diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5747627..f12d13d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ option(MSDFGEN_USE_CPP11 "Build with C++11 enabled" ON)
 option(MSDFGEN_USE_SKIA "Build with the Skia library" ON)
 option(MSDFGEN_INSTALL "Generate installation target" OFF)
 option(MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_RUNTIME "Link dynamic runtime library instead of static" OFF)
+option(MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE "Build with FreeType support enabled but without statically linking to FreeTypee" ON)
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Generate dynamic library files instead of static" OFF)
 
 if(MSDFGEN_CORE_ONLY AND MSDFGEN_USE_VCPKG)
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Extensions library
 if(NOT MSDFGEN_CORE_ONLY)
-    if(NOT TARGET Freetype::Freetype)
+    if(NOT TARGET Freetype::Freetype AND NOT MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE)
         find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
     endif()
     if(NOT MSDFGEN_DISABLE_SVG AND NOT TARGET tinyxml2::tinyxml2)
@@ -152,6 +153,11 @@ if(NOT MSDFGEN_CORE_ONLY)
     set_target_properties(msdfgen-ext PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER "${MSDFGEN_EXT_HEADERS}")
     set_property(TARGET msdfgen-ext PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "${MSDFGEN_MSVC_RUNTIME}")
     target_compile_definitions(msdfgen-ext INTERFACE MSDFGEN_EXTENSIONS)
+    if(MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE)
+        target_compile_definitions(msdfgen-ext PUBLIC MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE)
+    else()
+        target_link_libraries(msdfgen-ext PRIVATE Freetype::Freetype)
+    endif()
     if(NOT MSDFGEN_DISABLE_SVG)
         target_compile_definitions(msdfgen-ext PUBLIC MSDFGEN_USE_TINYXML2)
         target_link_libraries(msdfgen-ext PRIVATE tinyxml2::tinyxml2)
@@ -167,7 +173,7 @@ if(NOT MSDFGEN_CORE_ONLY)
     if(MSDFGEN_DISABLE_VARIABLE_FONTS)
         target_compile_definitions(msdfgen-ext PUBLIC MSDFGEN_DISABLE_VARIABLE_FONTS)
     endif()
-    target_link_libraries(msdfgen-ext PRIVATE Freetype::Freetype msdfgen::msdfgen-core)
+    target_link_libraries(msdfgen-ext PRIVATE msdfgen::msdfgen-core)
     target_include_directories(msdfgen-ext
         PUBLIC
             $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/msdfgen>
diff --git a/ext/freetype-loader.cpp b/ext/freetype-loader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba6a20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/freetype-loader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include "freetype-loader.h"
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__NT__)
+#define MSDFGEN_WINDOWS
+#else
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace msdfgen {
+
+struct DynamicLibrary {
+    void* handle;
+
+    explicit DynamicLibrary(const std::vector<std::string>& names)
+        : handle(nullptr) {
+        for(const auto& name : names) {
+#if defined(MSDFGEN_WINDOWS)
+            // TODO: implement Windows
+#else
+            handle = dlopen(name.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY);
+#endif
+            if(handle) {
+                break; // If we loaded one, stop trying
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    ~DynamicLibrary() {
+        if(handle) {
+#if defined(MSDFGEN_WINDOWS)
+            // TODO: implement Windows
+#else
+            dlclose(handle);
+#endif
+        }
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] void* getFunction(const char* name) {
+#if defined(MSDFGEN_WINDOWS)
+        return nullptr; // TODO: implement Windows
+#else
+        return dlsym(handle, name);
+#endif
+    }
+};
+
+[[nodiscard]] void* loadFreetypeFunction(const char* name) {
+    static DynamicLibrary library{{
+#ifdef MSDFGEN_WINDOWS
+        "freetype.dll",
+        "freetype6.dll"
+#else
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+        "libfreetype.dylib",
+        "libfreetype.6.dylib"
+#else
+        "libfreetype.so",
+        "libfreetype.so.6"
+#endif
+#endif
+    }};
+    return library.getFunction(name);
+}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/freetype-loader.h b/ext/freetype-loader.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee8cdbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/freetype-loader.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace msdfgen {
+
+void* loadFreetypeFunction(const char* name);
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/import-font-dyn.cpp b/ext/import-font-dyn.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1282991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/import-font-dyn.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,642 @@
+/**
+ * This implementation of the msdfgen font importer offers exactly the same API
+ * but doesn't need to be statically linked against FreeType. This is especially
+ * useful if you want to use the msdfgen FreeType integration in a very portable
+ * environment like Java (JNI) or C# (P/Invoke).
