diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextHandle.cs b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextHandle.cs
index d4fc3539..fdb48f7b 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextHandle.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextHandle.cs
@@ -13,20 +13,39 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a handle to cached text.
     /// </summary>
-    public class TextHandle : IDisposable
+    public abstract class TextHandle : IDisposable
     {
-        internal TextHandle(int handle)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Constructs a new TextHandle,
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="handle"></param>
+        public TextHandle(int handle)
         {
             Handle = handle;
         }
 
+        private int handle;
+        protected TextureFont font;
+        protected bool disposed;
+
         /// <summary>
-        /// The handle of the cached text. Call the OpenTK.Graphics.ITextPrinter.Draw() method
+        /// Gets the handle of the cached text run. Call the OpenTK.Graphics.ITextPrinter.Draw() method
         /// to draw the text represented by this TextHandle.
         /// </summary>
-        public readonly int Handle;
-        internal TextureFont font;
-        protected bool disposed;
+        public int Handle
+        {
+            get { return handle; }
+            protected set { handle = value; }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the TextureFont used for this text run.
+        /// </summary>
+        public TextureFont Font
+        {
+            get { return font; }
+            internal set { font = value; }
+        }
 
         #region public override string ToString()
 
diff --git a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextPrinter.cs b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextPrinter.cs
index f46f5c4e..3e713800 100644
--- a/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextPrinter.cs
+++ b/Source/Utilities/Fonts/TextPrinter.cs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
             PerformLayout(text, font, width, wordWarp, alignment, rightToLeft, ref vertices, ref indices, out num_indices);
 
             handle = Printer.Load(vertices, indices, num_indices);
-            handle.font = font;
+            handle.Font = font;
         }
 
         #endregion
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ namespace OpenTK.Graphics
         /// <param name="handle">The TextHandle to the cached text.</param>
         public void Draw(TextHandle handle)
         {
-            GL.BindTexture(TextureTarget.Texture2D, handle.font.Texture);
+            GL.BindTexture(TextureTarget.Texture2D, handle.Font.Texture);
 
             Printer.Draw(handle);
         }