diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/font.h b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/font.h
index 467544e1f..67b97f732 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/font.h
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/font.h
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ public:
 
 Font3D *ConvertFont2DTo3D(Font2D *font);
 
+const char* findFont(const char *firstFontToTry=NULL);
+
 }}//end namespace
 
 #endif
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl/font_textFTGL.h b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl/font_textFTGL.h
index a1705ba5a..cb1008deb 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl/font_textFTGL.h
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl/font_textFTGL.h
@@ -48,11 +48,8 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	FTFont *ftFont;
-	//FTGLPixmapFont *ftFont;
 	const char* fontFile;
 
-	const char* findFont(const char *firstFontToTry=NULL);
-
 	void cleanupFont();
 };
 
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl/font_text_freetypegl.h b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl/font_text_freetypegl.h
index 6826fc201..ab2323a95 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl/font_text_freetypegl.h
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/gl/font_text_freetypegl.h
@@ -54,20 +54,16 @@ public:
 	virtual float LineHeight(const wchar_t* = L" ", const int = -1);
 
 private:
-	//FTFont *ftFont;
+
 	VertexBuffer *buffer;
 	TextureAtlas *atlas;
     TextureFont *font;
-    //TextureGlyph *glyph;
     FontManager *manager;
-    //Markup markup;
     int fontFaceSize;
 
     string fontName;
 	const char* fontFile;
 
-	const char* findFont(const char *firstFontToTry=NULL);
-
 	void cleanupFont();
 };
 
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp
index 97dbc7779..daac9c125 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/font.cpp
@@ -14,19 +14,18 @@
 #include "conversion.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_FTGL
-
 #include "font_textFTGL.h"
 #include <vector>
 #include <algorithm>
-using namespace Shared::Util;
 using namespace Shared::Graphics::Gl;
-
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_FREETYPEGL
-
 #include "font_text_freetypegl.h"
+#endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_FONTCONFIG
+#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "util.h"
@@ -264,4 +263,138 @@ Font3D::Font3D(FontTextHandlerType type) : Font(type) {
 	depth= 10.f;
 }
 
+const char* findFont(const char *firstFontToTry) {
+	const char* font = NULL;
+	const char* path = NULL;
+
+	#define CHECK_FONT_PATH(filename) \
+	{ \
+		path = filename; \
+		if( !font && path && fileExists(path) == true ) \
+			font = strdup(path); \
+			if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("Found font file [%s]\n",font); \
+	}
+
+	string tryFont = "";
+	if(firstFontToTry) {
+		tryFont = firstFontToTry;
+		#ifdef WIN32
+		  replaceAll(tryFont, "/", "\\");
+		#endif
+
+		CHECK_FONT_PATH(tryFont.c_str())
+	}
+
+	// Get user-specified font path
+	if(getenv("MEGAGLEST_FONT") != NULL) {
+		tryFont = getenv("MEGAGLEST_FONT");
+		#ifdef WIN32
+		  replaceAll(tryFont, "/", "\\");
+		#endif
+
+		CHECK_FONT_PATH(tryFont.c_str())
+	}
+
+	string data_path = Text::DEFAULT_FONT_PATH;
+	string defaultFont = data_path + "data/core/fonts/LinBiolinum_RB.ttf";//LinBiolinum_Re-0.6.4.ttf
+	tryFont = defaultFont;
+	#ifdef WIN32
+	  replaceAll(tryFont, "/", "\\");
+	#endif
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH(tryFont.c_str())
+
+#ifdef FONT_PATH
+	// Get distro-specified font path
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH(FONT_PATH)
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_FONTCONFIG
+	// Get default font via fontconfig
+	if( !font && FcInit() )	{
+		FcResult result;
+		FcFontSet *fs;
+		FcPattern* pat;
+		FcPattern *match;
+
+		/*
+		TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the font
+		name of a font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in
+		your translation.
+		*/
+		pat = FcNameParse((FcChar8 *)"Gothic Uralic");
+		FcConfigSubstitute(0, pat, FcMatchPattern);
+
+		FcPatternDel(pat, FC_WEIGHT);
+		FcPatternAddInteger(pat, FC_WEIGHT, FC_WEIGHT_BOLD);
+
+		FcDefaultSubstitute(pat);
+		fs = FcFontSetCreate();
+		match = FcFontMatch(0, pat, &result);
+
+		if (match) FcFontSetAdd(fs, match);
+		if (pat) FcPatternDestroy(pat);
+		if(fs) {
+			FcChar8* file;
+			if( FcPatternGetString (fs->fonts[0], FC_FILE, 0, &file) == FcResultMatch ) {
+				CHECK_FONT_PATH((const char*)file)
+			}
+			FcFontSetDestroy(fs);
+		}
+		FcFini();
+	}
+#endif
+
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothub__.ttf")
+
+	// Check a couple of common paths for Gothic Uralic/bold as a last resort
+	// Debian
+	/*
+	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a bold
+	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
+	If the font is available in Debian it should be the Debian path.
+	*/
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothub__.ttf")
+	/*
+	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a
+	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
+	If the font is available in Debian it should be the Debian path.
+	*/
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothu___.ttf")
+	// Mandrake
+	/*
+	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a bold
+	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
+	If the font is available in Mandrake it should be the Mandrake path.
+	*/
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHUB__.TTF")
+	/*
+	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a
+	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
+	If the font is available in Mandrake it should be the Mandrake path.
+	*/
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHU___.TTF")
+
+	// Check the non-translated versions of the above
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothub__.ttf")
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothu___.ttf")
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHUB__.TTF")
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHU___.TTF")
+
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/linux-libertine/LinLibertine_Re.ttf")
+
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf")
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf")
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMono.ttf")
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("c:\\windows\\fonts\\verdana.ttf")
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("c:\\windows\\fonts\\tahoma.ttf")
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("c:\\windows\\fonts\\arial.ttf")
+	CHECK_FONT_PATH("\\windows\\fonts\\arial.ttf")
+#endif
+
+	return font;
+}
+
+
 }}//end namespace
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/gl/font_textFTGL.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/gl/font_textFTGL.cpp
index 2b669363e..42e4798ee 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/gl/font_textFTGL.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/gl/font_textFTGL.cpp
@@ -429,126 +429,6 @@ float TextFTGL::Advance(const wchar_t* str, const int len) {
 	return result;
 }
 
