diff --git a/bindings/java/pom.xml b/bindings/java/pom.xml
index 98887ac52..29eb3ff30 100644
--- a/bindings/java/pom.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@
                     <include>meshIO.dll</include>
                 </includes>
             </resource>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>../../build/_deps/texttopolygon-build/</directory>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>libTextToPolygon.so</include>
+                    <include>libTextToPolygon.dylib</include>
+                </includes>
+            </resource>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>../../build/_deps/freetype2-build/</directory>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>libfreetype.so</include>
+                    <include>libfreetype.6.16.0.dylib</include>
+                </includes>
+            </resource>
             <resource>
                 <directory>../../build/src/manifold</directory>
                 <includes>
@@ -110,6 +124,8 @@
                         <includePath>../../src/cross_section/include/</includePath>
                         <includePath>../../src/third_party/clipper2/CPP/Clipper2Lib/include/</includePath>
                         <includePath>../../build/_deps/glm-src/</includePath>
+                        <includePath>../../build/_deps/texttopolygon-src/include</includePath>
+                        <includePath>../../build/_deps/freetype2-src/include</includePath>
                         <includePath>../../src/polygon/include</includePath>
                         <includePath>../../src/manifold/include/</includePath>
                         <includePath>../../src/utilities/include/</includePath>
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/manifold3d/LibraryPaths.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/manifold3d/LibraryPaths.java
index 1a0ed3f1d..f751a75d9 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/manifold3d/LibraryPaths.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/manifold3d/LibraryPaths.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ public class LibraryPaths {
     //public static final String CROSS_SECTION_LIB_DIR = MANIFOLD_BUILD_DIR + "/src/cross_section";
     //public static final String QUICKHULL_LIB_DIR = MANIFOLD_BUILD_DIR + "/src/third_party";
     public static final String CLIPPER_LIB_DIR = MANIFOLD_BUILD_DIR + "/_deps/clipper2-build";
+    public static final String FREETYPE_LIB_DIR = MANIFOLD_BUILD_DIR + "/_deps/freetype2-build";
+    public static final String TEXT_TO_POLYGON_LIB_DIR = MANIFOLD_BUILD_DIR + "/_deps/texttopolygon-build";
     public static final String MANIFOLD_LIB_DIR_WINDOWS = MANIFOLD_LIB_DIR + "/Release";
     public static final String MESHIO_LIB_DIR = MANIFOLD_BUILD_DIR + "/meshIO";
     public static final String MESHIO_LIB_DIR_WINDOWS = MESHIO_LIB_DIR + "/Release";
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/manifold3d/manifold/CrossSection.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/manifold3d/manifold/CrossSection.java
index 5664e6cab..613db07db 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/manifold3d/manifold/CrossSection.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/manifold3d/manifold/CrossSection.java
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 
 @Platform(compiler = "cpp17",
           include = { "cross_section.h" },
-          linkpath = { LibraryPaths.MANIFOLD_LIB_DIR },
-          link = { "manifold" })
+          linkpath = { LibraryPaths.MANIFOLD_LIB_DIR,
+                       LibraryPaths.FREETYPE_LIB_DIR,
+                       LibraryPaths.TEXT_TO_POLYGON_LIB_DIR },
+          link = { "manifold", "TextToPolygon", "freetype" })
 @Namespace("manifold")
 public class CrossSection extends Pointer {
     static { Loader.load(); }
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ public CrossSection translateY(double y) {
     public static native @ByVal CrossSection Compose(@ByRef CrossSectionVector crossSection);
     @Name("Decompose") public native @ByVal CrossSectionVector decompose();
 
+    public static native @ByVal CrossSection Text(@ByRef @StdString String fontFile, @ByRef @StdString String text, int pixelHeight, int interpRes);
     public static native @ByVal CrossSection Circle(float radius, int circularSegments);
     public static native @ByVal CrossSection Square(@ByRef DoubleVec2 size, boolean center);
     public static CrossSection Square(double x, double y, boolean center) {
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/test/java/manifold3d/CrossSectionTest.java b/bindings/java/src/test/java/manifold3d/CrossSectionTest.java
index 6f5230224..a06122e24 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/test/java/manifold3d/CrossSectionTest.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/test/java/manifold3d/CrossSectionTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public void testCrossSection() {
         CrossSection innerSection = new CrossSection(innerPolygon, FillRule.NonZero.ordinal())
             .translate(new DoubleVec2(3, 0));
 
+        CrossSection text = CrossSection.Text("DejaVuSans.ttf", "abcdefghijk lmnopqrstuvwxyz", 48, 6);
+
         CrossSection circle = CrossSection.Circle(3.0f, 20);
         Manifold cylinder = Manifold.Extrude(circle, 50, 60, 0, new DoubleVec2(1.0, 1.0));
 
@@ -47,5 +49,6 @@ public void testCrossSection() {
         DoubleMesh mesh = man.getMesh();
         ExportOptions opts = new ExportOptions();
         MeshIO.ExportMesh("CrossSectionTest.stl", mesh, opts);
+        MeshIO.ExportMesh("TextExtrusion.stl", Manifold.Extrude(text, 200, 1, 0, new DoubleVec2(1.0, 1.0)).getMesh(), opts);
     }
 }