+ */
+
+#ifdef MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE
+
+#include "import-font.h"
+#include "freetype-loader.h"
+
+#include <cstring>
+#include <vector>
+
+#define FT_FACE_FLAG_MULTIPLE_MASTERS (1L << 8)
+#define FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE 1L
+#define FT_KERNING_UNSCALED 2
+
+namespace msdfgen {
+
+// Minimum FreeType2 ABI used by msdfgen rebuilt from the FreeType headers
+namespace {
+    using FT_Byte = unsigned char;
+    using FT_Short = signed short;
+    using FT_UShort = unsigned short;
+    using FT_Int = signed int;
+    using FT_Int32 = signed int;
+    using FT_UInt = unsigned int;
+    using FT_Long = signed long;
+    using FT_ULong = unsigned long;
+    using FT_String = char;
+    using FT_Pos = signed long;
+    using FT_Fixed = signed long;
+    using FT_Face = struct FT_FaceRec*;
+    using FT_Library = void*;
+    using FT_Encoding = int;
+    using FT_CharMap = struct FT_CharMapRec*;
+    using FT_Generic_Finalizer = void (*)(void* object);
+    using FT_GlyphSlot = struct FT_GlyphSlotRec*;
+    using FT_Size = struct FT_SizeRec*;
+    using FT_Glyph_Format = int;
+    using FT_SubGlyph = void*;
+    using FT_Slot_Internal = void*;
+    using FT_Face_Internal = void*;
+    using FT_Size_Internal = void*;
+    using FT_ListNode = struct FT_ListNodeRec*;
+    using FT_Error = int;
+    // Types we don't need to know the implementation for
+    using FT_Driver = void*;
+    using FT_Memory = void*;
+    using FT_Stream = void*;
+
+    struct FT_Vector {
+        FT_Pos x;
+        FT_Pos y;
+    };
+
+    using FT_Outline_MoveToFunc = int (*)(const FT_Vector* to, void* user);
+    using FT_Outline_LineToFunc = int (*)(const FT_Vector* to, void* user);
+    using FT_Outline_ConicToFunc = int (*)(const FT_Vector* control, const FT_Vector* to, void* user);
+    using FT_Outline_CubicToFunc = int (*)(const FT_Vector* control1, const FT_Vector* control2, const FT_Vector* to, void* user);
+
+    struct FT_Bitmap_Size {
+        FT_Short height;
+        FT_Short width;
+        FT_Pos size;
+        FT_Pos x_ppem;
+        FT_Pos y_ppem;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_CharMapRec {
+        FT_Face face;
+        FT_Encoding encoding;
+        FT_UShort platform_id;
+        FT_UShort encoding_id;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_Generic {
+        void* data;
+        FT_Generic_Finalizer finalizer;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_BBox {
+        FT_Pos xMin, yMin;
+        FT_Pos xMax, yMax;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_Glyph_Metrics {
+        FT_Pos width;
+        FT_Pos height;
+        FT_Pos horiBearingX;
+        FT_Pos horiBearingY;
+        FT_Pos horiAdvance;
+        FT_Pos vertBearingX;
+        FT_Pos vertBearingY;
+        FT_Pos vertAdvance;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_Bitmap {
+        unsigned int rows;
+        unsigned int width;
+        int pitch;
+        unsigned char* buffer;
+        unsigned short num_grays;
+        unsigned char pixel_mode;
+        unsigned char palette_mode;
+        void* palette;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_Outline {
+        short n_contours;
+        short n_points;
+        FT_Vector* points;
+        char* tags;
+        short* contours;
+        int flags;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_GlyphSlotRec {
+        FT_Library library;
+        FT_Face face;
+        FT_GlyphSlot next;
+        FT_UInt glyph_index;
+        FT_Generic generic;
+        FT_Glyph_Metrics metrics;
+        FT_Fixed linearHoriAdvance;
+        FT_Fixed linearVertAdvance;
+        FT_Vector advance;
+        FT_Glyph_Format format;
+        FT_Bitmap bitmap;
+        FT_Int bitmap_left;
+        FT_Int bitmap_top;
+        FT_Outline outline;
+        FT_UInt num_subglyphs;
+        FT_SubGlyph subglyphs;
+        void* control_data;
+        long control_len;
+        FT_Pos lsb_delta;
+        FT_Pos rsb_delta;
+        void* other;
+        FT_Slot_Internal internal;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_Size_Metrics {
+        FT_UShort x_ppem;
+        FT_UShort y_ppem;
+        FT_Fixed x_scale;
+        FT_Fixed y_scale;
+        FT_Pos ascender;
+        FT_Pos descender;
+        FT_Pos height;
