diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b603471..625b1dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # build results
 bin/
 obj/
-src/generated/
 imgui.ini
 
 # IDE files
diff --git a/dependencies/compile_resources.sh b/dependencies/compile_resources.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..992bb8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies/compile_resources.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eo pipefail
+echo 'compiling resources...'
+inputs=""
+for f in $(find ../../embedded_resources -type f); do
+    inputs+="-i $f "
+done
+mkdir -p ../obj
+mkdir -p ../bin
+set -x
+./resource_embedder -o '../obj/embedded_resources.c' -d '../../embedded_resources' $inputs
+gcc -Wall -Wextra -O2 -DEMBEDDED_RESOURCE_DEFINITION -c ../obj/embedded_resources.c -o ../bin/resources.o
+set +x
+# header without definitions
+./resource_embedder -o '../../src/Resources/embedded_resources.h'
+echo "embedded resources header was created at src/Resources/embedded_resources.h"
diff --git a/dependencies/resource_embedder b/dependencies/resource_embedder
index 9cc2fd7..b921791 160000
--- a/dependencies/resource_embedder
+++ b/dependencies/resource_embedder
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9cc2fd7814eb6172b753fa1c7e2bea9656033755
+Subproject commit b921791be512bffc252ab555e47d48e0fb8261b5
diff --git a/embedded_resources/fonts/DroidSans.ttf b/embedded_resources/fonts/DroidSans.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..767c63a
Binary files /dev/null and b/embedded_resources/fonts/DroidSans.ttf differ
diff --git a/project.config b/project.config
index 04d3f30..f2768be 100644
--- a/project.config
+++ b/project.config
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SRC_CPP="$(find src -name '*.cpp')"
 # See cbuild/example_dependency_configs
 DEPENDENCY_CONFIGS_DIR='dependencies'
 # List of dependency config files in DEPENDENCY_CONFIGS_DIR separated by space.
-ENABLED_DEPENDENCIES='imgui precompiled'
+ENABLED_DEPENDENCIES='precompiled resources imgui'
 
 # OBJDIR structure:
 #  ├── objects/      - Compiled object files. Cleans on each call of build task
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ case "$TASK" in
     # deletes generated files
     clean)
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/clean.sh
-        POST_TASK_SCRIPT=tasks/clean_additions.sh
         ;;
     # nothing to do
     "" | no_task)
diff --git a/src/GUI/MainWindow.cpp b/src/GUI/MainWindow.cpp
index ea6125f..fa97ac9 100644
--- a/src/GUI/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/GUI/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+#include <backends/imgui_impl_sdl2.h>
+#include <backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.h>
+#include <iostream>
 #include "MainWindow.hpp"
-#include "backends/imgui_impl_sdl2.h"
-#include "backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.h"
+#include "exceptions.hpp"
+#include "../format.hpp"
+#include "../Resources/fonts.hpp"
 
 namespace ougge::GUI {
 
@@ -71,6 +75,8 @@ void MainWindow::init(const char* window_title){
 
     // Setup Dear ImGui style
     ImGui::StyleColorsDark();
+    f32 dpi = getDPI();
+    io.FontDefault = Resources::ImFont_LoadFromResource(default_font, default_font_size, dpi);
 }
 
 // Wait, poll and handle events (inputs, window resize, etc.)
diff --git a/src/GUI/MainWindow.hpp b/src/GUI/MainWindow.hpp
index 94a1094..c4c8c20 100644
--- a/src/GUI/MainWindow.hpp
+++ b/src/GUI/MainWindow.hpp
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 #include <SDL.h>
 #include <SDL_opengl.h>
 #include <imgui.h>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <string>
 #include "../std.hpp"
-#include "../format.hpp"
-#include "exceptions.hpp"
 
