diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/font.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/font.pyi
index 683a28ef2b..27e94ae0c4 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/font.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/font.pyi
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class Font:
     def get_height(self) -> int: ...
     def get_ascent(self) -> int: ...
     def get_descent(self) -> int: ...
+    def is_char_defined(self, char: Union[str, bytes], /) -> bool: ...
     def set_script(self, script_code: str, /) -> None: ...
     def set_direction(self, direction: int) -> None: ...
     def get_point_size(self) -> int: ...
diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/freetype.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/freetype.pyi
index 54751f8385..48d0d1207c 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/freetype.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/freetype.pyi
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ class Font:
     ) -> List[Tuple[int, int, int, int, float, float]]: ...
     def get_sized_ascender(self, size: float, /) -> int: ...
     def get_sized_descender(self, size: float, /) -> int: ...
+    def is_char_defined(self, char: Union[str, bytes], /) -> bool: ...
     def get_sized_height(self, size: float, /) -> int: ...
     def get_sized_glyph_height(self, size: float, /) -> int: ...
     def get_sizes(self) -> List[Tuple[int, int, int, float, float]]: ...
diff --git a/docs/reST/ref/font.rst b/docs/reST/ref/font.rst
index 644a3b52b2..3e23bf94ed 100644
--- a/docs/reST/ref/font.rst
+++ b/docs/reST/ref/font.rst
@@ -306,6 +306,17 @@ solves no longer exists, it will likely be removed in the future.
 
       .. ## Font.point_size ##
 
+   .. method:: is_char_defined
+
+      | :sl:`Check if a char is defined in the font.`
+      | :sg:`is_char_defined(char) -> bool`
+
+      This checks if the char is defined in this font.
+
+      .. versionadded:: 2.4.0
+
+      .. ## Font.is_char_defined ##
+
    .. method:: render
 
       | :sl:`draw text on a new Surface`
diff --git a/docs/reST/ref/freetype.rst b/docs/reST/ref/freetype.rst
index bf6a74609e..c02c53b19e 100644
--- a/docs/reST/ref/freetype.rst
+++ b/docs/reST/ref/freetype.rst
@@ -395,6 +395,18 @@ loaded. This module must be imported explicitly to be used. ::
       width in pixels, horizontal ppem (nominal width) in fractional pixels,
       and vertical ppem (nominal height) in fractional pixels.
 
+
+   .. method:: is_char_defined
+
+      | :sl:`Check if a char is defined in the font.`
+      | :sg:`is_char_defined(char) -> bool`
+
+      This checks if the char is defined in this font.
+
+      .. versionadded:: 2.4.0
+
+      .. ## Font.is_char_defined ##
+
    .. method:: render
 