-const char* TextFTGL::findFont(const char *firstFontToTry) {
-	const char* font = NULL;
-	const char* path = NULL;
-
-	#define CHECK_FONT_PATH(filename) \
-	{ \
-		path = filename; \
-		if( !font && path && fileExists(path) == true ) \
-			font = strdup(path); \
-			if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("Found font file [%s]\n",font); \
-	}
-
-	string tryFont = "";
-	if(firstFontToTry) {
-		tryFont = firstFontToTry;
-		#ifdef WIN32
-		  replaceAll(tryFont, "/", "\\");
-		#endif
-
-		CHECK_FONT_PATH(tryFont.c_str())
-	}
-
-	// Get user-specified font path
-	if(getenv("MEGAGLEST_FONT") != NULL) {
-		tryFont = getenv("MEGAGLEST_FONT");
-		#ifdef WIN32
-		  replaceAll(tryFont, "/", "\\");
-		#endif
-
-		CHECK_FONT_PATH(tryFont.c_str())
-	}
-
-	string data_path = Text::DEFAULT_FONT_PATH;
-	string defaultFont = data_path + "data/core/fonts/LinBiolinum_RB.ttf";//LinBiolinum_Re-0.6.4.ttf
-	tryFont = defaultFont;
-	#ifdef WIN32
-	  replaceAll(tryFont, "/", "\\");
-	#endif
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH(tryFont.c_str())
-
-#ifdef FONT_PATH
-	// Get distro-specified font path
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH(FONT_PATH)
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_FONTCONFIG
-	// Get default font via fontconfig
-	if( !font && FcInit() )	{
-		FcResult result;
-		FcFontSet *fs;
-		FcPattern* pat;
-		FcPattern *match;
-
-		/*
-		TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the font
-		name of a font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in
-		your translation.
-		*/
-		pat = FcNameParse((FcChar8 *)"Gothic Uralic");
-		FcConfigSubstitute(0, pat, FcMatchPattern);
-
-		FcPatternDel(pat, FC_WEIGHT);
-		FcPatternAddInteger(pat, FC_WEIGHT, FC_WEIGHT_BOLD);
-
-		FcDefaultSubstitute(pat);
-		fs = FcFontSetCreate();
-		match = FcFontMatch(0, pat, &result);
-
-		if (match) FcFontSetAdd(fs, match);
-		if (pat) FcPatternDestroy(pat);
-		if(fs) {
-			FcChar8* file;
-			if( FcPatternGetString (fs->fonts[0], FC_FILE, 0, &file) == FcResultMatch ) {
-				CHECK_FONT_PATH((const char*)file)
-			}
-			FcFontSetDestroy(fs);
-		}
-		FcFini();
-	}
-#endif
-
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothub__.ttf")
-
-	// Check a couple of common paths for Gothic Uralic/bold as a last resort
-	// Debian
-	/*
-	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a bold
-	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
-	If the font is available in Debian it should be the Debian path.
-	*/
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothub__.ttf")
-	/*
-	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a
-	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
-	If the font is available in Debian it should be the Debian path.
-	*/
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothu___.ttf")
-	// Mandrake
-	/*
-	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a bold
-	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
-	If the font is available in Mandrake it should be the Mandrake path.
-	*/
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHUB__.TTF")
-	/*
-	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a
-	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
-	If the font is available in Mandrake it should be the Mandrake path.
-	*/
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHU___.TTF")
-
-	// Check the non-translated versions of the above
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothub__.ttf")
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothu___.ttf")
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHUB__.TTF")
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHU___.TTF")
-
-	return font;
-}
-
 }}}//end namespace
 
