diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 10e1bfa..cc1f6e8 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ class CompressorRecipe(ConanFile):
                 "use_system_libwebp": False, # There's a problem compiling libwebp with emscripten in conan
                 "use_conan_libwebp": False
             })
+        elif self.settings.os == "Windows":
+            self.requires("skia/143.20251028.0", options = {
+                "use_system_expat": False,
+                "use_freetype": False,
+                "use_system_harfbuzz": True,
+                "use_conan_harfbuzz": True,
+                "use_system_icu": True,
+                "use_conan_icu": True,
+                "use_system_libjpeg_turbo": False,
+                "use_system_libpng": False,
+                "use_system_libwebp": False,
+                "use_system_zlib": False,
+                "enable_svg": True,
+                "enable_skottie": False,
+                "enable_bentleyottmann": True # for some reason, setting this to False results in an error when creating the project
+            })
         else:
             self.requires("skia/143.20251028.0", options = {
                 "use_system_expat": False,
diff --git a/src/FontData.cpp b/src/FontData.cpp
index 047dc82..13d534c 100644
--- a/src/FontData.cpp
+++ b/src/FontData.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 #include "FontData.hpp"
-#include <include/ports/SkFontMgr_directory.h>
 #include <include/ports/SkFontMgr_empty.h>
 #include <include/core/SkFontMetrics.h>
 #include <include/core/SkTextBlob.h>
 #include <iostream>
 
-#ifndef __EMSCRIPTEN__
+#ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN__
+    #include <include/ports/SkFontMgr_directory.h>
+#elif _WIN32
+#else
     #include <include/ports/SkFontMgr_fontconfig.h>
     #include <include/ports/SkFontScanner_FreeType.h>
+    #include <include/ports/SkFontMgr_directory.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <src/base/SkUTF.h>
@@ -16,11 +19,15 @@ FontData::FontData()
 {
 #ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN__
     localFontMgr = SkFontMgr_New_Custom_Empty();
+    defaultFontMgr = SkFontMgr_New_Custom_Directory("data/fonts");
+#elif _WIN32
+    localFontMgr = SkFontMgr_New_Custom_Empty();
+    defaultFontMgr = SkFontMgr_New_Custom_Empty();
 #else
     localFontMgr = SkFontMgr_New_FontConfig(nullptr, SkFontScanner_Make_FreeType());
+    defaultFontMgr = SkFontMgr_New_Custom_Directory("data/fonts");
 #endif
 
-    defaultFontMgr = SkFontMgr_New_Custom_Directory("data/fonts");
 
     map["Roboto"] = defaultFontMgr->makeFromFile("data/fonts/Roboto-variable.ttf");