diff --git a/radio/src/thirdparty/libopenui/src/bitmapbuffer.cpp b/radio/src/thirdparty/libopenui/src/bitmapbuffer.cpp
index 20d9b0e26..42db65441 100755
--- a/radio/src/thirdparty/libopenui/src/bitmapbuffer.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/thirdparty/libopenui/src/bitmapbuffer.cpp
@@ -1436,3 +1436,15 @@ BitmapBuffer * BitmapBuffer::convert_stb_bitmap(uint8_t * img, int w, int h, int
 
   return bmp;
 }
+
+uint8_t * BitmapBuffer::loadFont(const uint8_t * lbm, int len, int& w, int& h)
+{
+  int n;
+  unsigned char * font = stbi_load_from_memory(lbm, len, &w, &h, &n, 1);
+  if (!font) {
+    TRACE("load_stb_buffer(%p,%d) failed: %s", font, len, stbi_failure_reason());
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  return font;
+}
diff --git a/radio/src/thirdparty/libopenui/src/bitmapbuffer.h b/radio/src/thirdparty/libopenui/src/bitmapbuffer.h
index 770899e43..e5b9b5299 100755
--- a/radio/src/thirdparty/libopenui/src/bitmapbuffer.h
+++ b/radio/src/thirdparty/libopenui/src/bitmapbuffer.h
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ class BitmapBuffer: public BitmapBufferBase<pixel_t>
     static BitmapBuffer * loadMaskOnBackground(const char * filename, LcdFlags foreground, LcdFlags background);
     static BitmapBuffer * load8bitMaskOnBackground(const uint8_t * lbm, LcdFlags foreground, LcdFlags background);
 
+    static uint8_t * loadFont(const uint8_t * lbm, int len, int& w, int& h);
+  
     void drawMask(coord_t x, coord_t y, const BitmapBuffer * mask, LcdFlags flags, coord_t offsetX = 0, coord_t width = 0);
 
     void drawMask(coord_t x, coord_t y, const BitmapBuffer * mask, const BitmapBuffer * srcBitmap, coord_t offsetX = 0, coord_t offsetY = 0, coord_t width = 0, coord_t height = 0);