diff --git a/nested/src/terminal/mod.rs b/nested/src/terminal/mod.rs
index 65d8f8a..587a9f2 100644
--- a/nested/src/terminal/mod.rs
+++ b/nested/src/terminal/mod.rs
@@ -22,3 +22,24 @@ pub trait TerminalView = GridView<Item = TerminalAtom>;
 
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+use {
+    crate::{
+        sequence::VecBuffer,
+        core::{ViewPort, OuterViewPort}
+    },
+    cgmath::Point2
+};
+
+pub fn make_label(s: &str) -> OuterViewPort<dyn TerminalView> {
+    let label_port = ViewPort::new();
+    let label = VecBuffer::with_data(s.chars().collect(), label_port.inner());
+    label_port.outer()
+        .to_sequence()
+        .map(|c| TerminalAtom::from(c))
+        .to_index()
+        .map_key(
+            |idx| Point2::new(*idx as i16, 0),
+            |pt| if pt.y == 0 { Some(pt.x as usize) } else { None }
+        )
+}
+