diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 4213541..b9997ad 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ static const int showbar            = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
 static const int topbar             = 1;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
 static const int vertpad            = 10;       /* vertical padding of bar */
 static const int sidepad            = 20;       /* horizontal padding of bar */
-static const char *fonts[]          = { "monospace:size=12" };
-static const char dmenufont[]       = "monospace:size=12";
+static const char *fonts[]          = { "monospace:size=10", "JoyPixels:pixelsize=10:antialias=true:autohint=true"  };
+static char dmenufont[]       = "monospace:size=10";
 static char normbgcolor[]           = "#222222";
 static char normbordercolor[]       = "#444444";
 static char normfgcolor[]           = "#bbbbbb";
diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index e4968a0..0eb8fe5 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
@@ -132,19 +132,6 @@ xfont_create(Drw *drw, const char *fontname, FcPattern *fontpattern)
 		die("no font specified.");
 	}
 
-	/* Do not allow using color fonts. This is a workaround for a BadLength
-	 * error from Xft with color glyphs. Modelled on the Xterm workaround. See
-	 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498269
-	 * https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1701/30932.html
-	 * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916349
-	 * and lots more all over the internet.
-	 */
-	FcBool iscol;
-	if(FcPatternGetBool(xfont->pattern, FC_COLOR, 0, &iscol) == FcResultMatch && iscol) {
-		XftFontClose(drw->dpy, xfont);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	font = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Fnt));
 	font->xfont = xfont;
 	font->pattern = pattern;