diff --git a/README b/README
index b506b78..c2cfa6c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ A game of Pong.
 Requirements
 ===========
 * sdl2
-* sdl2-ttf
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+* sdl2-ttf
+* fontconfig
+* Liberation Mono fonts
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diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index c6c59b0..cda7906 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ pong_SOURCES = \
 	racket.h \
 	score.c \
 	score.h
-pong_CFLAGS = $(SDL_CFLAGS) `pkg-config --cflags SDL2_ttf`
-pong_LDFLAGS = $(SDL_LIBS) `pkg-config --libs SDL2_ttf` -lm
+pong_CFLAGS = $(SDL_CFLAGS) `pkg-config --cflags SDL2_ttf fontconfig`
+pong_LDFLAGS = $(SDL_LIBS) `pkg-config --libs SDL2_ttf fontconfig` -lm
diff --git a/src/assets/LiberationMono-Bold.ttf b/src/assets/LiberationMono-Bold.ttf
deleted file mode 100644
index 9997cda..0000000
Binary files a/src/assets/LiberationMono-Bold.ttf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/score.c b/src/score.c
index 4f9caf4..5284ed1 100644
--- a/src/score.c
+++ b/src/score.c
@@ -1,19 +1,47 @@
+#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
+
 #include "score.h"
 
-static const char font_path[] = "src/assets/LiberationMono-Bold.ttf";
+static const FcChar8 *SCORE_FONT_FAMILY = "Liberation Mono";
+static const FcChar8 *SCORE_FONT_STYLE = "Bold";
+static const int SCORE_FONT_PTSIZE = 16;
 
 Score*
 Score_init(int posX, int posY) {
+  FcConfig *config = FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts();
+  FcPattern *pat = FcPatternCreate();
+  
+  FcObjectSet* os = FcObjectSetBuild (FC_FAMILY, FC_STYLE, FC_LANG, FC_FILE, (char *) 0);
+  FcFontSet* fs = FcFontList(config, pat, os);
+  
+  FcChar8 *file, *style, *family;
+  for (int i=0; fs && i < fs->nfont; ++i) {
+    FcPattern* font = fs->fonts[i];
+    if (FcPatternGetString(font, FC_FILE, 0, &file) == FcResultMatch
+	&& FcPatternGetString(font, FC_FAMILY, 0, &family) == FcResultMatch
+	&& FcPatternGetString(font, FC_STYLE, 0, &style) == FcResultMatch
+	&& strcmp(SCORE_FONT_FAMILY, family) == 0
+	&& strcmp(SCORE_FONT_STYLE, style) == 0) {
+      break;
+      }
+  }
+  
   Score *s = malloc(sizeof(Score));
   *(int *)&s->POSX = posX;
   *(int *)&s->POSY = posY;
   s->score = 0;
-  s->font = TTF_OpenFont(font_path, 16);
+  s->font = TTF_OpenFont(file, SCORE_FONT_PTSIZE);
   if (s->font == NULL) {
-    printf("TTF_OpenFont fail with path '%s'. TTF_Error: %s\n", font_path, TTF_GetError());
+    printf("TTF_OpenFont fail with path '%s'. TTF_Error: %s\n", file, TTF_GetError());
     free(s);
     return NULL;
   }
+
+  FcFontSetDestroy(fs);
+  FcObjectSetDestroy(os);
+  FcPatternDestroy(pat);
+  FcConfigDestroy(config);
+  
   s->textColor = (SDL_Color) { 255, 255, 255 };
   return s;
 }