diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/DisplayListTextHandle.cs b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/DisplayListTextHandle.cs
index 192c8c7d..c1a00ebf 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/DisplayListTextHandle.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/DisplayListTextHandle.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using OpenTK.Graphics.OpenGL;
 
 namespace OpenTK.Graphics
 {
+    [Obsolete()]
     class DisplayListTextHandle : TextHandle
     {
         public DisplayListTextHandle(int handle) : base(handle) { }
diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/DisplayListTextPrinter.cs b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/DisplayListTextPrinter.cs
index 5958dc35..835f9f1a 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/DisplayListTextPrinter.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/DisplayListTextPrinter.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides text printing through OpenGL 1.1 Display Lists.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete()]
     class DisplayListTextPrinter : ITextPrinterImplementation
     {
         #region IPrinter Members
diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/Glyph.cs b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/Glyph.cs
index c64acfe5..d124e2cc 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/Glyph.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/Glyph.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a single character of a specific Font.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete]
     struct Glyph : IPackable<Glyph>
     {
         char character;
diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/IPrinterImplementation.cs b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/IPrinterImplementation.cs
index c849ed1f..0f901f10 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/IPrinterImplementation.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/IPrinterImplementation.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
     /// <summary>
     /// Defines the interface for TextPrinter implementations.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("Use ITextOutputProvider instead")]
     public interface ITextPrinterImplementation
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextHandle.cs b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextHandle.cs
index fdb48f7b..321ff14a 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextHandle.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextHandle.cs
@@ -13,17 +13,27 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a handle to cached text.
     /// </summary>
-    public abstract class TextHandle : IDisposable
+    [Obsolete("Use TextPrinter.Print instead")]
+    public class TextHandle : IDisposable
     {
+        internal string Text;
+        internal System.Drawing.Font GdiPFont;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Constructs a new TextHandle,
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="handle"></param>
-        public TextHandle(int handle)
+        internal TextHandle(int handle)
         {
             Handle = handle;
         }
 
+        internal TextHandle(string text, System.Drawing.Font font)
+        {
+            Text = text;
+            GdiPFont = font;
+        }
+
         private int handle;
         protected TextureFont font;
         protected bool disposed;
diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextureFont.cs b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextureFont.cs
index 6d30ce9f..dee839de 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextureFont.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextureFont.cs
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
 {
     using Graphics = System.Drawing.Graphics;
     using PixelFormat = OpenTK.Graphics.PixelFormat;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+    using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
+    [Obsolete("Use System.Drawing.Font instead")]
     public class TextureFont : IFont
     {
-        Font font;
+        internal Font font;
         Dictionary<char, RectangleF> loaded_glyphs = new Dictionary<char, RectangleF>(64);
 
         Bitmap bmp;
diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/VboTextPrinter.cs b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/VboTextPrinter.cs
index 3c4a5731..f6c37a0a 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/VboTextPrinter.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/VboTextPrinter.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides text printing through OpenGL 1.5 vertex buffer objects.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete]
     class VboTextPrinter : ITextPrinterImplementation
     {
         static int allocated_handles;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
     /// <summary>
     /// Contains the necessary information to print text through the VboTextPrinter implementation.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete]
     class VboTextHandle : TextHandle
     {
         public VboTextHandle(int handle) : base(handle) { }
diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Graphics/ITextPrinter.cs b/Source/Utilities/Graphics/ITextPrinter.cs
index c39b46bf..717b2870 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Graphics/ITextPrinter.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Graphics/ITextPrinter.cs
@@ -25,5 +25,14 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
         TextExtents Measure(string text, Font font);
         TextExtents Measure(string text, Font font, TextPrinterOptions options);
         TextExtents Measure(string text, Font font, TextPrinterOptions options, RectangleF layoutRectangle);
+
+        [Obsolete("Use TextPrinter.Print instead")]
+        void Draw(TextHandle handle);
+
+        [Obsolete("Use TextPrinter.Print instead")]
+        void Draw(string text, TextureFont font);
+
+        [Obsolete("Use TextPrinter.Print instead")]
+        void Prepare(string text, TextureFont font, out TextHandle handle);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Graphics/TextPrinter.cs b/Source/Utilities/Graphics/TextPrinter.cs
index 056c7a81..86d5d8a2 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Graphics/TextPrinter.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Graphics/TextPrinter.cs
@@ -177,6 +177,28 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
 
         #endregion
 
+        #region Obsolete
+
+        [Obsolete("Use TextPrinter.Print instead")]
+        public void Draw(TextHandle handle)
+        {
+            Print(handle.Text, handle.GdiPFont);
+        }
+
+        [Obsolete("Use TextPrinter.Print instead")]
+        public void Draw(string text, TextureFont font)
+        {
+            Print(text, font.font);
+        }
+
+        [Obsolete("Use TextPrinter.Print instead")]
+        public void Prepare(string text, TextureFont font, out TextHandle handle)
+        {
+            handle = new TextHandle(text, font.font);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Private Members