diff --git a/cpdfembed.ml b/cpdfembed.ml
index d483fed..17cd493 100644
--- a/cpdfembed.ml
+++ b/cpdfembed.ml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ type cpdffont =
 | EmbedInfo of {fontfile : Pdfio.bytes; fontname : string; encoding : Pdftext.encoding}
 | ExistingNamedFont of string
 
+let get_char (fonts, table) u =
+  match Hashtbl.find table u with
+  | (n, charcode) -> Some (charcode, n, List.nth fonts n)
+  | exception Not_found -> None
+
 let pdfcode_of_unicode_codepoint encoding_table glyphlist_table u =
   try
     Some (Hashtbl.find encoding_table (Hashtbl.find glyphlist_table [u]))
diff --git a/cpdfembed.mli b/cpdfembed.mli
index 5b42742..3b3fdcb 100644
--- a/cpdfembed.mli
+++ b/cpdfembed.mli
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ type cpdffont =
 | EmbedInfo of {fontfile : Pdfio.bytes; fontname : string; encoding : Pdftext.encoding}
 | ExistingNamedFont of string
 
+val get_char : t -> int -> (int * int * Pdftext.font) option
+
 val embed_truetype :
   Pdf.t -> fontfile:Pdfio.bytes -> fontname:string -> codepoints:int list ->
   encoding:Pdftext.encoding -> t
diff --git a/cpdftexttopdf.ml b/cpdftexttopdf.ml
index 99014c0..4960d86 100644
--- a/cpdftexttopdf.ml
+++ b/cpdftexttopdf.ml
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ let used_characters t =
   let codepoints = Pdftext.codepoints_of_utf8 t in
     setify codepoints
 
-(* Just first font, expand later. Move into cpdfembed? *)
-let get_char (fonts, table) u =
-  match Hashtbl.find table u with
-  | (n, charcode) -> Some charcode
-  | exception Not_found -> None
-
 let rec of_utf8_with_newlines fontpack t =
   let items = ref [] in
   let buf = ref [] in
@@ -18,8 +12,8 @@ let rec of_utf8_with_newlines fontpack t =
   let charcodes_of_codepoints cs =
     option_map
       (fun u ->
-         match get_char fontpack u with
-         | Some c -> Some (char_of_int c)
+         match Cpdfembed.get_char fontpack u with
+         | Some (c, _, _) -> Some (char_of_int c)
          | None -> Printf.printf "No glyph for unicode U+%04X in this font\n" u; None)
       cs
   in