+        FT_Pos max_advance;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_SizeRec {
+        FT_Face face;
+        FT_Generic generic;
+        FT_Size_Metrics metrics;
+        FT_Size_Internal internal;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_ListNodeRec {
+        FT_ListNode prev;
+        FT_ListNode next;
+        void* data;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_ListRec {
+        FT_ListNode head;
+        FT_ListNode tail;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_FaceRec {
+        FT_Long num_faces;
+        FT_Long face_index;
+        FT_Long face_flags;
+        FT_Long style_flags;
+        FT_Long num_glyphs;
+        FT_String* family_name;
+        FT_String* style_name;
+        FT_Int num_fixed_sizes;
+        FT_Bitmap_Size* available_sizes;
+        FT_Int num_charmaps;
+        FT_CharMap* charmaps;
+        FT_Generic generic;
+        FT_BBox bbox;
+        FT_UShort units_per_EM;
+        FT_Short ascender;
+        FT_Short descender;
+        FT_Short height;
+        FT_Short max_advance_width;
+        FT_Short max_advance_height;
+        FT_Short underline_position;
+        FT_Short underline_thickness;
+        FT_GlyphSlot glyph;
+        FT_Size size;
+        FT_CharMap charmap;
+        FT_Driver driver;
+        FT_Memory memory;
+        FT_Stream stream;
+        FT_ListRec sizes_list;
+        FT_Generic autohint;
+        void* extensions;
+        FT_Face_Internal internal;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_Outline_Funcs {
+        FT_Outline_MoveToFunc move_to;
+        FT_Outline_LineToFunc line_to;
+        FT_Outline_ConicToFunc conic_to;
+        FT_Outline_CubicToFunc cubic_to;
+        int shift;
+        FT_Pos delta;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_Var_Axis {
+        FT_String* name;
+        FT_Fixed minimum;
+        FT_Fixed def;
+        FT_Fixed maximum;
+        FT_ULong tag;
+        FT_UInt strid;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_Var_Named_Style {
+        FT_Fixed* coords;
+        FT_UInt strid;
+        FT_UInt psid;
+    };
+
+    struct FT_MM_Var {
+        FT_UInt num_axis;
+        FT_UInt num_designs;
+        FT_UInt num_namedstyles;
+        FT_Var_Axis* axis;
+        FT_Var_Named_Style* namedstyle;
+    };
+}
+
+#define F16DOT16_TO_DOUBLE(x) (1/65536.*double(x))
+#define DOUBLE_TO_F16DOT16(x) FT_Fixed(65536.*x)
+
+class FreetypeHandle {
+    friend FreetypeHandle *initializeFreetype();
+    friend void deinitializeFreetype(FreetypeHandle *library);
+    friend FontHandle *loadFont(FreetypeHandle *library, const char *filename);
+    friend FontHandle *loadFontData(FreetypeHandle *library, const byte *data, int length);
+#ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_VARIABLE_FONTS
+    friend bool setFontVariationAxis(FreetypeHandle *library, FontHandle *font, const char *name, double coordinate);
+    friend bool listFontVariationAxes(std::vector<FontVariationAxis> &axes, FreetypeHandle *library, FontHandle *font);
+#endif
+
+    FT_Library library;
+
+};
+
+class FontHandle {
+    friend FontHandle *adoptFreetypeFontRaw(void *ftFace);
+    friend FontHandle *adoptFreetypeFont(FT_Face ftFace);
+    friend FontHandle *loadFont(FreetypeHandle *library, const char *filename);
+    friend FontHandle *loadFontData(FreetypeHandle *library, const byte *data, int length);
+    friend void destroyFont(FontHandle *font);
+    friend bool getFontMetrics(FontMetrics &metrics, FontHandle *font, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling);
+    friend bool getFontWhitespaceWidth(double &spaceAdvance, double &tabAdvance, FontHandle *font, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling);
+    friend bool getGlyphCount(unsigned &output, FontHandle *font);
+    friend bool getGlyphIndex(GlyphIndex &glyphIndex, FontHandle *font, unicode_t unicode);
+    friend bool loadGlyph(Shape &output, FontHandle *font, GlyphIndex glyphIndex, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling, double *outAdvance);
+    friend bool loadGlyph(Shape &output, FontHandle *font, unicode_t unicode, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling, double *outAdvance);
+    friend bool getKerning(double &output, FontHandle *font, GlyphIndex glyphIndex0, GlyphIndex glyphIndex1, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling);
