diff --git a/gm/userfont.cpp b/gm/userfont.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c80337315b8bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gm/userfont.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+#include "gm/gm.h"
+#include "include/core/SkCanvas.h"
+#include "include/core/SkFont.h"
+#include "include/core/SkPaint.h"
+#include "include/core/SkPath.h"
+#include "include/core/SkSize.h"
+#include "include/core/SkString.h"
+#include "include/utils/SkCustomTypeface.h"
+#include "tools/Resources.h"
+
+static sk_sp<SkTypeface> make_tf() {
+    SkCustomTypefaceBuilder builder(128);
+    SkFont font;
+    font.setSize(1.0f);
+    font.setHinting(SkFontHinting::kNone);
+
+    // Steal the first 128 chars from the default font
+    for (SkGlyphID index = 0; index <= 127; ++index) {
+        SkGlyphID glyph = font.unicharToGlyph(index);
+
+        SkScalar width;
+        font.getWidths(&glyph, 1, &width);
+        SkPath path;
+        font.getPath(glyph, &path);
+
+        // we use the charcode to be our glyph index, since we have no cmap table
+        builder.setGlyph(index, width, path);
+    }
+
+    return builder.detach();
+}
+
+#include "include/core/SkTextBlob.h"
+
+class UserFontGM : public skiagm::GM {
+    sk_sp<SkTypeface> fTF;
+    sk_sp<SkTextBlob> fBlob;
+
+    SkPath fPath;
+public:
+    UserFontGM() {}
+
+    void onOnceBeforeDraw() override {
+        fTF = make_tf();
+
+        SkFont font(fTF);
+        font.setSize(100);
+        font.setEdging(SkFont::Edging::kAntiAlias);
+
+        std::vector<SkGlyphID> array;
+        auto expand8to16 = [&](const char str[]) {
+            for (int i = 0; str[i]; ++i) {
+                array.push_back(str[i]);
+            }
+        };
+
+        expand8to16("User Typeface");
+        fBlob = SkTextBlob::MakeFromText(array.data(), array.size() * sizeof(SkGlyphID),
+                                         font, SkTextEncoding::kGlyphID);
+
+    }
+
+    bool runAsBench() const override { return true; }
+
+    SkString onShortName() override { return SkString("user_typeface"); }
+
+    SkISize onISize() override { return {512, 512}; }
+
+    void onDraw(SkCanvas* canvas) override {
+        SkScalar x = 20,
+                 y = 250;
+
+        SkPaint paint;
+        paint.setStyle(SkPaint::kStroke_Style);
+        canvas->drawRect(fBlob->bounds().makeOffset(x, y), paint);
+
+        paint.setStyle(SkPaint::kFill_Style);
+        paint.setColor(SK_ColorRED);
+        canvas->drawTextBlob(fBlob, x, y, paint);
+    }
+};
+DEF_GM(return new UserFontGM;)
diff --git a/gn/gm.gni b/gn/gm.gni
index 9702843d4210b..c4266a17e0edf 100644
--- a/gn/gm.gni
+++ b/gn/gm.gni
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ gm_sources = [
   "$_gm/trickycubicstrokes.cpp",
   "$_gm/typeface.cpp",
   "$_gm/unpremul.cpp",
+  "$_gm/userfont.cpp",
   "$_gm/variedtext.cpp",
   "$_gm/verifiers/gmverifier.cpp",
   "$_gm/vertices.cpp",
diff --git a/gn/utils.gni b/gn/utils.gni
index 9eb6769b1c6b0..1b968fc3c139f 100644
--- a/gn/utils.gni
+++ b/gn/utils.gni
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ skia_utils_public = [
   "$_include/utils/SkBase64.h",
   "$_include/utils/SkCamera.h",
   "$_include/utils/SkCanvasStateUtils.h",
+  "$_include/utils/SkCustomTypeface.h",
   "$_include/utils/SkEventTracer.h",
   "$_include/utils/SkInterpolator.h",
   "$_include/utils/SkNWayCanvas.h",
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ skia_utils_sources = [
   "$_src/utils/SkCharToGlyphCache.h",
   "$_src/utils/SkClipStackUtils.cpp",
   "$_src/utils/SkClipStackUtils.h",
+  "$_src/utils/SkCustomTypeface.cpp",
   "$_src/utils/SkDashPath.cpp",
   "$_src/utils/SkDashPathPriv.h",
   "$_src/utils/SkEventTracer.cpp",
diff --git a/include/utils/SkCustomTypeface.h b/include/utils/SkCustomTypeface.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..366409998988a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/utils/SkCustomTypeface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SkCustomTypeface_DEFINED
+#define SkCustomTypeface_DEFINED
+
+#include "include/core/SkImage.h"
