diff --git a/src/servo/text/native_font.rs b/src/servo/text/native_font.rs
index 3789f4aeed3..1c6287e72cc 100644
--- a/src/servo/text/native_font.rs
+++ b/src/servo/text/native_font.rs
@@ -7,30 +7,32 @@ font resources needed by the graphics layer to draw glyphs.
 
 "];
 
-export NativeFont, create_test_native_font;
+export NativeFont;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-type NativeFont/& = quartz_native_font::NativeFont;
+type NativeFont/& = quartz_native_font::QuartzNativeFont;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-type NativeFont/& = ft_native_font::NativeFont;
+type NativeFont/& = ft_native_font::FreeTypeNativeFont;
 
-fn create_test_native_font() -> NativeFont {
-    fail;
+fn with_test_native_font(f: fn@(NativeFont)) {
+    fail
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
 fn should_get_glyph_indexes() {
-    let font = create_test_native_font();
-    let idx = font.glyph_index('w');
-    assert idx == some(40u);
+    with_test_native_font { |font|
+        let idx = font.glyph_index('w');
+        assert idx == some(40u);
+    }
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
 fn should_get_glyph_h_advance() {
-    let font = create_test_native_font();
-    let adv = font.glyph_h_advance(40u);
-    assert adv == 15;
+    with_test_native_font { |font|
+        let adv = font.glyph_h_advance(40u);
+        assert adv == 15;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/servo/text/native_font/ft_native_font.rs b/src/servo/text/native_font/ft_native_font.rs
index 9a940eaa4b5..c670f1ddad4 100644
--- a/src/servo/text/native_font/ft_native_font.rs
+++ b/src/servo/text/native_font/ft_native_font.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,32 @@
+export FreeTypeNativeFont;
+
+import vec_as_buf = vec::as_buf;
+import result::{result, ok, err};
+import ptr::{addr_of, null};
 import glyph::GlyphIndex;
+import azure::freetype;
+import freetype::{ FT_Error, FT_Library, FT_Face, FT_Long };
+import freetype::bindgen::{
+    FT_Init_FreeType,
+    FT_Done_FreeType,
+    FT_New_Memory_Face,
+    FT_Done_Face
+};
 
-class NativeFont/& {
-    let bogus: int;
+class FreeTypeNativeFont/& {
+    let face: FT_Face;
 
-    new() { self.bogus = 0; }
+    new(face: FT_Face) {
+        assert face.is_not_null();
+        self.face = face;
+    }
+
+    drop {
+        assert self.face.is_not_null();
+        if !FT_Done_Face(self.face).succeeded() {
+            fail "FT_Done_Face failed";
+        }
+    }
 
     fn glyph_index(_codepoint: char) -> option<GlyphIndex> {
         fail;
@@ -14,3 +37,36 @@ class NativeFont/& {
         fail;
     }
 }
+
+fn create(lib: FT_Library, buf: &[u8]) -> result<FreeTypeNativeFont, ()> {
+    assert lib.is_not_null();
+    let face: FT_Face = null();
+    ret vec_as_buf(*buf) {|cbuf|
+        if FT_New_Memory_Face(lib, cbuf, (*buf).len() as FT_Long,
+                              0 as FT_Long, addr_of(face)).succeeded() {
+            ok(FreeTypeNativeFont(face))
+        } else {
+            err(())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl methods for FT_Error {
+    fn succeeded() -> bool { self == 0 as FT_Error }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+fn with_lib(f: fn@(FT_Library)) {
+    let lib: FT_Library = null();
+    assert FT_Init_FreeType(addr_of(lib)).succeeded();
+    f(lib);
+    FT_Done_FreeType(lib);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn create_should_return_err_if_buf_is_bogus() {
+    with_lib { |lib|
+        let buf = &[];
+        assert create(lib, buf).is_err();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/servo/text/native_font/quartz_native_font.rs b/src/servo/text/native_font/quartz_native_font.rs
index 9a940eaa4b5..05e5bfbb2c6 100644
--- a/src/servo/text/native_font/quartz_native_font.rs
+++ b/src/servo/text/native_font/quartz_native_font.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import glyph::GlyphIndex;
 
-class NativeFont/& {
+class QuartzNativeFont/& {
     let bogus: int;
 
     new() { self.bogus = 0; }