diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27d2be4..124b6bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ typeface = pixie.read_typeface("examples/data/Ubuntu-Regular_1.ttf")
 def make_font(typeface, size, color):
     font = typeface.new_font()
     font.size = size
-    font.paints[0].color = color
+    font.paint.color = color
     return font
 
 spans = pixie.SeqSpan()
diff --git a/examples/blur.png b/examples/blur.png
index a56cd1b..09279df 100644
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diff --git a/examples/shadow.png b/examples/shadow.png
index c76d209..b6d3532 100644
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diff --git a/examples/text_spans.py b/examples/text_spans.py
index 46be1bd..a1e3645 100644
--- a/examples/text_spans.py
+++ b/examples/text_spans.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 def make_font(typeface, size, color):
     font = typeface.new_font()
     font.size = size
-    font.paints[0].color = color
+    font.paint.color = color
     return font
 
 spans = pixie.SeqSpan()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4063d62..7dc924f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name = "pixie-python",
-    version = "0.1.5",
+    version = "3.0.2",
     author = "Andre von Houck",
     author_email = "starplant@gmail.com",
     description = "Python bindings for Pixie, a full-featured 2D graphics library",
diff --git a/src/pixie/libpixie.so b/src/pixie/libpixie.so
index df0f512..384fdaa 100755
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diff --git a/src/pixie/pixie.dll b/src/pixie/pixie.dll
index ee109ab..3789c5a 100644
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diff --git a/src/pixie/pixie.py b/src/pixie/pixie.py
index 9224d7d..7ee1ce4 100644
--- a/src/pixie/pixie.py
+++ b/src/pixie/pixie.py
@@ -1207,6 +1207,14 @@ def clear(self):
     def paints(self):
         return self.FontPaints(self)
 
+    @property
+    def paint(self):
+        return dll.pixie_font_get_paint(self)
+
+    @paint.setter
+    def paint(self, paint):
+        dll.pixie_font_set_paint(self, paint)
+
     @property
     def text_case(self):
         return dll.pixie_font_get_text_case(self)
@@ -2310,6 +2318,12 @@ def inverse(m):
 dll.pixie_font_paints_clear.argtypes = [Font]
 dll.pixie_font_paints_clear.restype = None
 
+dll.pixie_font_get_paint.argtypes = [Font]
+dll.pixie_font_get_paint.restype = Paint
+
+dll.pixie_font_set_paint.argtypes = [Font, Paint]
+dll.pixie_font_set_paint.restype = None
+
 dll.pixie_font_get_text_case.argtypes = [Font]
 dll.pixie_font_get_text_case.restype = TextCase
 
diff --git a/tests/images/blur.png b/tests/images/blur.png
index 2adec6c..3c4fc1b 100644
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diff --git a/tests/images/shadow.png b/tests/images/shadow.png
index c359889..0318e65 100644
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diff --git a/tests/masks/blur.png b/tests/masks/blur.png
index 008b935..a9fc6df 100644
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diff --git a/tests/test_font.py b/tests/test_font.py
index 6d6f607..5862c8e 100644
--- a/tests/test_font.py
+++ b/tests/test_font.py
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ def test_fields():
     assert font.strikethrough
     font.no_kerning_adjustment = True
     assert font.no_kerning_adjustment
+    paint = pixie.Paint(pixie.PK_SOLID)
+    paint.color = pixie.Color(1, 1, 0, 1)
+    font.paint = paint
+    assert font.paint.color == paint.color
 
 def test_paints():
     font = pixie.read_font("tests/fonts/Roboto-Regular_1.ttf")