+#include "include/core/SkPaint.h"
+#include "include/core/SkPath.h"
+#include "include/core/SkPicture.h"
+#include "include/core/SkTypeface.h"
+
+#include <vector>
+
+class SkStream;
+
+class SkCustomTypefaceBuilder {
+public:
+    SkCustomTypefaceBuilder(int numGlyphs);
+
+    void setGlyph(SkGlyphID, float advance, const SkPath&);
+    void setGlyph(SkGlyphID, float advance, const SkPath&, const SkPaint&);
+    void setGlyph(SkGlyphID, float advance, sk_sp<SkImage>, float scale);
+    void setGlyph(SkGlyphID, float advance, sk_sp<SkPicture>);
+
+    sk_sp<SkTypeface> detach();
+
+private:
+    int fGlyphCount;
+    std::vector<SkPath> fPaths;
+    std::vector<float>  fAdvances;
+
+    static sk_sp<SkTypeface> Deserialize(SkStream*);
+
+    friend class SkTypeface;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/core/SkGlyph.h b/src/core/SkGlyph.h
index 773dad6b72f46..eb22413d46309 100644
--- a/src/core/SkGlyph.h
+++ b/src/core/SkGlyph.h
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ class SkGlyph {
     friend class SkStrikeServer;
     friend class SkTestScalerContext;
     friend class SkTestSVGScalerContext;
+    friend class SkUserScalerContext;
     friend class TestSVGTypeface;
     friend class TestTypeface;
 
diff --git a/src/core/SkTypeface.cpp b/src/core/SkTypeface.cpp
index 2cfa6b74c97fd..57bf5eef57430 100644
--- a/src/core/SkTypeface.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SkTypeface.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "include/core/SkTypeface.h"
 #include "include/private/SkMutex.h"
 #include "include/private/SkOnce.h"
+#include "include/utils/SkCustomTypeface.h"
 #include "src/core/SkAdvancedTypefaceMetrics.h"
 #include "src/core/SkEndian.h"
 #include "src/core/SkFontDescriptor.h"
@@ -161,6 +162,12 @@ sk_sp<SkTypeface> SkTypeface::MakeFromData(sk_sp<SkData> data, int index) {
 }
 
 sk_sp<SkTypeface> SkTypeface::MakeFromFontData(std::unique_ptr<SkFontData> data) {
+    if (data->hasStream()) {
+        if (auto tf = SkCustomTypefaceBuilder::Deserialize(data->getStream())) {
+            return tf;
+        }
+    }
+
     return SkFontMgr::RefDefault()->makeFromFontData(std::move(data));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/SkCustomTypeface.cpp b/src/utils/SkCustomTypeface.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7d1b4f5ba71d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/SkCustomTypeface.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,376 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+#include "include/core/SkCanvas.h"
+#include "include/core/SkData.h"
+#include "include/core/SkFontMetrics.h"
+#include "include/utils/SkCustomTypeface.h"
+#include "src/core/SkAdvancedTypefaceMetrics.h"
+
+class SkUserTypeface : public SkTypeface {
+    friend class SkCustomTypefaceBuilder;
+    friend class SkUserScalerContext;
+
+    SkUserTypeface(int count)
+        : SkTypeface(SkFontStyle())
+        , fGlyphCount(count)
+    {}
+
+    const int fGlyphCount;
+    std::vector<SkPath> fPaths;
+    std::vector<float>  fAdvances;
+    SkRect              fBounds;
+
+protected:
+    SkScalerContext* onCreateScalerContext(const SkScalerContextEffects&,
+                                           const SkDescriptor* desc) const override;
+    void onFilterRec(SkScalerContextRec* rec) const override;
+    void getGlyphToUnicodeMap(SkUnichar* glyphToUnicode) const override;
+    std::unique_ptr<SkAdvancedTypefaceMetrics> onGetAdvancedMetrics() const override;
+
+    void onGetFontDescriptor(SkFontDescriptor* desc, bool* isLocal) const override;
+
+    void onCharsToGlyphs(const SkUnichar* chars, int count, SkGlyphID glyphs[]) const override;
+
+    void onGetFamilyName(SkString* familyName) const override;
+    SkTypeface::LocalizedStrings* onCreateFamilyNameIterator() const override;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<SkStreamAsset> onOpenStream(int*) const override;
+
+    // trivial
+
+    sk_sp<SkTypeface> onMakeClone(const SkFontArguments& args) const override {
+        return sk_ref_sp(this);
+    }
