diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 373ed8c..e7ae1a6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3769,8 +3769,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "rand_chacha",
  "rand_distr",
- "rustybuzz",
- "ttf-parser",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dff085c..b3f845b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ all-features = true
 [dependencies]
 plotive-base.workspace = true
 plotive-text.workspace = true
-rustybuzz.workspace = true
-ttf-parser.workspace = true
 # feature dsl
 plotive-dsl = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 # feature data-polars
@@ -151,10 +149,10 @@ rand_distr = "0.5.1"
 rand_chacha = "0.9.0"
 rfd = "0.17.1"
 rustybuzz = "0.20.1"
+strict-num = "0.2.0"
 tiny-skia = "0.11.4"
 tiny-skia-path = "0.11.4"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "time"] }
-strict-num = "0.2.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies.ttf-parser]
 version = "0.25.1"
diff --git a/src/drawing.rs b/src/drawing.rs
index 2c5b422..3cf6653 100644
--- a/src/drawing.rs
+++ b/src/drawing.rs
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ impl From<text::Error> for Error {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<ttf_parser::FaceParsingError> for Error {
-    fn from(err: ttf_parser::FaceParsingError) -> Self {
-        Error::FontOrText(text::Error::FaceParsingError(err))
-    }
-}
+// impl From<ttf_parser::FaceParsingError> for Error {
+//     fn from(err: ttf_parser::FaceParsingError) -> Self {
+//         Error::FontOrText(text::Error::FaceParsingError(err))
+//     }
+// }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
diff --git a/text/src/lib.rs b/text/src/lib.rs
index 0b1d835..5fd9a10 100644
--- a/text/src/lib.rs
+++ b/text/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
 use plotive_base::geom;
-use ttf_parser as ttf;
+/// Publicly re-export ttf-parser, so that users of this crate can use it for custom font loading and parsing.
+pub use ttf_parser as ttf;
 
 mod bidi;
 pub mod font;
diff --git a/text/src/rich/render.rs b/text/src/rich/render.rs
index 7c16bac..c8604db 100644
--- a/text/src/rich/render.rs
+++ b/text/src/rich/render.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub fn render_rich_text_with<C, RenderFn>(
     text: &RichText<C>,
     fontdb: &fontdb::Database,
     mut render_fn: RenderFn,
-) -> Result<(), ttf::FaceParsingError>
+) -> Result<(), crate::Error>
 where
     C: Clone,
     RenderFn: FnMut(RichPrimitive<'_, C>),
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ pub fn render_rich_text(
     transform: geom::Transform,
     mask: Option<&tiny_skia::Mask>,
     pixmap: &mut tiny_skia::PixmapMut<'_>,
-) -> Result<(), ttf::FaceParsingError> {
+) -> Result<(), crate::Error> {
     let render_fn = |primitive: RichPrimitive| match primitive {
         RichPrimitive::Fill(path, color) => {
             let mut paint = tiny_skia::Paint::default();