diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 249bc38..3ddfb97 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /target
 *.lock
 bmp/out.*
+fonts
diff --git a/bingus/Cargo.toml b/bingus/Cargo.toml
index 673d5bb..463c56e 100644
--- a/bingus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bingus/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ printpdf = { version = "0.8.2", features = [
     "js-sys",
     "webp",
 ] }
+shiva = "1.4.9"
+anyhow = "1.0.97"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 project-root = "0"
diff --git a/bingus/src/lib.rs b/bingus/src/lib.rs
index 020954c..9c7dd10 100644
--- a/bingus/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ mod dynamic {
         fs::File,
         io::{self, Read, Write},
         path::Path,
+        string::FromUtf8Error,
     };
 
     use crate::{
         snd::{self, Audio},
+        txt::{ShivaDocument, Text},
         Bendable, IntoDataBytes, TryFromDataBytes,
     };
 
@@ -25,20 +27,34 @@ mod dynamic {
 
     use infer::MatcherType;
     use printpdf::PdfDocument;
+    use shiva::core::{bytes, Document, DocumentType};
     use strum::EnumDiscriminants;
     use thiserror::Error;
 
     #[derive(EnumDiscriminants)]
     #[strum_discriminants(name(Format))]
-    pub enum DynamicBendable {
+    pub enum DynamicBendable<'a> {
         Image(DynamicImage),
         Binary(Bytes),
         Sound(Audio),
-        Text,
+        Text(Text<'a>),
+        Doc(ShivaDocument),
         Archive(PdfDocument),
         Meta,
     }
 
+    #[derive(Debug, Error)]
+    #[error("extension is unknown by Shiva")]
+    pub struct ShivaUnknownExtensionError;
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Error)]
+    pub enum ShivaError {
+        #[error("{0}")]
+        UnknownExtension(#[from] ShivaUnknownExtensionError),
+        #[error("{0}")]
+        Anyhow(#[from] anyhow::Error),
+    }
+
     #[derive(Debug, Error)]
     pub enum OpenError {
         #[error("io: {0}")]
@@ -49,6 +65,10 @@ mod dynamic {
         Audio(#[from] snd::AudioOpenError),
         #[error("pdf: {0}")]
         Pdf(String),
+        #[error("text: {0}")]
+        Text(#[from] FromUtf8Error),
+        #[error("document: {0}")]
+        Document(#[from] ShivaError),
     }
 
     impl TryFromDataBytes for File {
@@ -91,7 +111,7 @@ mod dynamic {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Option<DynamicBendable>, OpenError> {
+    pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Option<DynamicBendable<'static>>, OpenError> {
         use MatcherType::*;
         infer::get_from_path(&path)?
             .map(|t| (t.matcher_type(), t.extension()))
@@ -106,7 +126,7 @@ mod dynamic {
                         })),
                         App => unreachable!(),
                         Audio => Some(DynamicBendable::Sound(crate::snd::Audio::open(path)?)),
-                        Archive => Some(DynamicBendable::Archive(
+                        Archive if extension == "pdf" => Some(DynamicBendable::Archive(
                             PdfDocument::try_from_data_bytes(
                                 File::open(path)?
                                     .bytes()
@@ -116,10 +136,31 @@ mod dynamic {
                             )
                             .map_err(OpenError::Pdf)?,
                         )),
+                        Archive => {
+                            let document_type = DocumentType::from_extension(extension)
+                                .ok_or(ShivaUnknownExtensionError)
+                                .map_err(ShivaError::UnknownExtension)?;
+                            Some(DynamicBendable::Doc(ShivaDocument::new(
+                                Document::parse(
+                                    &bytes::Bytes::from(std::fs::read(path)?),
+                                    document_type,
+                                )
+                                .map_err(ShivaError::Anyhow)?,
+                                document_type,
+                            )))
+                        }
                         Book => todo!(),
                         Doc => todo!(),
                         Font => todo!(),
-                        Text => todo!(),
+                        Text => Some(DynamicBendable::Text(
+                            crate::txt::Text::try_from_data_bytes(
+                                File::open(path)?
+                                    .bytes()
+                                    .collect::<Result<Bytes, io::Error>>()?,
+                                (),
+                                Default::default(),
+                            )?,
+                        )),
                         Video => todo!(),
                         Custom => None,
                     })
diff --git a/bingus/src/txt.rs b/bingus/src/txt.rs
index e69de29..3a1eb41 100644
--- a/bingus/src/txt.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/txt.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+mod bare;
+pub use bare::*;
+mod shiva;
+pub use shiva::*;
diff --git a/bingus/src/txt/bare.rs b/bingus/src/txt/bare.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92652a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bingus/src/txt/bare.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use std::{borrow::Cow, string::FromUtf8Error};
+
+use crate::{Bendable, Bytes, IntoDataBytes, TryFromDataBytes};
+
+pub type Text<'a> = Cow<'a, str>;
+
+impl TryFromDataBytes for Text<'_> {
+    type Error = FromUtf8Error;
+    type Format = ();
+    fn try_from_data_bytes(
+        bytes: Bytes,
+        _format: Self::Format,
+        _crop: crate::Crop,
+    ) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        String::from_utf8(bytes).map(Into::into)
+    }
+}
+
+impl IntoDataBytes for Text<'_> {
+    fn into_data_bytes(self) -> Bytes {
+        self.as_bytes().to_vec()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Bendable for Text<'_> {
+    type Unit = char;
+
+    fn map<F: Fn(&Self::Unit) -> Self::Unit + Sync>(self, f: F) -> Self {
+        self.chars().map(|c| f(&c)).collect::<String>().into()
+    }
+
+    fn format() -> crate::Format {
+        crate::Format::Text
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bingus/src/txt/shiva.rs b/bingus/src/txt/shiva.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6748f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bingus/src/txt/shiva.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+use derive_new::new;
+pub use shiva::core::DocumentType;
+use shiva::core::{bytes::Bytes, Document, Element};
+
+use crate::{Bendable, IntoDataBytes, TryFromDataBytes};
+
+#[derive(new)]
+pub struct ShivaDocument {
+    document: Document,
+    output_format: DocumentType,
+}
+
+#[derive(new)]
+pub struct ShivaFormat {
+    input_format: DocumentType,
+    output_format: DocumentType,
+}
+
+impl TryFromDataBytes for ShivaDocument {
+    type Error = anyhow::Error;
+    type Format = ShivaFormat;
+
+    fn try_from_data_bytes(
+        bytes: crate::Bytes,
+        format: Self::Format,
+        _crop: crate::Crop,
+    ) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        Ok(ShivaDocument::new(
+            Document::parse(&Bytes::from(bytes), format.input_format)?,
+            format.output_format,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+impl IntoDataBytes for ShivaDocument {
+    fn into_data_bytes(self) -> crate::Bytes {
+        self.document
+            .generate(self.output_format)
+            .expect("can't crash here! so close!")
+            .to_vec()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Bendable for ShivaDocument {
+    type Unit = Element;
+
+    fn map<F: Fn(&Self::Unit) -> Self::Unit + Sync>(self, f: F) -> Self {
+        ShivaDocument::new(
+            Document::new(
+                self.document
+                    .get_all_elements()
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(f)
+                    .collect(),
+            ),
+            self.output_format,
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn format() -> crate::Format {
+        crate::Format::Text
+    }
+}