+    friend bool getKerning(double &output, FontHandle *font, unicode_t unicode0, unicode_t unicode1, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling);
+#ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_VARIABLE_FONTS
+    friend bool setFontVariationAxis(FreetypeHandle *library, FontHandle *font, const char *name, double coordinate);
+    friend bool listFontVariationAxes(std::vector<FontVariationAxis> &axes, FreetypeHandle *library, FontHandle *font);
+#endif
+
+    FT_Face face;
+    bool ownership;
+
+};
+
+struct FtContext {
+    double scale;
+    Point2 position;
+    Shape *shape;
+    Contour *contour;
+};
+
+static Point2 ftPoint2(const FT_Vector &vector, double scale) {
+    return Point2(scale*vector.x, scale*vector.y);
+}
+
+static int ftMoveTo(const FT_Vector *to, void *user) {
+    FtContext *context = static_cast<FtContext *>(user);
+    if (!(context->contour && context->contour->edges.empty()))
+        context->contour = &context->shape->addContour();
+    context->position = ftPoint2(*to, context->scale);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int ftLineTo(const FT_Vector *to, void *user) {
+    FtContext *context = static_cast<FtContext *>(user);
+    Point2 endpoint = ftPoint2(*to, context->scale);
+    if (endpoint != context->position) {
+        context->contour->addEdge(EdgeHolder(context->position, endpoint));
+        context->position = endpoint;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int ftConicTo(const FT_Vector *control, const FT_Vector *to, void *user) {
+    FtContext *context = static_cast<FtContext *>(user);
+    Point2 endpoint = ftPoint2(*to, context->scale);
+    if (endpoint != context->position) {
+        context->contour->addEdge(EdgeHolder(context->position, ftPoint2(*control, context->scale), endpoint));
+        context->position = endpoint;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int ftCubicTo(const FT_Vector *control1, const FT_Vector *control2, const FT_Vector *to, void *user) {
+    FtContext *context = static_cast<FtContext *>(user);
+    Point2 endpoint = ftPoint2(*to, context->scale);
+    if (endpoint != context->position || crossProduct(ftPoint2(*control1, context->scale)-endpoint, ftPoint2(*control2, context->scale)-endpoint)) {
+        context->contour->addEdge(EdgeHolder(context->position, ftPoint2(*control1, context->scale), ftPoint2(*control2, context->scale), endpoint));
+        context->position = endpoint;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static double getFontCoordinateScale(const FT_Face &face, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling) {
+    switch (coordinateScaling) {
+        case FONT_SCALING_NONE:
+            return 1;
+        case FONT_SCALING_EM_NORMALIZED:
+            return 1./(face->units_per_EM ? face->units_per_EM : 1);
+        case FONT_SCALING_LEGACY:
+            return MSDFGEN_LEGACY_FONT_COORDINATE_SCALE;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+// -------------------- Begin runtime loader code --------------------
+
+namespace {
+    using FT_Init_FreeType_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Library* library);
+    using FT_Done_FreeType_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Library library);
+    using FT_Outline_Decompose_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Outline* outline, const FT_Outline_Funcs* funcs, void* user);
+    using FT_New_Face_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Library library, const char* filePath, FT_Long faceIndex, FT_Face* face);
+    using FT_New_Memory_Face_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Library library, const FT_Byte* base, FT_Long size, FT_Long faceIndex, FT_Face* face);
+    using FT_Done_Face_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Face face);
+    using FT_Load_Char_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Face face, FT_ULong charCode, FT_Int32 loadFlags);
+    using FT_Get_Char_Index_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Face face, FT_ULong charCode);
+    using FT_Load_Glyph_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Face face, FT_UInt glyphIndex, FT_Int32 loadFlags);
+    using FT_Get_Kerning_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Face face, FT_UInt left, FT_UInt right, FT_UInt kernMode, FT_Vector* kerning);
