Again, please direct all complaints to https://github.com/IkeBart/moai-dev/commits/ike-freetype-font .  :wink: 

Also, take a look at the existing text code included with Moai.  Bitshifting is used all over the place.  I generally agree with @JaviSoto , but we should also think about the conventions in the rest of the Moai code base.  :statue_of_liberty: