diff -Naur orig/build/te4core.lua new/build/te4core.lua
--- orig/build/te4core.lua	2014-12-28 02:25:57.000000000 +0100
+++ new/build/te4core.lua	2015-02-04 22:53:57.783178696 +0100
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 
 	configuration "linux"
 		libdirs {"/opt/SDL-2.0/lib/"}
-		links { "dl", "SDL2", "SDL2_ttf", "SDL2_image", "png", "openal", "vorbisfile", "GL", "GLU", "m", "pthread" }
+		links { "dl", "SDL2", "SDL2_ttf", "SDL2_image", "png", "openal", "vorbisfile", "GL", "GLU", "m", "pthread", "fontconfig" }
 		linkoptions { "-Wl,-E" }
 		defines { [[TENGINE_HOME_PATH='".t-engine"']], 'SELFEXE_LINUX' }
 		if steamlin64 then steamlin64() end
diff -Naur orig/premake4.lua new/premake4.lua
--- orig/premake4.lua	2014-05-19 10:42:14.000000000 +0200
+++ new/premake4.lua	2015-02-04 22:52:19.993180301 +0100
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 		}
 	else
 		includedirs {
-			"/opt/SDL-2.0/include/SDL2",
+			"/usr/include/SDL2",
+			"/usr/include/fontconfig",
 			"/usr/include/GL",
 		}
 	end
diff -Naur orig/src/core_lua.c new/src/core_lua.c
--- orig/src/core_lua.c	2015-02-03 17:51:52.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/core_lua.c	2015-02-04 22:51:29.329847799 +0100
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <fontconfig.h>
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #include <libpng/png.h>
@@ -643,12 +644,69 @@
 	auxiliar_setclass(L, "sdl{font}", -1);
 
 	SDL_RWops *src = PHYSFSRWOPS_openRead(name);
-	if (!src)
-	{
-		return luaL_error(L, "could not load font: %s (%d)", name, size);
+	if (!src) {
+		// FontConfig
+		FcInit(); // Not very efficient, possibly not thread safe. 
+		FcChar8 *filename, *family = NULL, *style = NULL;
+		FcPattern *pattern, *match;
+		FcResult result;
+		
+		// Mapping of family and style.
+		static struct {
+			const char* fontname;
+			const char* fontfamily;
+			const char* fontstyle;
+		} mapping[] = {
+			{"Vera.ttf", "vera", "regular"},
+			{"VeraBd.ttf", "vera", "bold"},
+			{"VeraIt.ttf", "vera", "italic"},
+			{"VeraMono.ttf", "monospace", "regular"},
+			{"VeraMoBd.ttf", "monospace", "bold"},
+			{"DroidSans.ttf", "droidsans", "regular"},
+			{"DroidSansMono.ttf", "droidsansmono", "regular"},
+			{"DroidSans-Bold.ttf", "droidsans", "bold"},
+			{"DroidSerif.ttf", "droidserif", "regular"},
+			{"DroidSerif-Bold.ttf", "droidserif", "bold"},
+			{"DroidSerif-Italic.ttf", "droidserif", "italic"},
+			{"DroidSerif-BoldItalic.ttf", "droidserif", "bold italic"}
+		};
+		const int n_mappings = 12;
+		int i = 0;
+		for (i=0; i<n_mappings; ++i) {
+			if (strcmp(mapping[i].fontname, basename(name)) == 0) {
+				family = mapping[i].fontfamily;
+				style = mapping[i].fontstyle;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// FontConfig search pattern.
+		pattern = FcPatternBuild(NULL, FC_FAMILY, FcTypeString, family, FC_STYLE, FcTypeString, style, NULL);
+		if (!pattern) {
+			return luaL_error(L, "could not find any fonts");
+		}
+		
+		// FontConfig misc.
+		FcConfigSubstitute(NULL, pattern,FcMatchPattern);
+		FcDefaultSubstitute(pattern);
+		
+		// FontConfig match font.
+		match = FcFontMatch(NULL, pattern, &result);
+		if (FcPatternGetString(match, FC_FILE, 0, &filename) == FcResultTypeMismatch) {
+			FcPatternDestroy(pattern);
+			return luaL_error(L, "could not match font for style '%s', family '%s'\n", style, family);
+		}
+		
+		// Open font.
+		*f = TTF_OpenFont((char *)filename, size);
+		
+		// Cleanup.
+		FcPatternDestroy(match);
+		FcPatternDestroy(pattern);
+		FcFini();
+	}
+	else {
+		*f = TTF_OpenFontRW(src, TRUE, size);
 	}
-
-	*f = TTF_OpenFontRW(src, TRUE, size);
 
 	if (!*f)
 	{