 /// converts hex color to float vector
 #define RGBAHexToF(R8,G8,B8,A8) ImVec4(((u8)35)/255.0f, ((u8)35)/255.0f, ((u8)50)/255.0f, ((u8)255)/255.0f)
diff --git a/src/Resources/Resources.cpp b/src/Resources/Resources.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c9b014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Resources/Resources.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include "../UsefulException.hpp"
+#include "../format.hpp"
+#include "Resources.hpp"
+#include "embedded_resources.h"
+
+
+namespace ougge::Resources {
+
+Resource::Resource(const std::string& path, const std::size_t size, StreamFactoryMethod open_read_steam_func)
+  : path(path), size(size), openStream(open_read_steam_func)
+{}
+
+MemoryStreamBuf::MemoryStreamBuf(void* _p, const std::size_t n){
+    char* p=(char*)_p;
+    setg(p, p, p + n);
+    setp(p, p + n);
+}
+
+class MemoryStreamRead : public std::istream {
+public:
+    MemoryStreamRead(const void* p, const std::size_t n)
+        : std::istream(new MemoryStreamBuf((void*)p, n))
+    {}
+
+    virtual ~MemoryStreamRead(){
+        delete rdbuf();
+    }
+};
+
+static std::unordered_map<std::string, Resource>* _resourceMap = nullptr;
+
+void loadEmbeddedResources(){
+    for(int i = 0; i < EmbeddedResource_table_count; i++){
+        const EmbeddedResource& e = EmbeddedResource_table[i];
+        std::cout <<"loading resource '" << e.path << "' " 
+            << formatSizeHumanReadable(e.size) << std::endl;
+        
+        auto embedded_resource_factory = [e]() -> std::unique_ptr<std::istream> { 
+            return std::make_unique<MemoryStreamRead>(e.data, e.size); 
+        };
+
+        auto r = _resourceMap->emplace(e.path, 
+            Resource(e.path, e.size, embedded_resource_factory));
+        if(!r.second)
+            throw UsefulException(format("can't load duplicate resource '%s'", e.path));
+    }
+}
+
+void init(){
+    if(_resourceMap != nullptr)
+        throw UsefulException("resource has been initialized already");
+    _resourceMap = new std::unordered_map<std::string, Resource>();
+    loadEmbeddedResources();
+}
+
+Resource& getResource(const std::string& path){
+    auto it = _resourceMap->find(path);
+    if(it == _resourceMap->end())
+        throw UsefulException(format("can't find resource '%s'", path.c_str()));
+    return it->second;
+}
+
+std::string formatSizeHumanReadable(std::size_t b){
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss.precision(3);
+    std::size_t k = b / 1024;
+    std::size_t m = k / 1024;
+    std::size_t g = m / 1024;
+    
+    if(g)
+        ss<<m / 1024.0f<<'G';
+    else if(m)
+        ss<<k / 1024.0f<<'M';
+    else if(k)
+        ss<<b / 1024.0f<<'K';
+    else ss<<b;
+
+    return ss.str();
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Resources/Resources.hpp b/src/Resources/Resources.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f54056d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Resources/Resources.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../std.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <functional>
+
+namespace ougge::Resources {
+
+// call this in main()
+void init();
+
+std::string formatSizeHumanReadable(std::size_t byte_n);
+
+class Resource {
+public:
+    const std::string path;
+    const std::size_t size;
+
+    using StreamFactoryMethod = std::function< std::unique_ptr<std::istream> () >;
+
+    Resource(const std::string& path, const std::size_t size, StreamFactoryMethod open_read_steam_func);
+
+    const StreamFactoryMethod openStream;
+};
+
+class MemoryStreamBuf : public std::streambuf {
+public:
+    MemoryStreamBuf(void* p, const std::size_t n);
+};
+
+
+Resource& getResource(const std::string& path);
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Resources/embedded_resources.h b/src/Resources/embedded_resources.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..817e24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Resources/embedded_resources.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//        This file was generated by resource_embedder        //
+//  https://timerix.ddns.net:3322/Timerix/resource_embedder   //
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//                          USAGE:                            //
+//    Put it in a SOURCE file to define variables             //
+//  #define EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_DEFINITION                      //
+//  #define EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_POSTFIX your_postfix            //
+//  #include "../../src/Resources/embedded_resources.h"       //
+//                                                            //
+//    Put it in a HEADER file to declare external variables   //
+//  #define EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_POSTFIX your_postfix            //
+//  #include "../../src/Resources/embedded_resources.h"       //
+//                                                            //
+//    Then you can access embedded files through              //