+    int onCountGlyphs() const override { return fGlyphCount; }
+    int onGetUPEM() const override { return 2048; /* ?? */ }
+    bool onComputeBounds(SkRect* bounds) const override { *bounds = fBounds; return true; }
+
+    // noops
+
+    void getPostScriptGlyphNames(SkString*) const override {}
+    int onGetVariationDesignPosition(SkFontArguments::VariationPosition::Coordinate[],
+                                     int) const override { return 0; }
+    int onGetVariationDesignParameters(SkFontParameters::Variation::Axis[],
+                                       int) const override { return 0; }
+    int onGetTableTags(SkFontTableTag tags[]) const override { return 0; }
+    size_t onGetTableData(SkFontTableTag, size_t, size_t, void*) const override { return 0; }
+};
+
+SkCustomTypefaceBuilder::SkCustomTypefaceBuilder(int numGlyphs) : fGlyphCount(numGlyphs) {
+    fAdvances.resize(numGlyphs);
+    fPaths.resize(numGlyphs);
+}
+
+void SkCustomTypefaceBuilder::setGlyph(SkGlyphID index, float advance, const SkPath& path) {
+    if (index >= (unsigned)fGlyphCount) {
+        return;
+    }
+    fAdvances[index] = advance;
+    fPaths[index]    = path;
+}
+
+sk_sp<SkTypeface> SkCustomTypefaceBuilder::detach() {
+    if (fGlyphCount <= 0) return nullptr;
+
+    SkUserTypeface* tf = new SkUserTypeface(fGlyphCount);
+    tf->fAdvances = std::move(fAdvances);
+    tf->fPaths    = std::move(fPaths);
+
+    // initially inverted, so that any "union" will overwrite the first time
+    SkRect bounds = {SK_ScalarMax, SK_ScalarMax, -SK_ScalarMax, -SK_ScalarMax};
+
+    for (const auto& path : tf->fPaths) {
+        if (!path.isEmpty()) {
+            bounds.join(path.getBounds());
+        }
+    }
+    tf->fBounds = bounds;
+
+    return sk_sp<SkTypeface>(tf);
+}
+
+/////////////
+
+#include "src/core/SkScalerContext.h"
+
+void SkUserTypeface::onFilterRec(SkScalerContextRec* rec) const {
+    rec->setHinting(SkFontHinting::kNone);
+}
+
+void SkUserTypeface::getGlyphToUnicodeMap(SkUnichar* glyphToUnicode) const {
+    for (int gid = 0; gid < fGlyphCount; ++gid) {
+        glyphToUnicode[gid] = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<SkAdvancedTypefaceMetrics> SkUserTypeface::onGetAdvancedMetrics() const {
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+void SkUserTypeface::onGetFontDescriptor(SkFontDescriptor* desc, bool* isLocal) const {
+    *isLocal = true;
+}
+
+void SkUserTypeface::onCharsToGlyphs(const SkUnichar uni[], int count, SkGlyphID glyphs[]) const {
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+        glyphs[i] = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+void SkUserTypeface::onGetFamilyName(SkString* familyName) const {
+    *familyName = "";
+}
+
+SkTypeface::LocalizedStrings* SkUserTypeface::onCreateFamilyNameIterator() const {
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+//////////////
+
+#include "src/core/SkScalerContext.h"
+
+class SkUserScalerContext : public SkScalerContext {
+public:
+    SkUserScalerContext(sk_sp<SkUserTypeface>           face,
+                        const SkScalerContextEffects& effects,
+                        const SkDescriptor*           desc)
+            : SkScalerContext(std::move(face), effects, desc) {
+        fRec.getSingleMatrix(&fMatrix);
+        this->forceGenerateImageFromPath();
+    }
+
+    const SkUserTypeface* userTF() const {
+        return static_cast<SkUserTypeface*>(this->getTypeface());
+    }
+
+protected:
+    unsigned generateGlyphCount() override {
+        return this->userTF()->fGlyphCount;
+    }
+
+    bool generateAdvance(SkGlyph* glyph) override {
+        const SkUserTypeface* tf = this->userTF();
+        auto advance = fMatrix.mapXY(tf->fAdvances[glyph->getGlyphID()], 0);
+
+        glyph->fAdvanceX = advance.fX;
+        glyph->fAdvanceY = advance.fY;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    void generateMetrics(SkGlyph* glyph) override {
+        glyph->zeroMetrics();
+        this->generateAdvance(glyph);
+        // Always generates from paths, so SkScalerContext::getMetrics will figure the bounds.
