diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a7fe13d1..d7b1eb49 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "96d30a06541fbafbc7f82ed10c06164cfbd2c401138f6addd8404629c4b16711"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c4b4d0bd25bd0b74681c0ad21497610ce1b7c91b1022cd21c80c6fbdd9476b0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -64,6 +70,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -356,6 +368,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "image"
+version = "0.25.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fd54d660e773627692c524beaad361aca785a4f9f5730ce91f42aabe5bce3d11"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+ "byteorder",
+ "num-traits",
+ "png",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kurbo"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -416,6 +440,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "simd-adler32",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.19.0"
@@ -555,6 +588,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeno",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "swash_render"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "image",
+ "parley",
+ "peniko",
+ "skrifa",
+ "swash",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.65"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 229a4c3e..cf4439ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = [
     "fontique",
     "parley",
-    "examples/tiny_skia_render"
+    "examples/tiny_skia_render",
+    "examples/swash_render",
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
diff --git a/examples/swash_render/Cargo.toml b/examples/swash_render/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae5031b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/swash_render/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "swash_render"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+parley = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
+skrifa = { workspace = true }
+peniko = { workspace = true }
+image = { version = "0.25.1", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
+swash = "0.1.16"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/swash_render/src/main.rs b/examples/swash_render/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d09d6499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/swash_render/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+// Copyright 2024 the Parley Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
+//! A simple example that lays out some text using Parley, rasterises the glyph using Swash
+//! and and then renders it into a PNG using the `image` crate.
+
+use image::codecs::png::PngEncoder;
+use image::{self, Pixel, Rgba, RgbaImage};
+use parley::layout::{Alignment, Glyph, GlyphRun, Layout};
+use parley::style::{FontStack, FontWeight, StyleProperty};
+use parley::{FontContext, LayoutContext};
+use peniko::Color;
+use std::fs::File;
+use swash::scale::image::Content;
+use swash::scale::{Render, ScaleContext, Scaler, Source, StrikeWith};
+use swash::zeno;
+use swash::FontRef;
+use zeno::{Format, Vector};
+
+fn main() {
+    // The text we are going to style and lay out
+    let text = String::from(
+        "Some text here. Let's make it a bit longer so that line wrapping kicks in 😊. And also some اللغة العربية arabic text.",
+    );
+
+    // The display scale for HiDPI rendering
+    let display_scale = 1.0;
+
+    // The width for line wrapping
+    let max_advance = Some(200.0 * display_scale);
+
+    // Colours for rendering
+    let text_color = Color::rgb8(0, 0, 0);
+    let bg_color = Rgba([255, 255, 255, 255]);
+
+    // Padding around the output image
+    let padding = 20;
+
+    // Create a FontContext, LayoutContext and ScaleContext
+    //
+    // These are all intended to be constructed rarely (perhaps even once per app (or once per thread))
+    // and provide caches and scratch space to avoid allocations
+    let mut font_cx = FontContext::default();
+    let mut layout_cx = LayoutContext::new();
+    let mut scale_cx = ScaleContext::new();
+
+    // Create a RangedBuilder
+    let mut builder = layout_cx.ranged_builder(&mut font_cx, &text, display_scale);
+
+    // Set default text colour styles (set foreground text color)
+    let brush_style = StyleProperty::Brush(text_color);
+    builder.push_default(&brush_style);
+
+    // Set default font family
+    let font_stack = FontStack::Source("system-ui");
+    let font_stack_style = StyleProperty::FontStack(font_stack);
+    builder.push_default(&font_stack_style);
+    builder.push_default(&StyleProperty::LineHeight(1.3));
+    builder.push_default(&StyleProperty::FontSize(16.0));
+
+    // Set the first 4 characters to bold
+    let bold = FontWeight::new(600.0);
+    let bold_style = StyleProperty::FontWeight(bold);
+    builder.push(&bold_style, 0..4);
+
+    // Build the builder into a Layout
