - 2 * margins);
+	uiDrawPathEnd(path);
+	uiDrawClip(p->Context, path);
+	uiDrawFreePath(path);
+
+	layout = uiDrawNewTextLayout(attrstr,
+		&defaultFont,
+		p->AreaWidth - 2 * margins);
+	uiDrawText(p->Context, layout, margins, margins);
+	uiDrawFreeTextLayout(layout);
+}
+
+static void handlerMouseEvent(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaMouseEvent *e)
+{
+	// do nothing
+}
+
+static void handlerMouseCrossed(uiAreaHandler *ah, uiArea *a, int left)
+{
+	// do nothing
+}
+
+static void handlerDragBroken(uiAreaHandler *ah, uiArea *a)
+{
+	// do nothing
+}
+
+static int handlerKeyEvent(uiAreaHandler *ah, uiArea *a, uiAreaKeyEvent *e)
+{
+	// reject all keys
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int onClosing(uiWindow *w, void *data)
+{
+	uiControlDestroy(uiControl(mainwin));
+	uiQuit();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int shouldQuit(void *data)
+{
+	uiControlDestroy(uiControl(mainwin));
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	uiInitOptions o;
+	const char *err;
+
+	handler.Draw = handlerDraw;
+	handler.MouseEvent = handlerMouseEvent;
+	handler.MouseCrossed = handlerMouseCrossed;
+	handler.DragBroken = handlerDragBroken;
+	handler.KeyEvent = handlerKeyEvent;
+
+	memset(&o, 0, sizeof (uiInitOptions));
+	err = uiInit(&o);
+	if (err != NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "error initializing ui: %s\n", err);
+		uiFreeInitError(err);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	uiOnShouldQuit(shouldQuit, NULL);
+
+	attrstr = uiNewAttributedString(text);
+
+	mainwin = uiNewWindow("libui Histogram Example", 640, 480, 1);
+	uiWindowSetMargined(mainwin, 1);
+	uiWindowOnClosing(mainwin, onClosing, NULL);
+
+	area = uiNewArea(&handler);
+	uiWindowSetChild(mainwin, uiControl(area));
+
+	uiControlShow(uiControl(mainwin));
+	uiMain();
+	uiFreeAttributedString(attrstr);
+	uiUninit();
+	return 0;
+}