diff --git a/pkg/macos/text/font.zig b/pkg/macos/text/font.zig
index ca4405594..4a23d7202 100644
--- a/pkg/macos/text/font.zig
+++ b/pkg/macos/text/font.zig
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ pub const Font = opaque {
         ) orelse Allocator.Error.OutOfMemory;
     }
 
+    pub fn copyWithAttributes(self: *Font, size: f32, attrs: ?*text.FontDescriptor) Allocator.Error!*Font {
+        return @intToPtr(
+            ?*Font,
+            @ptrToInt(c.CTFontCreateCopyWithAttributes(
+                @ptrCast(c.CTFontRef, self),
+                size,
+                null,
+                @ptrCast(c.CTFontDescriptorRef, attrs),
+            )),
+        ) orelse Allocator.Error.OutOfMemory;
+    }
+
     pub fn release(self: *Font) void {
         c.CFRelease(self);
     }
@@ -129,3 +141,16 @@ test {
         );
     }
 }
+
+test "copy" {
+    const name = try foundation.String.createWithBytes("Monaco", .utf8, false);
+    defer name.release();
+    const desc = try text.FontDescriptor.createWithNameAndSize(name, 12);
+    defer desc.release();
+
+    const font = try Font.createWithFontDescriptor(desc, 12);
+    defer font.release();
+
+    const f2 = try font.copyWithAttributes(14, null);
+    defer f2.release();
+}
diff --git a/src/font/face.zig b/src/font/face.zig
index 835d2bc7a..e8e679894 100644
--- a/src/font/face.zig
+++ b/src/font/face.zig
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ pub const DesiredSize = struct {
         return (self.points * self.ydpi) / 72;
     }
 };
+
+pub const Foo = if (options.backend == .coretext) coretext.Face else void;
+
+test {
+    @import("std").testing.refAllDecls(@This());
+}
diff --git a/src/font/face/coretext.zig b/src/font/face/coretext.zig
index 7dad78b90..8bbcae356 100644
--- a/src/font/face/coretext.zig
+++ b/src/font/face/coretext.zig
@@ -1 +1,47 @@
-// One day!
+const macos = @import("macos");
+const harfbuzz = @import("harfbuzz");
+const font = @import("../main.zig");
+
+pub const Face = struct {
+    /// Our font face
+    font: *macos.text.Font,
+
+    /// Harfbuzz font corresponding to this face.
+    hb_font: harfbuzz.Font,
+
+    /// Initialize a CoreText-based face from another initialized font face
+    /// but with a new size. This is often how CoreText fonts are initialized
+    /// because the font is loaded at a default size during discovery, and then
+    /// adjusted to the final size for final load.
+    pub fn initFontCopy(base: *macos.text.Font, size: font.face.DesiredSize) !Face {
+        // Create a copy
+        const ct_font = try base.copyWithAttributes(@intToFloat(f32, size.points), null);
+        errdefer ct_font.release();
+
+        const hb_font = try harfbuzz.coretext.createFont(ct_font);
+        errdefer hb_font.destroy();
+
+        return Face{
+            .font = ct_font,
+            .hb_font = hb_font,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *Face) void {
+        self.font.release();
+        self.hb_font.destroy();
+        self.* = undefined;
+    }
+};
+
+test {
+    const name = try macos.foundation.String.createWithBytes("Monaco", .utf8, false);
+    defer name.release();
+    const desc = try macos.text.FontDescriptor.createWithNameAndSize(name, 12);
+    defer desc.release();
+    const ct_font = try macos.text.Font.createWithFontDescriptor(desc, 12);
+    defer ct_font.release();
+
+    var face = try Face.initFontCopy(ct_font, .{ .points = 18 });
+    defer face.deinit();
+}
diff --git a/src/font/main.zig b/src/font/main.zig
index 95f773c16..69e6a9431 100644
--- a/src/font/main.zig
+++ b/src/font/main.zig
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ pub const Backend = enum {
 
     /// CoreText for both font discovery and rendering (macOS).
     coretext,
+
+    /// Helper that just returns true if we should be using freetype. This
+    /// is used for tests.
+    pub fn freetype(self: Backend) bool {
+        return switch (self) {
+            .freetype, .fontconfig_freetype => true,
+            .coretext => false,
+        };
+    }
 };
 
 /// The styles that a family can take.