 #endif // USE_FTGL
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/gl/font_text_freetypegl.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/gl/font_text_freetypegl.cpp
index 7a78e86cd..2ed2431b5 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/gl/font_text_freetypegl.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/graphics/gl/font_text_freetypegl.cpp
@@ -270,126 +270,6 @@ float TextFreetypeGL::LineHeight(const wchar_t* str, const int len) {
 	return result;
 }
 
-const char* TextFreetypeGL::findFont(const char *firstFontToTry) {
-	const char* font = NULL;
-	const char* path = NULL;
-
-	#define CHECK_FONT_PATH(filename) \
-	{ \
-		path = filename; \
-		if( !font && path && fileExists(path) == true ) \
-			font = strdup(path); \
-			if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("Found font file [%s]\n",font); \
-	}
-
-	string tryFont = "";
-	if(firstFontToTry) {
-		tryFont = firstFontToTry;
-		#ifdef WIN32
-		  replaceAll(tryFont, "/", "\\");
-		#endif
-
-		CHECK_FONT_PATH(tryFont.c_str())
-	}
-
-	// Get user-specified font path
-	if(getenv("MEGAGLEST_FONT") != NULL) {
-		tryFont = getenv("MEGAGLEST_FONT");
-		#ifdef WIN32
-		  replaceAll(tryFont, "/", "\\");
-		#endif
-
-		CHECK_FONT_PATH(tryFont.c_str())
-	}
-
-	string data_path = Text::DEFAULT_FONT_PATH;
-	string defaultFont = data_path + "data/core/fonts/LinBiolinum_RB.ttf";//LinBiolinum_Re-0.6.4.ttf
-	tryFont = defaultFont;
-	#ifdef WIN32
-	  replaceAll(tryFont, "/", "\\");
-	#endif
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH(tryFont.c_str())
-
-#ifdef FONT_PATH
-	// Get distro-specified font path
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH(FONT_PATH)
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_FONTCONFIG
-	// Get default font via fontconfig
-	if( !font && FcInit() )	{
-		FcResult result;
-		FcFontSet *fs;
-		FcPattern* pat;
-		FcPattern *match;
-
-		/*
-		TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the font
-		name of a font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in
-		your translation.
-		*/
-		pat = FcNameParse((FcChar8 *)"Gothic Uralic");
-		FcConfigSubstitute(0, pat, FcMatchPattern);
-
-		FcPatternDel(pat, FC_WEIGHT);
-		FcPatternAddInteger(pat, FC_WEIGHT, FC_WEIGHT_BOLD);
-
-		FcDefaultSubstitute(pat);
-		fs = FcFontSetCreate();
-		match = FcFontMatch(0, pat, &result);
-
-		if (match) FcFontSetAdd(fs, match);
-		if (pat) FcPatternDestroy(pat);
-		if(fs) {
-			FcChar8* file;
-			if( FcPatternGetString (fs->fonts[0], FC_FILE, 0, &file) == FcResultMatch ) {
-				CHECK_FONT_PATH((const char*)file)
-			}
-			FcFontSetDestroy(fs);
-		}
-		FcFini();
-	}
-#endif
-
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothub__.ttf")
-
-	// Check a couple of common paths for Gothic Uralic/bold as a last resort
-	// Debian
-	/*
-	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a bold
-	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
-	If the font is available in Debian it should be the Debian path.
-	*/
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothub__.ttf")
-	/*
-	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a
-	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
-	If the font is available in Debian it should be the Debian path.
-	*/
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothu___.ttf")
-	// Mandrake
-	/*
-	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a bold
-	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
-	If the font is available in Mandrake it should be the Mandrake path.
-	*/
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHUB__.TTF")
-	/*
-	TRANSLATORS: If using the FTGL backend, this should be the path of a
-	font that contains all the Unicode characters in use in	your translation.
-	If the font is available in Mandrake it should be the Mandrake path.
-	*/
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHU___.TTF")
-
-	// Check the non-translated versions of the above
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothub__.ttf")
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/uralic/gothu___.ttf")
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHUB__.TTF")
-	CHECK_FONT_PATH("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/uralic/GOTHU___.TTF")
-
-	return font;
-}
-
 }}}//end namespace
 
 #endif // USE_FTGL