diff --git a/vfs-methods/fontilus/ChangeLog b/vfs-methods/fontilus/ChangeLog
index c065ac539..f9473d4dc 100644
--- a/vfs-methods/fontilus/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs-methods/fontilus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-12-05  James Henstridge  <james@daa.com.au>
+
+	* src/font-view.c (main): change so that it renders the text at a
+	number of different sizes, like fontcarton did.  Need to show some
+	info about the font too ...
+
 2002-12-04  James Henstridge  <james@daa.com.au>
 
 	* src/font-view.c (main): get font to render correctly.  Things
diff --git a/vfs-methods/fontilus/font-view.c b/vfs-methods/fontilus/font-view.c
index 8a4922d85..d002c4a3e 100644
--- a/vfs-methods/fontilus/font-view.c
+++ b/vfs-methods/fontilus/font-view.c
@@ -5,40 +5,87 @@
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
 
-static XftFont *font;
-static XftDraw *draw = NULL;
-static XftColor colour;
-
 FT_Error FT_New_Face_From_URI(FT_Library library,
 			      const gchar *uri,
 			      FT_Long face_index,
 			      FT_Face *aface);
 
-static void
-realize(GtkWidget *widget)
+/* height is a little more than needed to display all sizes */
+#define FONTAREA_WIDTH 500
+#define FONTAREA_HEIGHT 236
+
+static GdkPixmap *
+create_text_pixmap(GtkWidget *drawing_area, FT_Face face)
 {
+    static const gint sizes[] = { 8, 10, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72 };
+    gint i, pos_y, textlen;
+    GdkPixmap *pixmap;
+    gchar *text;
+
     Display *xdisplay;
     Drawable xdrawable;
     Visual *xvisual;
     Colormap xcolormap;
+    XftDraw *draw;
+    XftColor colour;
 
-    xdisplay = GDK_WINDOW_XDISPLAY(widget->window);
-    xdrawable = GDK_DRAWABLE_XID(widget->window);
-    xvisual = GDK_VISUAL_XVISUAL(gdk_drawable_get_visual(widget->window));
-    xcolormap = GDK_COLORMAP_XCOLORMAP(gdk_drawable_get_colormap(widget->window));
+    text = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
+    textlen = strlen(text);
+
+    /* create pixmap */
+    gtk_widget_set_size_request(drawing_area, FONTAREA_WIDTH, FONTAREA_HEIGHT);
+    gtk_widget_realize(drawing_area);
+    pixmap = gdk_pixmap_new(drawing_area->window,
+			    FONTAREA_WIDTH, FONTAREA_HEIGHT, -1);
+    if (!pixmap)
+	return NULL;
+    gdk_draw_rectangle(pixmap, drawing_area->style->white_gc,
+		       TRUE, 0, 0, FONTAREA_WIDTH, FONTAREA_HEIGHT);
+
+    /* create the XftDraw */
+    xdisplay = GDK_PIXMAP_XDISPLAY(pixmap);
+    xdrawable = GDK_DRAWABLE_XID(pixmap);
+    xvisual = GDK_VISUAL_XVISUAL(gdk_drawable_get_visual(pixmap));
+    xcolormap = GDK_COLORMAP_XCOLORMAP(gdk_drawable_get_colormap(pixmap));
 
     draw = XftDrawCreate(xdisplay, xdrawable, xvisual, xcolormap);
-    if (!draw) {
-	g_warning("could not create Xft drawable");
-	return;
-    }
     XftColorAllocName(xdisplay, xvisual, xcolormap, "black", &colour);
+
+    pos_y = 4;
+    for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(sizes); i++) {
+	FcPattern *pattern;
+	XftFont *font;
+
+	pattern = FcPatternBuild(NULL,
+				 FC_FT_FACE, FcTypeFTFace, face,
+				 FC_PIXEL_SIZE, FcTypeDouble, (double)sizes[i],
+				 NULL);
+	font = XftFontOpenPattern(xdisplay, pattern);
+	FcPatternDestroy(pattern);
+	if (!font) {
+	    g_printerr("could not load Xft face\n");
+	    goto endloop;
+	}
+	XftDrawString8(draw, &colour, font, 5, pos_y + font->ascent,
+		       text, textlen);
+	XftFontClose(xdisplay, font);
+    endloop:
+	pos_y += sizes[i];
+    }
+
+    return pixmap;
 }
 
 static gboolean
-expose_event(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventExpose *event)
+expose_event(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventExpose *event, GdkPixmap *pixmap)
 {
-    XftDrawString8(draw, &colour, font, 50, 50, "Foo bar", 7);
+    gdk_draw_drawable(widget->window,
+		      widget->style->fg_gc[GTK_WIDGET_STATE (widget)],
+		      pixmap,
+		      event->area.x, event->area.y,
+		      event->area.x, event->area.y,
+		      event->area.width, event->area.height);
+    return FALSE;
 }
 
 int
@@ -47,9 +94,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     FT_Error error;
     FT_Library library;
     FT_Face face;
-    FcPattern *pattern;
+    gchar *title;
     GtkWidget *window;
     GtkWidget *drawing_area;
+    GdkPixmap *pixmap;
     GdkColor white = { 0, 0xffff, 0xffff, 0xffff };
 
     gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
@@ -81,29 +129,23 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	return 1;
     }
 
-    pattern = FcPatternBuild(NULL,
-			     FC_FT_FACE, FcTypeFTFace, face,
-			     FC_PIXEL_SIZE, FcTypeDouble, 48.0,
-			     NULL);
-    font = XftFontOpenPattern(GDK_DISPLAY(), pattern);
-    if (!font) {
-	g_printerr("could not load Xft face\n");
-	return 1;
-    }
-
     window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
-    gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(window), "Foo");
+    title = g_strconcat(face->family_name,
+			face->style_name ? ", " : "",
+			face->style_name, NULL);
+    gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(window), title);
+    g_free(title);
+    gtk_window_set_resizable(GTK_WINDOW(window), FALSE);
 
     drawing_area = gtk_drawing_area_new();
     gtk_widget_modify_bg(drawing_area, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, &white);
     gtk_widget_set_double_buffered(drawing_area, FALSE);
-    gtk_widget_set_size_request(drawing_area, 300, 300);
     gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), drawing_area);
 
-    g_signal_connect_after(drawing_area, "realize",
-			   G_CALLBACK(realize), NULL);
+    pixmap = create_text_pixmap(drawing_area, face);
+
     g_signal_connect(drawing_area, "expose_event",
-		     G_CALLBACK(expose_event), NULL);
+		     G_CALLBACK(expose_event), pixmap);
     g_signal_connect(window, "destroy", G_CALLBACK(gtk_main_quit), NULL);
 
     gtk_widget_show_all(window);