diff --git a/api/c/indigo-renderer/src/indigo_render2d.cpp b/api/c/indigo-renderer/src/indigo_render2d.cpp
index 6156620b11..01e333955a 100644
--- a/api/c/indigo-renderer/src/indigo_render2d.cpp
+++ b/api/c/indigo-renderer/src/indigo_render2d.cpp
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ void IndigoRenderer::setOptionsHandlers()
         mgr->setOptionHandlerString("render-output-format", indigoRenderSetOutputFormat, indigoRenderGetOutputFormat);
 
         mgr->setOptionHandlerString("render-comment", SETTER_GETTER_STR_OPTION(rp.cnvOpt.comment));
+        mgr->setOptionHandlerString("render-font-family", SETTER_GETTER_STR_OPTION(rp.cnvOpt.fontFamily));
         mgr->setOptionHandlerString("render-comment-position", indigoRenderSetCommentPosition, indigoRenderGetCommentPosition);
         mgr->setOptionHandlerString("render-stereo-style", indigoRenderSetStereoStyle, indigoRenderGetStereoStyle);
         mgr->setOptionHandlerString("render-catalysts-placement", indigoRenderSetCatalystsPlacement, indigoRenderGetCatalystsPlacement);
diff --git a/api/c/tests/unit/tests/renderer.cpp b/api/c/tests/unit/tests/renderer.cpp
index b07ecbc9d8..33e6344651 100644
--- a/api/c/tests/unit/tests/renderer.cpp
+++ b/api/c/tests/unit/tests/renderer.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,31 @@ class IndigoApiRendererTest : public IndigoApiTest
         indigoRendererDispose(_session);
         indigoReleaseSessionId(_session);
     }
+
+    std::string renderWithFontFamily(const char* format, const char* font_family = nullptr)
+    {
+        indigoResetOptions();
+        indigoSetOption("render-comment", "Font comment");
+        indigoSetOption("render-output-format", format);
+        indigoSetOptionXY("render-image-size", 300, 200);
+        if (font_family != nullptr)
+            indigoSetOption("render-font-family", font_family);
+
+        int m = indigoLoadMoleculeFromString("C");
+        int buf = indigoWriteBuffer();
+        char* raw = nullptr;
+        int size = 0;
+
+        indigoRender(m, buf);
+        indigoToBuffer(buf, &raw, &size);
+
+        std::string output(raw, size);
+
+        indigoFree(buf);
+        indigoFree(m);
+
+        return output;
+    }
 };
 
 TEST_F(IndigoApiRendererTest, layout_rings)
@@ -132,3 +157,23 @@ TEST_F(IndigoApiRendererTest, render_superatoms)
         thread.join();
     }
 }
+
+TEST_F(IndigoApiRendererTest, svg_font_family_option_changes_rendering)
+{
+    auto default_svg = renderWithFontFamily("svg");
+    auto arial_svg = renderWithFontFamily("svg", "Arial");
+    auto courier_svg = renderWithFontFamily("svg", "Courier New");
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(default_svg, arial_svg);
+    ASSERT_NE(default_svg, courier_svg);
+}
+
+TEST_F(IndigoApiRendererTest, png_font_family_option_changes_rendering)
+{
+    auto default_png = renderWithFontFamily("png");
+    auto arial_png = renderWithFontFamily("png", "Arial");
+    auto courier_png = renderWithFontFamily("png", "Courier New");
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(default_png, arial_png);
+    ASSERT_NE(default_png, courier_png);
+}
diff --git a/core/render2d/render_common.h b/core/render2d/render_common.h
index 8cecc73abd..1cdd549c4e 100644
--- a/core/render2d/render_common.h
+++ b/core/render2d/render_common.h
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ namespace indigo
         int commentOffset;
         int titleOffset;
         Array<char> comment;
+        Array<char> fontFamily;
         Array<char> titleProp;
         COMMENT_POS commentPos;
         MultilineTextLayout commentAlign;
diff --git a/core/render2d/render_context.h b/core/render2d/render_context.h
index 3e93aba952..450520819a 100644
--- a/core/render2d/render_context.h
+++ b/core/render2d/render_context.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace indigo
 
         void checkPathNonEmpty() const;
 