+    using FT_Get_MM_Var_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Face face, FT_MM_Var** master);
+    using FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Face face, FT_UInt numCoords, FT_Fixed* coords);
+    using FT_Set_Var_Design_Coordinates_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Face face, FT_UInt numCoords, FT_Fixed* coords);
+    using FT_Done_MM_Var_Ptr = FT_Error (*)(FT_Library library, FT_MM_Var* master);
+
+    struct FreetypeFunctions {
+        bool loaded;
+        FT_Init_FreeType_Ptr FT_Init_FreeType;
+        FT_Done_FreeType_Ptr FT_Done_FreeType;
+        FT_Outline_Decompose_Ptr FT_Outline_Decompose;
+        FT_New_Face_Ptr FT_New_Face;
+        FT_New_Memory_Face_Ptr FT_New_Memory_Face;
+        FT_Done_Face_Ptr FT_Done_Face;
+        FT_Load_Char_Ptr FT_Load_Char;
+        FT_Get_Char_Index_Ptr FT_Get_Char_Index;
+        FT_Load_Glyph_Ptr FT_Load_Glyph;
+        FT_Get_Kerning_Ptr FT_Get_Kerning;
+        FT_Get_MM_Var_Ptr FT_Get_MM_Var;
+        FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates_Ptr FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates;
+        FT_Set_Var_Design_Coordinates_Ptr FT_Set_Var_Design_Coordinates;
+        FT_Done_MM_Var_Ptr FT_Done_MM_Var;
+    };
+
+    FreetypeLoadCallback g_loadCallback = &loadFreetypeFunction;
+    FreetypeFunctions g_freetype {};
+
+#define MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(n) g_freetype.n = reinterpret_cast<n##_Ptr>(g_loadCallback(#n))
+
+    void ensureFunctionsLoaded() {
+        if(g_freetype.loaded) {
+            return; // Skip loading functions if we already did that at some point
+        }
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Init_FreeType);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Done_FreeType);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Outline_Decompose);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_New_Face);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_New_Memory_Face);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Done_Face);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Load_Char);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Get_Char_Index);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Load_Glyph);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Get_Kerning);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Get_MM_Var);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Set_Var_Design_Coordinates);
+        MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION(FT_Done_MM_Var);
+        g_freetype.loaded = true;
+    }
+
+#undef MSDFGEN_LOAD_FT_FUNCTION
+}
+
+void setFreetypeLoadCallback(const FreetypeLoadCallback callback) {
+    g_loadCallback = callback;
+}
+
+FreetypeLoadCallback getFreetypeLoadCallback() {
+    return g_loadCallback;
+}
+
+// -------------------- End runtime loader code --------------------
+
+GlyphIndex::GlyphIndex(unsigned index) : index(index) { }
+
+unsigned GlyphIndex::getIndex() const {
+    return index;
+}
+
+FreetypeHandle *initializeFreetype() {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    FreetypeHandle *handle = new FreetypeHandle;
+    FT_Error error = g_freetype.FT_Init_FreeType(&handle->library);
+    if (error) {
+        delete handle;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return handle;
+}
+
+void deinitializeFreetype(FreetypeHandle *library) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    g_freetype.FT_Done_FreeType(library->library);
+    delete library;
+}
+
+FontHandle *adoptFreetypeFontRaw(void *ftFace) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    FontHandle *handle = new FontHandle;
+    handle->face = static_cast<FT_Face>(ftFace);
+    handle->ownership = false;
+    return handle;
+}
+
+FontHandle *adoptFreetypeFont(FT_Face ftFace) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    FontHandle *handle = new FontHandle;
+    handle->face = ftFace;
+    handle->ownership = false;
+    return handle;
+}
+
+FT_Error readFreetypeOutline(Shape &output, FT_Outline *outline, double scale) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    output.contours.clear();
+    output.inverseYAxis = false;
+    FtContext context = { };
+    context.scale = scale;
+    context.shape = &output;
+    FT_Outline_Funcs ftFunctions;
+    ftFunctions.move_to = &ftMoveTo;
