diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 908d06d..9d44be5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ build/
 
 # ttf converter binary
 BitsNPicas.jar
+.envrc
+result
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9cf4fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+let 
+  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
+in
+  with pkgs;
+  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "scientifica";
+    version = "v0.1.0";
+    src = ./src;
+    buildInputs = [ fontforge python3 xorg.mkfontdir ];
+
+    buildPhase = ''
+      for i in ./*; do
+          fontforge -c 'open(argv[1]).generate(argv[2])' $i $i.otb
+      done
+      '';
+    installPhase = ''
+      fontDir="$out/share/fonts/misc"
+      install -m 644 -D *.otb out/* -t "$fontDir"
+      mkfontdir "$fontDir"
+      '';
+  }
+
+
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..850aa8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+with pkgs;
+mkShell {
+  buildInputs = [ fontforge python3 xorg.mkfontdir ];
+}