diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f8d1e0..58fdfcc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 I'm building this while learning from [Lazy Foo' Productions' SDL Tutorials](http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/). 
 
 ## About
-Trololo is written in C++ with SDL 1.2.12 (32 bit) with the SDL extension library: SDL_image (1.2.12).
+Trololo is written in C++ with SDL 1.2.15 (32 bit) with the SDL extension libraries: SDL_image (1.2.12) and SDL_tff (2.0.11).
 
 ## License
 This software is released under the GNU General Public License Version 3. Please read the LICENSE file to know your rights before continuing. 
diff --git a/commonSDL.h b/commonSDL.h
index 0321ab3..d5807dc 100644
--- a/commonSDL.h
+++ b/commonSDL.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SDL + Extensions
 #include "SDL/SDL.h"
 #include "SDL/SDL_image.h"
+#include "SDL/SDL_ttf.h"
 
 // Standard
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -37,7 +38,14 @@ SDL_Surface *StartUp(const char *title, int x, int y)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	
-	SDL_WM_SetCaption(title, NULL );
+	SDL_WM_SetCaption(title, NULL);
+	
+	//Initialize SDL_ttf 
+	if(TTF_Init() == -1)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "True Type Font initialization failed: %s", SDL_GetError());
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	
 	// Success: return video surface
 	return screen;
diff --git a/images/ttf/CaviarDreams.ttf b/images/ttf/CaviarDreams.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ba4279
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/ttf/CaviarDreams.ttf differ
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index b651d26..b32dcd3 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SDL + Extensions
 #include "SDL/SDL.h"
 #include "SDL/SDL_image.h"
+#include "SDL/SDL_ttf.h"
 
 // Common SDL functions for general processing.
 #include "commonSDL.h"
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ SDL_Surface *screen = NULL;
 SDL_Surface *background = NULL;
 SDL_Surface *characters = NULL;
 
+SDL_Surface *message = NULL;
+
 // Image filenames
 const char *background_image = "stage1.bmp";
 const char *characters_image = "characters.bmp";
@@ -55,10 +58,37 @@ int main(int argc, char* args[])
 		apply_image(0, 0, background, screen);
 		
 		// Blit troll image
-		apply_image(0, 0, characters, screen, &clip[0]);
+		apply_image(700, 40, characters, screen, &clip[0]);
 		
 		// Blit codfish image
-		apply_image(300, 300, characters, screen, &clip[1]);
+		apply_image(150, 300, characters, screen, &clip[1]);
+
+		// Setup welcome text
+		SDL_Color whitecolor = { 255, 255, 255 };
+		TTF_Font *font = TTF_OpenFont("CaviarDreams.ttf", 80);
+		const char* text = "Welcome to Trololo";
+		
+		
+		if(!font)
+		{
+			fprintf(stderr, "TTF_OpenFont: %s\n", TTF_GetError());
+		}
+		
+		/*
+			Checks if font or text is NULL due to the documentation:
+				NULL font into this function will cause a segfault.
+				NULL text into this function will result in undefined behavior.
+		*/
+		if(font != NULL && text != NULL)
+			message = TTF_RenderText_Solid(font, text, whitecolor);
+		else
+			fprintf(stderr, "TFF Render Text Solid Error: init error\n");
+		
+		// Apply message
+		if(message != NULL)
+			apply_image(100, 200, message, screen);
+		else
+			fprintf(stderr, "TFF Render Text Solid Error: apply error\n");
 		
 		if(screen != NULL)
 			SDL_Flip(screen);