diff --git a/public/fonts/material.woff2 b/public/fonts/material.woff2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecd223d
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/fonts/material.woff2 differ
diff --git a/src/Game.tsx b/src/Game.tsx
index f0b3c4d..061c8da 100644
--- a/src/Game.tsx
+++ b/src/Game.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Phaser from 'phaser';
 import {DrumsScene} from './scenes/DrumsScene.ts';
+import {loadFonts} from './fonts.ts';
 
 function resizeGame(game: Phaser.Game) {
   const width = window.innerWidth;
@@ -13,22 +14,24 @@ let isGameInitialized = false;
 export const Game = () => {
   if (!isGameInitialized) {
     isGameInitialized = true;
-    const game = new Phaser.Game({
-      type: Phaser.AUTO,
-      mode: Phaser.Scale.RESIZE,
-      parent: 'phaser-container',
-      width: window.innerWidth,
-      height: window.innerHeight,
-      backgroundColor: '#FFF',
-      scene: [
-        DrumsScene
-      ],
-      input: {
-        activePointers: 4, // Allow four active pointers for multi-touch
-      },
-    });
-    window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
-      resizeGame(game);
+    loadFonts().then(() => {
+      const game = new Phaser.Game({
+        type: Phaser.AUTO,
+        mode: Phaser.Scale.RESIZE,
+        parent: 'phaser-container',
+        width: window.innerWidth,
+        height: window.innerHeight,
+        backgroundColor: '#FFF',
+        scene: [
+          DrumsScene
+        ],
+        input: {
+          activePointers: 4, // Allow four active pointers for multi-touch
+        },
+      });
+      window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
+        resizeGame(game);
+      });
     });
   }
   return <></>;
diff --git a/src/fonts.ts b/src/fonts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a63d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fonts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export const FontFamily = {
+  Material: 'Material', // source: https://fonts.google.com/icons
+  Arial: 'Arial',
+}
+
+export const loadFonts = async() =>  {
+  const newFontFace = new FontFace(FontFamily.Material, 'url(./fonts/material.woff2)');
+  document.fonts.add(newFontFace);
+  return newFontFace.load().catch(error => console.error(error));
+}
diff --git a/src/samples/sample-utils.ts b/src/samples/sample-utils.ts
index b2c403c..8364938 100644
--- a/src/samples/sample-utils.ts
+++ b/src/samples/sample-utils.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ export const createAudioContext = () => {
     const AudioContext = (window as any).AudioContext || (window as any).webkitAudioContext;
     audioContext = new AudioContext();
   }
-  return audioContext;
+  return audioContext!;
 }
diff --git a/src/scenes/DrumsScene.ts b/src/scenes/DrumsScene.ts
index 34ad008..2189f44 100644
--- a/src/scenes/DrumsScene.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/DrumsScene.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {playOpenHiHat} from '../samples/hihat-open.ts';
 import {playRide} from '../samples/ride.ts';
 import {playTom2High} from '../samples/tom-high.ts';
 import {playTom1Low} from '../samples/tom-low.ts';
+import {FontFamily} from '../fonts.ts';
 
 // loop
 let isRecording = false;
@@ -198,12 +199,14 @@ export class DrumsScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   }
 
   private createText(text: string) {
-    return this.add.text(0, 0, text)
+    return this.add.text(0, 0, text, {
+      fontFamily: FontFamily.Material,
+      fontSize: 20,
+      color: '#FFF',
+      align: 'center',
+      resolution: 2,
+    })
       .setOrigin(0.5, 0.5)
-      .setFontSize(20)
-      .setFontFamily('Arial')
-      .setAlign('center')
-      .setColor('#FFF')
       .setData('initial', text);
   }
 
@@ -212,15 +215,15 @@ export class DrumsScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       state: 'idle',
       stop: {
         button: this.createControlButton(),
-        text: this.createText('Stop')
+        text: this.createText('stop')
       },
       record: {
         button: this.createControlButton(),
-        text: this.createText('Record')
+        text: this.createText('fiber_manual_record')
       },
       play: {
         button: this.createControlButton(),
-        text: this.createText('Play')
+        text: this.createText('play_arrow')
       },
     }
 
@@ -262,7 +265,7 @@ export class DrumsScene extends Phaser.Scene {
           this.controls.state = 'idle';
           this.updateControlsText();
           console.log('No loop to play');
-          this.controls.play.text.setText('No loop to play, record first');
+          this.controls.play.text.setFontFamily(FontFamily.Arial).setText('No loop to play, record first');
           this.time.delayedCall(2000, () => {
             this.updateControlsText();
           });
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ export class DrumsScene extends Phaser.Scene {
 
       [stop, record, play].forEach(({button, text}, index) => {
         button.setSize(buttonWidth, buttonHeight).setPosition(buttonWidth * index, -1);
-        text.setFontSize(buttonHeight / 3)
+        text.setFontSize(buttonHeight / 2)
           .setWordWrapWidth(button.width, true)
           .setSize(button.width, button.height)
           .setPosition(button.getCenter().x, button.getCenter().y);
@@ -293,20 +296,23 @@ export class DrumsScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       stop: {text: stopText},
       play: {text: playText}
     } = this.controls;
-    [recordText, stopText, playText]
-      .forEach(text => text.setText(text.getData('initial')).setColor(controlColors.idle));
+    // reset fonts to initial icons
+    [recordText, stopText, playText].forEach(text => text
+      .setFontFamily(FontFamily.Material)
+      .setText(text.getData('initial'))
+      .setColor(controlColors.idle));
     const color = controlColors[this.controls.state];
     switch (this.controls.state) {
     case 'idle':
       break;
     case 'readyToRecord':
-      recordText.setText('Hit a pad to start').setColor(color);
+      recordText.setFontFamily(FontFamily.Arial).setText('Hit a pad to start').setColor(color);
       break;
     case 'recording':
-      recordText.setText('Recording...').setColor(color);
+      recordText.setFontFamily(FontFamily.Material).setColor(color);
       break;
     case 'playing':
-      playText.setText('Playing...').setColor(color);
+      playText.setFontFamily(FontFamily.Material).setColor(color);
       break;
     }