+//  EmbeddedResource_table_your_postfix. You can get table    //
+//  content by index and put it into a hashtable or a map.    //
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#pragma once
+#if __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+    const char* path;
+    const char* data;
+    size_t size;
+} EmbeddedResource;
+
+#define RSCAT(A,B,C...) A##B##C
+#ifdef EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_POSTFIX
+    #define _EmbeddedResource_table(P) \
+        RSCAT(EmbeddedResource_table_, P)
+    #define _EmbeddedResource_table_count(P) \
+        RSCAT(EmbeddedResource_table_, P, _count)
+#else
+    #define _EmbeddedResource_table(P) \
+        EmbeddedResource_table
+    #define _EmbeddedResource_table_count(P) \
+        EmbeddedResource_table_count
+#endif
+extern const EmbeddedResource _EmbeddedResource_table(EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_POSTFIX)[];
+extern const int _EmbeddedResource_table_count(EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_POSTFIX);
+
+#ifdef EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_DEFINITION
+const EmbeddedResource _EmbeddedResource_table(EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_POSTFIX)[]={
+
+};
+
+const int _EmbeddedResource_table_count(EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_POSTFIX)=0;
+#endif // EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_DEFINITION
+
+#undef _EmbeddedResource_table
+#undef _EmbeddedResource_table_count
+#undef EMBEDDED_RESOURCE_POSTFIX
+#undef RSCAT
+
+#if __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/Resources/fonts.cpp b/src/Resources/fonts.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c866a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Resources/fonts.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include <imgui.h>
+#include "Resources.hpp"
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace ougge::Resources {
+
+// select all glyphs from font
+static const ImWchar glyph_ranges[] = {
+    0x0020, 0xFFFF, 0
+};
+
+ImFont* ImFont_LoadFromFile(const std::string& file_path, f32 font_size, f32 dpi){
+    ImGuiIO& io = ImGui::GetIO();
+    font_size *= dpi;
+    return io.Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF(file_path.c_str(), font_size, nullptr, glyph_ranges);
+}
+
+ImFont* ImFont_LoadFromResource(const std::string& font_name, f32 font_size, f32 dpi){
+    ImGuiIO& io = ImGui::GetIO();
+    font_size *= dpi;
+    ImFontConfig font_cfg = ImFontConfig();
+    std::sprintf(font_cfg.Name, "%s %ipx", font_name.c_str(), (i32)font_size);
+    
+    Resource& res = getResource("fonts/" + font_name + ".ttf");
+    char* font_data = new char[res.size]; 
+    res.openStream()->read(font_data, res.size);
+
+    return io.Fonts->AddFontFromMemoryTTF((void*)(font_data), res.size,
+        font_size, &font_cfg, glyph_ranges);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Resources/fonts.hpp b/src/Resources/fonts.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63aea47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Resources/fonts.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "imgui.h"
+#include "../std.hpp"
+
+namespace ougge::Resources {
+
+ImFont* ImFont_LoadFromFile(const std::string& file_path, f32 font_size, f32 dpi);
+
+ImFont* ImFont_LoadFromResource(const std::string& font_name, f32 font_size, f32 dpi);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/format.cpp b/src/format.cpp
index 8d98bce..8eb6fb4 100644
--- a/src/format.cpp
+++ b/src/format.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-#include <string>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include "format.hpp"
 #include "UsefulException.hpp"
-#include "std.hpp"
 
 std::string _format(const std::string& format_str, const size_t args_count, ...){
     va_list vl;
diff --git a/src/format.hpp b/src/format.hpp
index 493df97..9c9485b 100644
--- a/src/format.hpp
+++ b/src/format.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <string>
 #include "std.hpp"
 
 std::string _format(const std::string& format_str, const size_t args_count, ...);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index cbb22f3..08fa535 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #define SDL_MAIN_HANDLED
-#include "GUI/MainWindow.hpp"
-#include "std.hpp"
 #include <iostream>
+#include "std.hpp"
+#include "GUI/MainWindow.hpp"
+#include "Resources/Resources.hpp"
 
 using namespace ougge;
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv){
         std::cerr<<"\e[93msetlocale failed!\n";
 
     try {
+        Resources::init();
         GUI::MainWindow w;
         w.init("ougge");
         w.startAndWait();
diff --git a/src/std.hpp b/src/std.hpp
index 4f2f404..b10c880 100644
--- a/src/std.hpp
+++ b/src/std.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
 
 typedef int8_t i8;
 typedef uint8_t u8;
diff --git a/tasks/clean_additions.sh b/tasks/clean_additions.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 83fa64f..0000000
--- a/tasks/clean_additions.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-try_delete_dir_or_file src/generated