diff --git a/data/schema/core/actionwml.cfg b/data/schema/core/actionwml.cfg
index 408c6419e75..1a83b7e0980 100644
--- a/data/schema/core/actionwml.cfg
+++ b/data/schema/core/actionwml.cfg
@@ -20,6 +20,27 @@
 	{SIMPLE_KEY blue {TYPE}}
 #enddef
 
+#define FORMATTING_KEYS
+	{SIMPLE_KEY font string}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY font_family string}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY font_size font_size}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY font_style font_style}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY font_weight font_weight}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY font_variant font_variant}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY font_stretch font_stretch}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY color html_color}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY bgcolor html_color}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY underline font_underline}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY underline_color html_color}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY rise s_int}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY strikethrough s_bool}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY strikethrough_color html_color}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY fallback s_bool}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY letter_spacing s_unsigned}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY gravity font_gravity}
+	{SIMPLE_KEY gravity_hint font_gravity_hint}
+#enddef
+
 [tag]
 	name="$action_wml"
 	max=0
@@ -581,6 +602,7 @@
 		{DEFAULT_KEY highlight s_bool yes}
 		{SIMPLE_KEY duration s_unsigned}
 		{SIMPLE_KEY sound string_list}
+		{FORMATTING_KEYS}
 		{SHOW_IF_TAG}
 		[tag]
 			name="option"
diff --git a/data/schema/game_config.cfg b/data/schema/game_config.cfg
index 7f7a948584d..14b3bf070ba 100644
--- a/data/schema/game_config.cfg
+++ b/data/schema/game_config.cfg
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     {./types/basic.cfg}
     {./types/formula.cfg}
     {./types/subst.cfg}
+    {./types/pango.cfg}
     [type]
         name=int_percent
         value="-?\d+%?"
diff --git a/data/schema/types/pango.cfg b/data/schema/types/pango.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..939d4ba7b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/schema/types/pango.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+
+[type]
+	name="html_color"
+	[union]
+		[type]
+			value="#[A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9][A-Fa-f0-9]"
+		[/type]
+		[type]
+			[list]
+				max=3
+				[element]
+					link=unsigned
+				[/element]
+			[/list]
+		[/type]
+	[/union]
+[/type]
+[type]
+	name="font_style"
+	value="normal|oblique|italic"
+[/type]
+[type]
+	name="font_variant"
+	value="normal|smallcaps"
+[/type]
+[type]
+	name="font_stretch"
+	value="normal|(ultra|extra|semi)?(condensed|expanded)"
+[/type]
+[type]
+	name="font_weight"
+	[union]
+		[type]
+			link=unsigned
+		[/type]
+		[type]
+			value="normal|heavy|(ultra)?(light|bold)"
+		[/type]
+	[/union]
+[/type]
+[type]
+	name="font_size"
+	[union]
+		[type]
+			link=unsigned
+		[/type]
+		[type]
+			value="smaller|larger|medium|(x?x-)?(small|large)"
+		[/type]
+	[/union]
+[/type]
+[type]
+	name="font_underline"
+	[union]
+		[type]
+			link=bool
+		[/type]
+		[type]
+			value="none|single|double|low|error"
+		[/type]
+	[/union]
+[/tag]
+[tag]
+	name="font_gravity"
+	value="south|east|north|west|auto"
+[/tag]
+[tag]
+	name="font_gravity_hint"
+	value="natural|strong|line"
+[/tag]