       | :sl:`Return rendered text as a surface`
diff --git a/src_c/_freetype.c b/src_c/_freetype.c
index f24673f588..f03bfc6886 100644
--- a/src_c/_freetype.c
+++ b/src_c/_freetype.c
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ _ftfont_getrect(pgFontObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
 static PyObject *
 _ftfont_getmetrics(pgFontObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
 static PyObject *
+_ftfont_is_char_defined(pgFontObject *self, PyObject *textobj);
+static PyObject *
 _ftfont_render(pgFontObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
 static PyObject *
 _ftfont_render_to(pgFontObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
@@ -533,6 +535,8 @@ static PyMethodDef _ftfont_methods[] = {
      DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_GETRECT},
     {"get_metrics", (PyCFunction)_ftfont_getmetrics,
      METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_GETMETRICS},
+    {"is_char_defined", (PyCFunction)_ftfont_is_char_defined, METH_O,
+     DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_ISCHARDEFINED},
     {"get_sizes", (PyCFunction)_ftfont_getsizes, METH_NOARGS,
      DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_GETSIZES},
     {"render", (PyCFunction)_ftfont_render, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
@@ -1570,6 +1574,40 @@ _ftfont_getmetrics(pgFontObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+_ftfont_is_char_defined(pgFontObject *self, PyObject *textobj)
+{
+    PGFT_String *text = 0;
+    int glyph_index;
+    FT_Face face;
+
+    /* Encode text */
+    text = _PGFT_EncodePyString(textobj, self->render_flags & FT_RFLAG_UCS4);
+    if (!text)
+        goto error;
+
+    if (text->length > 1) {
+        free_string(text);
+        return RAISE(PyExc_ValueError, "Too long, only 1 char supported.");
+    }
+
+    ASSERT_SELF_IS_ALIVE(self);
+
+    face = _PGFT_GetFont(self->freetype, self);
+    PGFT_char charcode = text->data[0];
+    glyph_index = FT_Get_Char_Index(face, charcode);
+    if (glyph_index > 0) {
+        free_string(text);
+        Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+    }
+
+    goto error;
+
+error:
+    free_string(text);
+    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 _ftfont_getsizedascender(pgFontObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
diff --git a/src_c/doc/font_doc.h b/src_c/doc/font_doc.h
index 4ac4af922c..f7c230fe4b 100644
--- a/src_c/doc/font_doc.h
+++ b/src_c/doc/font_doc.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define DOC_FONT_FONT_STRIKETHROUGH "strikethrough -> bool\nGets or sets whether the font should be rendered with a strikethrough."
 #define DOC_FONT_FONT_ALIGN "align -> int\nSet how rendered text is aligned when given a wrap length."
 #define DOC_FONT_FONT_POINTSIZE "point_size -> int\nGets or sets the font's point size"
+#define DOC_FONT_FONT_ISCHARDEFINED "is_char_defined(char) -> bool\nCheck if a char is defined in the font."
 #define DOC_FONT_FONT_RENDER "render(text, antialias, color, bgcolor=None, wraplength=0) -> Surface\ndraw text on a new Surface"
 #define DOC_FONT_FONT_SIZE "size(text, /) -> (width, height)\ndetermine the amount of space needed to render text"
 #define DOC_FONT_FONT_SETUNDERLINE "set_underline(bool, /) -> None\ncontrol if text is rendered with an underline"
diff --git a/src_c/doc/freetype_doc.h b/src_c/doc/freetype_doc.h
index 0c49a5ee0a..099f1411e8 100644
--- a/src_c/doc/freetype_doc.h
+++ b/src_c/doc/freetype_doc.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_GETSIZEDHEIGHT "get_sized_height(size=0, /) -> int\nThe scaled height of the font in pixels"
 #define DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_GETSIZEDGLYPHHEIGHT "get_sized_glyph_height(size=0, /) -> int\nThe scaled bounding box height of the font in pixels"
 #define DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_GETSIZES "get_sizes() -> [(int, int, int, float, float), ...]\nget_sizes() -> []\nreturn the available sizes of embedded bitmaps"
+#define DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_ISCHARDEFINED "is_char_defined(char) -> bool\nCheck if a char is defined in the font."
 #define DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_RENDER "render(text, fgcolor=None, bgcolor=None, style=STYLE_DEFAULT, rotation=0, size=0) -> (Surface, Rect)\nReturn rendered text as a surface"
 #define DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_RENDERTO "render_to(surf, dest, text, fgcolor=None, bgcolor=None, style=STYLE_DEFAULT, rotation=0, size=0) -> Rect\nRender text onto an existing surface"
 #define DOC_FREETYPE_FONT_RENDERRAW "render_raw(text, style=STYLE_DEFAULT, rotation=0, size=0, invert=False) -> (bytes, (int, int))\nReturn rendered text as a string of bytes"
diff --git a/src_c/font.c b/src_c/font.c
index 94b50da68a..7bf35e3b07 100644
--- a/src_c/font.c
+++ b/src_c/font.c
@@ -535,6 +535,61 @@ font_set_strikethrough(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+font_is_char_provided(PyObject *self, PyObject *textobj)
+{
+    TTF_Font *font = PyFont_AsFont(self);
+    PyObject *temp;
+    PyObject *obj;
+    Uint16 *buffer;
+    Py_ssize_t length;
+    Uint16 ch;
+
+    if (PyUnicode_Check(textobj)) {
+        obj = textobj;
+        Py_INCREF(obj);
+    }
+    else if (PyBytes_Check(textobj)) {
+        obj = PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject(textobj, "UTF-8", NULL);
+        if (!obj) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        return RAISE_TEXT_TYPE_ERROR();
+    }
+    temp = PyUnicode_AsUTF16String(obj);
+    Py_DECREF(obj);
+    if (!temp)
+        return NULL;
+    obj = temp;
+
+#if !SDL_TTF_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 15)
+    if (utf_8_needs_UCS_4(astring)) {
+        Py_DECREF(obj);
+        return RAISE(PyExc_UnicodeError,
+                     "a Unicode character above '\\uFFFF' was found;"
+                     " not supported with SDL_ttf version below 2.0.15");
+    }
+#endif
+
+    buffer = (Uint16 *)PyBytes_AS_STRING(obj);
+    length = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(obj) / sizeof(Uint16);
+
+    if (length > 2) {
+        Py_DECREF(obj);
+        return RAISE(PyExc_ValueError, "Too long, only 1 char supported.");
+    }
+
+    ch = buffer[1]; /* skip BOM */
+    int index = TTF_GlyphIsProvided(font, ch);
+    Py_DECREF(obj);
+    if (!index) {
+        Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+    }
+    Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 font_render(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
@@ -1080,6 +1135,8 @@ static PyMethodDef font_methods[] = {
     {"metrics", font_metrics, METH_O, DOC_FONT_FONT_METRICS},
     {"render", (PyCFunction)font_render, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
      DOC_FONT_FONT_RENDER},
+    {"is_char_defined", font_is_char_provided, METH_O,
+     DOC_FONT_FONT_ISCHARDEFINED},
     {"size", font_size, METH_O, DOC_FONT_FONT_SIZE},
     {"set_script", font_set_script, METH_O, DOC_FONT_FONT_SETSCRIPT},
     {"set_direction", (PyCFunction)font_set_direction,
diff --git a/test/font_test.py b/test/font_test.py
index 258506c281..ba23ccbf02 100644
--- a/test/font_test.py
+++ b/test/font_test.py
@@ -655,6 +655,30 @@ def _set_style_name():
 
         self.assertRaises(AttributeError, _set_style_name)
 
+    def test_font_is_char_defined_true(self):
+        f = pygame_font.Font(None, 20)
+        self.assertTrue(f.is_char_defined("a"))
+
+    def test_font_is_char_defined_true_unicode(self):
+        f = pygame_font.Font(None, 20)
+        self.assertTrue(f.is_char_defined("\u003F"))
+
+    def test_font_is_char_defined_raises_value_error_if_too_long(self):
+        f = pygame_font.Font(None, 20)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, f.is_char_defined, "ab")
+
+    def test_font_is_char_defined_false_is_empty(self):
+        f = pygame_font.Font(None, 20)
+        self.assertFalse(f.is_char_defined(""))
+
+    def test_font_is_char_defined_false(self):
+        f = pygame_font.Font(None, 20)
+        self.assertFalse(f.is_char_defined("❤"))
+
+    def test_font_is_char_defined_false_unicode(self):
+        f = pygame_font.Font(None, 20)
+        self.assertFalse(f.is_char_defined("\uFF00"))
+
     def test_font_file_not_found(self):
         # A per BUG reported by Bo Jangeborg on pygame-user mailing list,
         # http://www.mail-archive.com/pygame-users@seul.org/msg11675.html