+    ftFunctions.line_to = &ftLineTo;
+    ftFunctions.conic_to = &ftConicTo;
+    ftFunctions.cubic_to = &ftCubicTo;
+    ftFunctions.shift = 0;
+    ftFunctions.delta = 0;
+    FT_Error error = g_freetype.FT_Outline_Decompose(outline, &ftFunctions, &context);
+    if (!output.contours.empty() && output.contours.back().edges.empty())
+        output.contours.pop_back();
+    return error;
+}
+
+FontHandle *loadFont(FreetypeHandle *library, const char *filename) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    if (!library)
+        return NULL;
+    FontHandle *handle = new FontHandle;
+    FT_Error error = g_freetype.FT_New_Face(library->library, filename, 0, &handle->face);
+    if (error) {
+        delete handle;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    handle->ownership = true;
+    return handle;
+}
+
+FontHandle *loadFontData(FreetypeHandle *library, const byte *data, int length) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    if (!library)
+        return NULL;
+    FontHandle *handle = new FontHandle;
+    FT_Error error = g_freetype.FT_New_Memory_Face(library->library, data, length, 0, &handle->face);
+    if (error) {
+        delete handle;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    handle->ownership = true;
+    return handle;
+}
+
+void destroyFont(FontHandle *font) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    if (font->ownership)
+        g_freetype.FT_Done_Face(font->face);
+    delete font;
+}
+
+bool getFontMetrics(FontMetrics &metrics, FontHandle *font, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling) {
+    double scale = getFontCoordinateScale(font->face, coordinateScaling);
+    metrics.emSize = scale*font->face->units_per_EM;
+    metrics.ascenderY = scale*font->face->ascender;
+    metrics.descenderY = scale*font->face->descender;
+    metrics.lineHeight = scale*font->face->height;
+    metrics.underlineY = scale*font->face->underline_position;
+    metrics.underlineThickness = scale*font->face->underline_thickness;
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool getFontWhitespaceWidth(double &spaceAdvance, double &tabAdvance, FontHandle *font, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    double scale = getFontCoordinateScale(font->face, coordinateScaling);
+    FT_Error error = g_freetype.FT_Load_Char(font->face, ' ', FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE);
+    if (error)
+        return false;
+    spaceAdvance = scale*font->face->glyph->advance.x;
+    error = g_freetype.FT_Load_Char(font->face, '\t', FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE);
+    if (error)
+        return false;
+    tabAdvance = scale*font->face->glyph->advance.x;
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool getGlyphCount(unsigned &output, FontHandle *font) {
+    output = (unsigned) font->face->num_glyphs;
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool getGlyphIndex(GlyphIndex &glyphIndex, FontHandle *font, unicode_t unicode) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    glyphIndex = GlyphIndex(g_freetype.FT_Get_Char_Index(font->face, unicode));
+    return glyphIndex.getIndex() != 0;
+}
+
+bool loadGlyph(Shape &output, FontHandle *font, GlyphIndex glyphIndex, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling, double *outAdvance) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    if (!font)
+        return false;
+    FT_Error error = g_freetype.FT_Load_Glyph(font->face, glyphIndex.getIndex(), FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE);
+    if (error)
+        return false;
+    double scale = getFontCoordinateScale(font->face, coordinateScaling);
+    if (outAdvance)
+        *outAdvance = scale*font->face->glyph->advance.x;
+    return !readFreetypeOutline(output, &font->face->glyph->outline, scale);
+}
+
+bool loadGlyph(Shape &output, FontHandle *font, unicode_t unicode, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling, double *outAdvance) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    return loadGlyph(output, font, GlyphIndex(g_freetype.FT_Get_Char_Index(font->face, unicode)), coordinateScaling, outAdvance);
+}
+
+bool loadGlyph(Shape &output, FontHandle *font, GlyphIndex glyphIndex, double *outAdvance) {
+    return loadGlyph(output, font, glyphIndex, FONT_SCALING_LEGACY, outAdvance);