+    }
+
+    void generateImage(const SkGlyph&) override { SK_ABORT("Should have generated from path."); }
+
+    bool generatePath(SkGlyphID glyph, SkPath* path) override {
+        this->userTF()->fPaths[glyph].transform(fMatrix, path);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    void generateFontMetrics(SkFontMetrics* metrics) override {
+        const auto [_, sy] = fMatrix.mapXY(0, 1);
+
+        sk_bzero(metrics, sizeof(*metrics));
+        metrics->fTop    = this->userTF()->fBounds.fTop    * sy;
+        metrics->fBottom = this->userTF()->fBounds.fBottom * sy;
+
+        // todo: get these from the creator of the typeface?
+        metrics->fAscent = metrics->fTop;
+        metrics->fDescent = metrics->fBottom;
+    }
+
+private:
+    SkMatrix fMatrix;
+};
+
+SkScalerContext* SkUserTypeface::onCreateScalerContext(const SkScalerContextEffects& effects,
+                                                       const SkDescriptor*           desc) const {
+    return new SkUserScalerContext(sk_ref_sp(const_cast<SkUserTypeface*>(this)), effects, desc);
+}
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include "include/private/SkFloatingPoint.h"
+#include "src/core/SkAutoMalloc.h"
+#include "src/core/SkPathPriv.h"
+
+static void write_scaled_float_to_16(SkWStream* stream, float x, float scale) {
+    stream->write16(SkToS16(sk_float_round2int(x * scale)) & 0xFFFF);
+}
+
+enum PVerb {
+    kMove,
+    kLine,
+    kCurve,
+    kClose,
+};
+
+static void compress_write(SkWStream* stream, const SkPath& path, int upem) {
+    int pCount = 0;
+    std::vector<PVerb> verbs;
+    for (auto [v, p, w] : SkPathPriv::Iterate(path)) {
+        switch (v) {
+            default: SkASSERT(!"oops"); break;
+            case SkPathVerb::kMove: verbs.push_back(kMove); pCount += 1; break;
+            case SkPathVerb::kQuad: verbs.push_back(kCurve); pCount += 2; break;
+            case SkPathVerb::kLine: verbs.push_back(kLine); pCount += 1; break;
+            case SkPathVerb::kClose: verbs.push_back(kClose); break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    int vCount = verbs.size();
+
+    stream->write16(upem);      // share w/ other paths?