-        RenderContext(const RenderOptions& opt, float relativeThickness, float bondLineWidthFactor);
+        RenderContext(const RenderOptions& opt, const CanvasOptions& cnvOpt, float relativeThickness, float bondLineWidthFactor);
         void setDefaultScale(float scale);
         void setHDC(PVOID hdc);
         int getMaxPageSize() const;
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ namespace indigo
         cairo_scaled_font_t* _scaled_fonts[FONT_SIZE_COUNT * 2];
 
         bool metafileFontsToCurves;
+        bool _hasCustomFontFamily;
         cairo_t* _cr;
         cairo_surface_t* _surface;
         void* _meta_hdc;
diff --git a/core/render2d/src/render_common.cpp b/core/render2d/src/render_common.cpp
index 061e15d58b..30936dd47e 100644
--- a/core/render2d/src/render_common.cpp
+++ b/core/render2d/src/render_common.cpp
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ void CanvasOptions::clear()
     titleOffset = 0;
     gridColumnNumber = 1;
     comment.clear();
+    fontFamily.clear();
     titleProp.clear();
     titleProp.appendString("^NAME", true);
     outputSheetWidth = -1;
diff --git a/core/render2d/src/render_context.cpp b/core/render2d/src/render_context.cpp
index ce69873369..754d06757c 100644
--- a/core/render2d/src/render_context.cpp
+++ b/core/render2d/src/render_context.cpp
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ void RenderContext::storeAndDestroyMetafile(bool discard)
 
 CP_DEF(RenderContext);
 
-RenderContext::RenderContext(const RenderOptions& ropt, float relativeThickness, float bondLineWidthFactor)
-    : CP_INIT, TL_CP_GET(_fontfamily), TL_CP_GET(transforms), metafileFontsToCurves(false), _cr(NULL), _surface(NULL), _meta_hdc(NULL), opt(ropt),
-      _pattern(NULL), _settings()
+RenderContext::RenderContext(const RenderOptions& ropt, const CanvasOptions& cnvOpt, float relativeThickness, float bondLineWidthFactor)
+    : CP_INIT, TL_CP_GET(_fontfamily), TL_CP_GET(transforms), metafileFontsToCurves(false), _hasCustomFontFamily(cnvOpt.fontFamily.size() > 0),
+      _cr(NULL), _surface(NULL), _meta_hdc(NULL), opt(ropt), _pattern(NULL), _settings()
 {
     AcsOptions acs;
     if (ropt.fontSize > 0)
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ RenderContext::RenderContext(const RenderOptions& ropt, float relativeThickness,
         acs.bondSpacing = ropt.bondSpacing;
     _settings.init(relativeThickness, bondLineWidthFactor, &acs);
 
-    bprintf(_fontfamily, "Arial");
+    if (cnvOpt.fontFamily.size() > 0)
+        bprintf(_fontfamily, "%s", cnvOpt.fontFamily.ptr());
+    else
+        bprintf(_fontfamily, "Arial");
     bbmin.x = bbmin.y = 1;
     bbmax.x = bbmax.y = -1;
     _defaultScale = 0.0f;
diff --git a/core/render2d/src/render_fonts.cpp b/core/render2d/src/render_fonts.cpp
index ba706f0fe2..7d46a39079 100644
--- a/core/render2d/src/render_fonts.cpp
+++ b/core/render2d/src/render_fonts.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ void RenderContext::fontsSetFont(const TextItem& ti)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> _lock(_cairo_mutex);
 
+    if (_hasCustomFontFamily)
+    {
+        cairo_select_font_face(_cr, _fontfamily.ptr(), ti.italic ? CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_ITALIC : CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL,
+                               ti.bold ? CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD : CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
+        cairoCheckStatus();
+        cairo_set_font_size(_cr, ti.size > 0 ? ti.size : fontGetSize(ti.fontsize));
+        cairoCheckStatus();
+        return;
+    }
+
     cairo_font_face_t* _cairo_face = _font_face_manager.selectCairoFontFace(ti);
     cairoCheckStatus();
 
diff --git a/core/render2d/src/render_params.cpp b/core/render2d/src/render_params.cpp
index 1cdfcb4682..9c91bb7cbb 100644
--- a/core/render2d/src/render_params.cpp
+++ b/core/render2d/src/render_params.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ void RenderParamInterface::render(RenderParams& params)
     if (params.rmode == RENDER_NONE)
         throw Error("No object to render specified");
 
-    RenderContext rc(params.rOpt, params.relativeThickness, params.bondLineWidthFactor);
+    RenderContext rc(params.rOpt, params.cnvOpt, params.relativeThickness, params.bondLineWidthFactor);
 
     int bondLength_px = (int)(params.rOpt.bond_length_px > EPSILON ? params.rOpt.bond_length_px : LayoutOptions::DEFAULT_BOND_LENGTH_PX);