+}
+
+bool loadGlyph(Shape &output, FontHandle *font, unicode_t unicode, double *outAdvance) {
+    return loadGlyph(output, font, unicode, FONT_SCALING_LEGACY, outAdvance);
+}
+
+bool getKerning(double &output, FontHandle *font, GlyphIndex glyphIndex0, GlyphIndex glyphIndex1, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    FT_Vector kerning;
+    if (g_freetype.FT_Get_Kerning(font->face, glyphIndex0.getIndex(), glyphIndex1.getIndex(), FT_KERNING_UNSCALED, &kerning)) {
+        output = 0;
+        return false;
+    }
+    output = getFontCoordinateScale(font->face, coordinateScaling)*kerning.x;
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool getKerning(double &output, FontHandle *font, unicode_t unicode0, unicode_t unicode1, FontCoordinateScaling coordinateScaling) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    return getKerning(output, font, GlyphIndex(g_freetype.FT_Get_Char_Index(font->face, unicode0)), GlyphIndex(g_freetype.FT_Get_Char_Index(font->face, unicode1)), coordinateScaling);
+}
+
+#ifndef MSDFGEN_DISABLE_VARIABLE_FONTS
+
+bool setFontVariationAxis(FreetypeHandle *library, FontHandle *font, const char *name, double coordinate) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    bool success = false;
+    if (font->face->face_flags&FT_FACE_FLAG_MULTIPLE_MASTERS) {
+        FT_MM_Var *master = NULL;
+        if (g_freetype.FT_Get_MM_Var(font->face, &master))
+            return false;
+        if (master && master->num_axis) {
+            std::vector<FT_Fixed> coords(master->num_axis);
+            if (!g_freetype.FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates(font->face, FT_UInt(coords.size()), &coords[0])) {
+                for (FT_UInt i = 0; i < master->num_axis; ++i) {
+                    if (!strcmp(name, master->axis[i].name)) {
+                        coords[i] = DOUBLE_TO_F16DOT16(coordinate);
+                        success = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (g_freetype.FT_Set_Var_Design_Coordinates(font->face, FT_UInt(coords.size()), &coords[0]))
+                success = false;
+        }
+        g_freetype.FT_Done_MM_Var(library->library, master);
+    }
+    return success;
+}
+
+bool listFontVariationAxes(std::vector<FontVariationAxis> &axes, FreetypeHandle *library, FontHandle *font) {
+    ensureFunctionsLoaded();
+    if (font->face->face_flags&FT_FACE_FLAG_MULTIPLE_MASTERS) {
+        FT_MM_Var *master = NULL;
+        if (g_freetype.FT_Get_MM_Var(font->face, &master))
+            return false;
+        axes.resize(master->num_axis);
+        for (FT_UInt i = 0; i < master->num_axis; ++i) {
+            FontVariationAxis &axis = axes[i];
+            axis.name = master->axis[i].name;
+            axis.minValue = F16DOT16_TO_DOUBLE(master->axis[i].minimum);
+            axis.maxValue = F16DOT16_TO_DOUBLE(master->axis[i].maximum);
+            axis.defaultValue = F16DOT16_TO_DOUBLE(master->axis[i].def);
+        }
+        g_freetype.FT_Done_MM_Var(library->library, master);
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+}
+
+#endif//MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE
diff --git a/ext/import-font.cpp b/ext/import-font.cpp
index f10afce..c5580e5 100644
--- a/ext/import-font.cpp
+++ b/ext/import-font.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#ifndef MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE
 
 #include "import-font.h"
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ static Point2 ftPoint2(const FT_Vector &vector, double scale) {
 }
 
 static int ftMoveTo(const FT_Vector *to, void *user) {
-    FtContext *context = reinterpret_cast<FtContext *>(user);
+    FtContext *context = static_cast<FtContext *>(user);
     if (!(context->contour && context->contour->edges.empty()))
         context->contour = &context->shape->addContour();
     context->position = ftPoint2(*to, context->scale);
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ static int ftMoveTo(const FT_Vector *to, void *user) {
 }
 
 static int ftLineTo(const FT_Vector *to, void *user) {
-    FtContext *context = reinterpret_cast<FtContext *>(user);
+    FtContext *context = static_cast<FtContext *>(user);
     Point2 endpoint = ftPoint2(*to, context->scale);
     if (endpoint != context->position) {
         context->contour->addEdge(EdgeHolder(context->position, endpoint));
