diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/usermodel/TextPainter.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/usermodel/TextPainter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2490dece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/usermodel/TextPainter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* ====================================================================
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================== */
+
+package org.apache.poi.sl.usermodel;
+
+import java.awt.RenderingHints;
+import java.text.AttributedString;
+
+/**
+ * Common parent for painting Text into a Graphics2D object
+ *  for rendering
+ */
+public interface TextPainter {
+    public static final Key KEY_FONTFALLBACK = new Key(50, "Font fallback map");
+    public static final Key KEY_FONTMAP = new Key(51, "Font map");
+
+    public static class TextElement {
+        public AttributedString _text;
+        public int _textOffset;
+        public AttributedString _bullet;
+        public int _bulletOffset;
+        public int _align;
+        public float ascent, descent;
+        public float advance;
+        public int textStartIndex, textEndIndex;
+    }
+
+    public static class Key extends RenderingHints.Key {
+        String description;
+
+        public Key(int paramInt, String paramString) {
+            super(paramInt);
+            this.description = paramString;
+        }
+
+        public final int getIndex() {
+            return intKey();
+        }
+
+        public final String toString() {
+            return this.description;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isCompatibleValue(Object paramObject) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/XSLFTextParagraph.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/XSLFTextParagraph.java
index e0b383a76..32d9faef4 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/XSLFTextParagraph.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/XSLFTextParagraph.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TextPainter;
+import org.apache.poi.sl.model.TextPainter;
 import org.apache.poi.util.Beta;
 import org.apache.poi.util.Internal;
 import org.apache.poi.util.Units;
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/TestPPTX2PNG.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/TestPPTX2PNG.java
index 5c616cd43..1a79292f4 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/TestPPTX2PNG.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/TestPPTX2PNG.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TextPainter;
+import org.apache.poi.sl.model.TextPainter;
 import org.apache.poi.util.JvmBugs;
 import org.apache.poi.xslf.XSLFTestDataSamples;
 import org.junit.Test;
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextPainter.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextPainter.java
index 6d0dbc82d..79864d678 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextPainter.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextPainter.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.model;
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
-import java.awt.RenderingHints;
 import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
 import java.awt.font.LineBreakMeasurer;
 import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
@@ -41,13 +40,8 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.POILogger;
 
 /**
  * Paint text into java.awt.Graphics2D
- *
- * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
-public final class TextPainter {
-    public static final Key KEY_FONTFALLBACK = new Key(50, "Font fallback map");
-    public static final Key KEY_FONTMAP = new Key(51, "Font map");
-    
+public final class TextPainter implements org.apache.poi.sl.usermodel.TextPainter {
     protected POILogger logger = POILogFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());
 
     /**
@@ -383,36 +377,4 @@ public final class TextPainter {
         TextElement[] elems = new TextElement[lines.size()];
         return lines.toArray(elems);
     }
-
-    public static class TextElement {
-        public AttributedString _text;
-        public int _textOffset;
-        public AttributedString _bullet;
-        public int _bulletOffset;
-        public int _align;
-        public float ascent, descent;
-        public float advance;
-        public int textStartIndex, textEndIndex;
-    }
-
-    public static class Key extends RenderingHints.Key {
-      String description;
-
-      public Key(int paramInt, String paramString) {
-        super(paramInt);
-        this.description = paramString;
-      }
-
-      public final int getIndex() {
-        return intKey();
-      }
-
-      public final String toString() {
-        return this.description;
-      }
-
-      public boolean isCompatibleValue(Object paramObject) {
-        return true;
-      }
-    }
 }