+    let mut layout: Layout<Color> = builder.build();
+
+    // Perform layout (including bidi resolution and shaping) with start alignment
+    layout.break_all_lines(max_advance, Alignment::Start);
+
+    // Create image to render into
+    let width = layout.width().ceil() as u32 + (padding * 2);
+    let height = layout.height().ceil() as u32 + (padding * 2);
+    let mut img = RgbaImage::from_pixel(width, height, bg_color);
+
+    // Iterate over laid out lines
+    for line in layout.lines() {
+        // Iterate over GlyphRun's within each line
+        for glyph_run in line.glyph_runs() {
+            render_glyph_run(&mut scale_cx, &glyph_run, &mut img, padding);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Write image to PNG file in examples/_output dir
+    let output_path = {
+        let path = std::path::PathBuf::from(file!());
+        let mut path = std::fs::canonicalize(path).unwrap();
+        path.pop();
+        path.pop();
+        path.pop();
+        path.push("_output");
+        let _ = std::fs::create_dir(path.clone());
+        path.push("swash_render.png");
+        path
+    };
+    let output_file = File::create(output_path).unwrap();
+    let png_encoder = PngEncoder::new(output_file);
+    img.write_with_encoder(png_encoder).unwrap();
+}
+
+fn render_glyph_run(
+    context: &mut ScaleContext,
+    glyph_run: &GlyphRun<Color>,
+    img: &mut RgbaImage,
+    padding: u32,
+) {
+    // Resolve properties of the GlyphRun
+    let mut run_x = glyph_run.offset();
+    let run_y = glyph_run.baseline();
+    let style = glyph_run.style();
+    let color = style.brush;
+
+    // Get the "Run" from the "GlyphRun"
+    let run = glyph_run.run();
+
+    // Resolve properties of the Run
+    let font = run.font();
+    let font_size = run.font_size();
+    let normalized_coords = run.normalized_coords();
+
+    // Convert from parley::Font to swash::FontRef
+    let font_ref = FontRef::from_index(font.data.as_ref(), font.index as usize).unwrap();
+
+    // Build a scaler. As the font properties are constant across an entire run of glyphs
+    // we can build one scaler for the run and reuse it for each glyph.
+    let mut scaler = context
+        .builder(font_ref)
+        .size(font_size)
+        .hint(true)
+        .normalized_coords(normalized_coords)
+        .build();
+
+    // Iterates over the glyphs in the GlyphRun
+    for glyph in glyph_run.glyphs() {
+        let glyph_x = run_x + glyph.x + (padding as f32);
+        let glyph_y = run_y - glyph.y + (padding as f32);
+        run_x += glyph.advance;
+
+        render_glyph(img, &mut scaler, color, glyph, glyph_x, glyph_y);
+    }
+}
+
+fn render_glyph(
+    img: &mut RgbaImage,
+    scaler: &mut Scaler,
+    color: Color,
+    glyph: Glyph,
+    glyph_x: f32,
+    glyph_y: f32,
+) {
+    // Compute the fractional offset
+    // You'll likely want to quantize this in a real renderer
+    let offset = Vector::new(glyph_x.fract(), glyph_y.fract());
+
+    // Render the glyph using swash
+    let rendered_glyph = Render::new(
+        // Select our source order
+        &[
+            Source::ColorOutline(0),
+            Source::ColorBitmap(StrikeWith::BestFit),
+            Source::Outline,
+        ],
+    )
+    // Select the simple alpha (non-subpixel) format
+    .format(Format::Alpha)
+    // Apply the fractional offset
+    .offset(offset)
+    // Render the image
+    .render(scaler, glyph.id)
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let glyph_width = rendered_glyph.placement.width;
+    let glyph_height = rendered_glyph.placement.height;
+    let glyph_x = (glyph_x.floor() as i32 + rendered_glyph.placement.left) as u32;
+    let glyph_y = (glyph_y.floor() as i32 - rendered_glyph.placement.top) as u32;
+
+    match rendered_glyph.content {
+        Content::Mask => {
+            let mut i = 0;
+            for pixel_y in 0..glyph_height {
+                for pixel_x in 0..glyph_width {
+                    let x = glyph_x + pixel_x;
+                    let y = glyph_y + pixel_y;
+                    let alpha = rendered_glyph.data[i];
+                    let color = Rgba([color.r, color.g, color.b, alpha]);
+                    img.get_pixel_mut(x, y).blend(&color);
+                    i += 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Content::SubpixelMask => unimplemented!(),
+        Content::Color => {
+            let row_size = glyph_width as usize * 4;
+            for (pixel_y, row) in rendered_glyph.data.chunks_exact(row_size).enumerate() {
+                for (pixel_x, pixel) in row.chunks_exact(4).enumerate() {
+                    let x = glyph_x + pixel_x as u32;
+                    let y = glyph_y + pixel_y as u32;
+                    let color = Rgba(pixel.try_into().expect("Not RGBA"));
+                    img.get_pixel_mut(x, y).blend(&color);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}