+    stream->write16(vCount);
+    stream->write16(pCount);
+    for (int i = 0; i < (vCount & ~3); i += 4) {
+        stream->write8((verbs[i+0]<<6) | (verbs[i+1]<<4) | (verbs[i+2]<<2) | verbs[i+3]);
+    }
+    if (vCount & 3) {
+        uint8_t b = 0;
+        int shift = 6;
+        for (int i = vCount & ~3; i < vCount; ++i) {
+            b |= verbs[i] << shift;
+            shift >>= 2;
+        }
+        stream->write8(b);
+    }
+    if (vCount & 1) {
+        stream->write8(0);
+    }
+
+    const float scale = (float)upem;
+    auto write_pts = [&](const SkPoint pts[], int count) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+            write_scaled_float_to_16(stream, pts[i].fX, scale);
+            write_scaled_float_to_16(stream, pts[i].fY, scale);
+        }
+    };
+
+    for (auto [v, p, w] : SkPathPriv::Iterate(path)) {
+        switch (v) {
+            default: SkASSERT(!"oops"); break;
+            case SkPathVerb::kMove: write_pts(&p[0], 1); break;
+            case SkPathVerb::kQuad: write_pts(&p[1], 2); break;
+            case SkPathVerb::kLine: write_pts(&p[1], 1); break;
+            case SkPathVerb::kClose:                     break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static constexpr int kMaxGlyphCount = 65536;
+static constexpr size_t kHeaderSize = 16;
+static const char gHeaderString[] = "SkUserTypeface00";
+static_assert(sizeof(gHeaderString) == 1 + kHeaderSize, "need header to be 16 bytes");
+
+std::unique_ptr<SkStreamAsset> SkUserTypeface::onOpenStream(int* ttcIndex) const {
+    SkDynamicMemoryWStream wstream;
+
+    wstream.write(gHeaderString, kHeaderSize);
+
+    SkASSERT(fAdvances.size() == (unsigned)fGlyphCount);
+    SkASSERT(fPaths.size() == (unsigned)fGlyphCount);
+
+    // just hacking around -- this makes the serialized font 1/2 size
+    const bool use_compression = false;
+
+    wstream.write32(fGlyphCount);
+
+    if (use_compression) {
+        for (float a : fAdvances) {
+            write_scaled_float_to_16(&wstream, a, 2048);
+        }
+    } else {
+        wstream.write(fAdvances.data(), fGlyphCount * sizeof(float));
+    }
+
+    for (const auto& p : fPaths) {
+        if (use_compression) {
+            compress_write(&wstream, p, 2048);
+        } else {
+            auto data = p.serialize();
+            SkASSERT(SkIsAlign4(data->size()));
+            wstream.write(data->data(), data->size());
+        }
+    }
+//    SkDebugf("%d glyphs, %d bytes\n", fGlyphCount, wstream.bytesWritten());
+    *ttcIndex = 0;
+    return wstream.detachAsStream();
+}
+
+class AutoRestorePosition {
+    SkStream* fStream;
+    size_t fPosition;
+public:
+    AutoRestorePosition(SkStream* stream) : fStream(stream) {
+        fPosition = stream->getPosition();
+    }
+
+    ~AutoRestorePosition() {
+        if (fStream) {
+            fStream->seek(fPosition);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // So we don't restore the position
+    void markDone() { fStream = nullptr; }
+};
+
+sk_sp<SkTypeface> SkCustomTypefaceBuilder::Deserialize(SkStream* stream) {
+    AutoRestorePosition arp(stream);
+
+    char header[kHeaderSize];
+    if (stream->read(header, kHeaderSize) != kHeaderSize ||
+        memcmp(header, gHeaderString, kHeaderSize) != 0)
+    {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    int glyphCount;
+    if (!stream->readS32(&glyphCount) || glyphCount < 0 || glyphCount > kMaxGlyphCount) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    SkCustomTypefaceBuilder builder(glyphCount);
+
+    std::vector<float> advances(glyphCount);
+    if (stream->read(advances.data(), glyphCount * sizeof(float)) != glyphCount * sizeof(float)) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    // SkPath can read from a stream, so we have to page the rest into ram
+    const size_t offset = stream->getPosition();
+    const size_t length = stream->getLength() - offset;
+    SkAutoMalloc ram(length);
+    char* buffer = (char*)ram.get();
+
+    if (stream->read(buffer, length) != length) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    size_t totalUsed = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < glyphCount; ++i) {
+        SkPath path;
+        size_t used = path.readFromMemory(buffer + totalUsed, length - totalUsed);
+        if (used == 0) {
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        builder.setGlyph(i, advances[i], path);
+        totalUsed += used;
+        SkASSERT(length >= totalUsed);
+    }
+
+    // all done, update the stream to only reflect the bytes we needed
+    stream->seek(offset + totalUsed);
+
+    arp.markDone();
+    return builder.detach();
+}