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ static int ftLineTo(const FT_Vector *to, void *user) {
 }
 
 static int ftConicTo(const FT_Vector *control, const FT_Vector *to, void *user) {
-    FtContext *context = reinterpret_cast<FtContext *>(user);
+    FtContext *context = static_cast<FtContext *>(user);
     Point2 endpoint = ftPoint2(*to, context->scale);
     if (endpoint != context->position) {
         context->contour->addEdge(EdgeHolder(context->position, ftPoint2(*control, context->scale), endpoint));
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ static int ftConicTo(const FT_Vector *control, const FT_Vector *to, void *user)
 }
 
 static int ftCubicTo(const FT_Vector *control1, const FT_Vector *control2, const FT_Vector *to, void *user) {
-    FtContext *context = reinterpret_cast<FtContext *>(user);
+    FtContext *context = static_cast<FtContext *>(user);
     Point2 endpoint = ftPoint2(*to, context->scale);
     if (endpoint != context->position || crossProduct(ftPoint2(*control1, context->scale)-endpoint, ftPoint2(*control2, context->scale)-endpoint)) {
         context->contour->addEdge(EdgeHolder(context->position, ftPoint2(*control1, context->scale), ftPoint2(*control2, context->scale), endpoint));
@@ -321,3 +322,5 @@ bool listFontVariationAxes(std::vector<FontVariationAxis> &axes, FreetypeHandle
 #endif
 
 }
+
+#endif//MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE
diff --git a/ext/import-font.h b/ext/import-font.h
index 9a7aa3a..51dc8df 100644
--- a/ext/import-font.h
+++ b/ext/import-font.h
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ enum FontCoordinateScaling {
     FONT_SCALING_LEGACY
 };
 
+#ifdef MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE
+/// A function pointer type used for resolving FreeType library functions at runtime.
+using FreetypeLoadCallback = void* (*)(const char* functionName);
+/// Overrides the default dynamic FreeType load callback with a user defined one.
+void setFreetypeLoadCallback(FreetypeLoadCallback callback);
+/// Retrieves the current FreeType load callback.
+FreetypeLoadCallback getFreetypeLoadCallback();
+#endif//MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE
+
 /// Initializes the FreeType library.
 FreetypeHandle *initializeFreetype();
 /// Deinitializes the FreeType library.
diff --git a/ext/msdfgen-ext-c.cpp b/ext/msdfgen-ext-c.cpp
index 2d362bd..d40b549 100644
--- a/ext/msdfgen-ext-c.cpp
+++ b/ext/msdfgen-ext-c.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,22 @@
 
 extern "C" {
 
+#ifdef MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE // Runtime loader API
+
+MSDF_API int msdf_ft_set_load_callback(msdf_ft_load_callback callback) {
+    if(callback == nullptr) {
+        return MSDF_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+    msdfgen::setFreetypeLoadCallback(callback);
+    return MSDF_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+MSDF_API msdf_ft_load_callback msdf_ft_get_load_callback() {
+    return msdfgen::getFreetypeLoadCallback();
+}
+
+#endif
+
 MSDF_API int msdf_ft_init(msdf_ft_handle* handle) {
     if(handle == nullptr) {
         return MSDF_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
diff --git a/msdfgen-ext-c.h b/msdfgen-ext-c.h
index fbbd1a4..2a21f4e 100644
--- a/msdfgen-ext-c.h
+++ b/msdfgen-ext-c.h
@@ -24,11 +24,30 @@
  * @author Alexander Hinze
  */
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 MSDF_DEFINE_HANDLE_TYPE(msdf_ft);
 MSDF_DEFINE_HANDLE_TYPE(msdf_ft_font);
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
+#ifdef MSDFGEN_DYNAMIC_FREETYPE // Runtime loader API
+
+typedef void* (*msdf_ft_load_callback)(const char* functionName);
+
+/**
+ * Overrides the default load callback function used for resolving FreeTypee function at runtime.
+ * @param callback A pointer to the function to call for resolving FreeType functions at runtime.
+ * @returns @code MSDF_SUCCESS@endcode on success, otherwise one of the constants prefixed with @code MSDF_ERR_@endcode.
+ */
+MSDF_API int msdf_ft_set_load_callback(msdf_ft_load_callback callback);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves the current FreeType load callback.
+ * @returns A pointer to the current FreeType load callback function.
+ */
+MSDF_API msdf_ft_load_callback msdf_ft_get_load_callback();
+
 #endif
 
 /**