diff --git a/include/AssetManager.h b/include/AssetManager.h
index a5f635f..17ea8d2 100644
--- a/include/AssetManager.h
+++ b/include/AssetManager.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <SDL3/SDL_render.h>
 #include <SDL3_mixer/SDL_mixer.h>
+#include <SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h>
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 #include <functional>
@@ -33,15 +34,19 @@ public:
 
     // sound management
     void addSoundEffect(std::string id, const char* path);
-
     void addMusic(std::string id, const char* path);
 
-    Mix_Chunk* getSound(std::string id);
+    void addFont(std::string id, const char* path);
+
+    Mix_Chunk* getSound(std::string id); // ??? do we not have a getsound implemented????? too busy to look now, where do we get the soundeffects???
     Mix_Music* getMusic(std::string id);
 
+    TTF_Font* getFont(std::string id);
+
 private:
 
     Manager* man;
     std::map<std::string, Mix_Chunk*> soundEffects;
     std::map<std::string, Mix_Music*> music;
+    std::map<std::string, TTF_Font*> fonts;
 };
diff --git a/include/DialogHandler.h b/include/DialogHandler.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55c6cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/DialogHandler.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef CHICKENGAME_DIALOGHANDLER_H
+#define CHICKENGAME_DIALOGHANDLER_H
+
+class DialogHandler
+{
+public:
+    void displayDialog();
+
+
+private:
+
+};
+
+
+#endif //CHICKENGAME_DIALOGHANDLER_H
diff --git a/include/GameInternal.h b/include/GameInternal.h
index 7cb3b1f..573b9c9 100644
--- a/include/GameInternal.h
+++ b/include/GameInternal.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class AssetManager;
 class CollisionHandler;
 class TextureManager;
 class SoundManager;
+class TextManager;
 class Map;
 class Game;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ public:
     /* static */ AssetManager* assets;
     /* static */ TextureManager* textureManager;
     /* static */ SoundManager* soundManager;
+    /* static */ TextManager* textManager;
 
     Manager manager;
     RenderManager renderManager;
diff --git a/include/TextManager.h b/include/TextManager.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2b607f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/TextManager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#ifndef CHICKENGAME_TEXTMANAGER_H
+#define CHICKENGAME_TEXTMANAGER_H
+
+#include <SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h>
+#include <map>
+
+class TextManager
+{
+public:
+    TextManager() {}
+    ~TextManager() {
+        for (auto& it : this->font_cache) {
+            TTF_CloseFont(it.second);
+        }
+    }
+
+    TextManager(TextManager const&) = delete;
+    void operator=(TextManager const&) = delete;
+
+    TTF_Font* loadFont(const char* filepath);
+
+    std::map<const char*, TTF_Font*> font_cache;
+private:
+};
+
+#endif //CHICKENGAME_TEXTMANAGER_H
diff --git a/src/AssetManager.cpp b/src/AssetManager.cpp
index ae8242a..926a3dd 100644
--- a/src/AssetManager.cpp
+++ b/src/AssetManager.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "TextureManager.h"
 #include "SoundManager.h"
+#include "TextManager.h"
 #include "ProjectileComponent.h"
 #include "GameInternal.h"
 
@@ -31,9 +32,9 @@ void AssetManager::addMusic(std::string id, const char* path)
     music.emplace(id, this->man->getGame()->soundManager->loadMusic(path));
 }
 
-
-Mix_Chunk* AssetManager::getSound(std::string id) {
-    return soundEffects.at(id);
+void AssetManager::addFont(std::string id, const char *path)
+{
+    fonts.emplace(id, this->man->getGame()->textManager->loadFont(path));
 }
 
 Mix_Music* AssetManager::getMusic(std::string id)
@@ -41,6 +42,16 @@ Mix_Music* AssetManager::getMusic(std::string id)
 	return music.at(id);
 }
 
+Mix_Chunk* AssetManager::getSound(std::string id)
+{
+    return soundEffects.at(id);
+}
+
+TTF_Font* AssetManager::getFont(std::string id)
+{
+    return fonts.at(id);
+}
+
 void AssetManager::createProjectile(Vector2D pos, Vector2D velocity, int scale, int range, float speed, Textures textureEnum, Entity* owner) {
 
     auto& projectile(man->addEntity());
diff --git a/src/DialogHandler.cpp b/src/DialogHandler.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20eed21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DialogHandler.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//
+// Created by PC on 21.01.2025.
+//
+
+#include "../include/DialogHandler.h"
diff --git a/src/TextManager.cpp b/src/TextManager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbb1c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/TextManager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "TextManager.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+TTF_Font* TextManager::loadFont(const char *filepath)
+{
+    auto it = this->font_cache.find(filepath);
+
+    if (it != this->font_cache.end()) {
+        return it->second;
+    }
+
+    auto font = TTF_OpenFont(filepath, 12); // setting fontsize to 12 for now
+
+    if (font == NULL)
+        std::cerr << "Couldn't load font '" << filepath << "'" << std::endl;
+
+    this->font_cache.emplace(filepath, font);
+
+    std::cout << "Loaded font at " << filepath << std::endl;
+
+    return font;
+}
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