diff --git a/kitty/core_text.m b/kitty/core_text.m
index 0704f6e3d..5057fc225 100644
--- a/kitty/core_text.m
+++ b/kitty/core_text.m
@@ -187,6 +187,18 @@ end:
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+repr(Face *self) {
+    char buf[400] = {0};
+    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf)/sizeof(buf[0]), "ascent=%.1f, descent=%.1f, leading=%.1f, point_sz=%.1f, scaled_point_sz=%.1f, underline_position=%.1f underline_thickness=%.1f", 
+        (self->ascent), (self->descent), (self->leading), (self->point_sz), (self->scaled_point_sz), (self->underline_position), (self->underline_thickness));
+    return PyUnicode_FromFormat(
+        "Face(family=%U, full_name=%U, postscript_name=%U, units_per_em=%u, %s)",
+        self->family_name, self->full_name, self->postscript_name, self->units_per_em, buf
+    );
+}
+
+
 // Boilerplate {{{
 
 static PyMemberDef members[] = {
@@ -224,6 +236,7 @@ PyTypeObject Face_Type = {
     .tp_methods = methods,
     .tp_members = members,
     .tp_new = new,                
+    .tp_repr = (reprfunc)repr,
 };
 
 
diff --git a/kitty/fonts/core_text.py b/kitty/fonts/core_text.py
index 14c37cfc3..c3751a3b9 100644
--- a/kitty/fonts/core_text.py
+++ b/kitty/fonts/core_text.py
@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@ def develop(family='monospace', sz=288):
         pass
     set_font_family(family, sz, ignore_dpi_failure=True)
     for (bold, italic), face in main_font.items():
-        print('bold: {} italic: {} family:{} full name: {} postscript_name: {}'.format(bold, italic, face.family_name, face.full_name, face.postscript_name))
-    f = main_font[(False, False)]
-    for attr in 'units_per_em ascent descent leading underline_position underline_thickness scaled_point_sz'.split():
-        print(attr, getattr(f, attr))
+        print('bold: {} italic: {} {}'.format(bold, italic, face))
     print('cell_width: {}, cell_height: {}, baseline: {}'.format(cell_width, cell_height, baseline))
     buf, w, h = render_string()
     open('/tmp/cell.data', 'wb').write(pickle.dumps((bytearray(buf), w, h)))