diff --git a/glfont/font.go b/glfont/font.go
index 9f698fd..3b05f42 100644
--- a/glfont/font.go
+++ b/glfont/font.go
@@ -203,6 +203,21 @@ func (f *Font) Size(text string) (float32, float32) {
 	return width, height
 }
 
+func(f *Font) MaxSize() (float32, float32){
+	b:= f.ttf.Bounds(fixed.Int26_6(f.scale))
+	return float32(b.Max.X - b.Min.X),float32(b.Max.Y - b.Min.Y)
+}
+
+func(f *Font) MinY() float32 {
+	b:= f.ttf.Bounds(fixed.Int26_6(f.scale))
+	return float32(b.Min.Y)
+}
+
+func(f *Font) MaxY() float32 {
+	b:= f.ttf.Bounds(fixed.Int26_6(f.scale))
+	return float32(b.Max.Y)
+}
+
 func (f *Font) GetRune(r rune) (*character, error) {
 
 	cc, ok := f.characters[r]
diff --git a/glfont/truetype.go b/glfont/truetype.go
index cda6275..08ed93e 100644
--- a/glfont/truetype.go
+++ b/glfont/truetype.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-gl/gl/all-core/gl"
 	"github.com/golang/freetype/truetype"
-	"golang.org/x/image/font"
 )
 
 type character struct {
@@ -37,16 +36,7 @@ func LoadTrueTypeFont(program uint32, r io.Reader, scale float32) (*Font, error)
 	}
 	f.SetColor(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0) //set default white
 
-	sample := "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvqxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ█"
-
-	ttfFace := truetype.NewFace(f.ttf, &truetype.Options{
-		Size:    float64(f.scale),
-		DPI:     DPI,
-		Hinting: font.HintingFull,
-	})
-
-	_, h := f.Size(sample)
-	f.linePadding = h - float32(ttfFace.Metrics().Height>>6)
+	_, h := f.MaxSize()
 	f.lineHeight = h
 
 	gl.BindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0)
diff --git a/gui/fonts.go b/gui/fonts.go
index 3d55bbc..4f21cf1 100644
--- a/gui/fonts.go
+++ b/gui/fonts.go
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ func (gui *GUI) getPackedFont(name string) (*glfont.Font, error) {
 	box := packr.NewBox("./packed-fonts")
 	fontBytes, err := box.MustBytes(name)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Packaged font '%s' could not be read: %s", name, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("packaged font '%s' could not be read: %s", name, err)
 	}
 
 	font, err := glfont.LoadFont(bytes.NewReader(fontBytes), gui.fontScale, gui.width, gui.height)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Font '%s' failed to load: %v", name, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("font '%s' failed to load: %v", name, err)
 	}
 
 	return font, nil
@@ -25,30 +25,21 @@ func (gui *GUI) getPackedFont(name string) (*glfont.Font, error) {
 
 func (gui *GUI) loadFonts() error {
 
-	defaultFont, err := gui.getPackedFont("Hack-Regular.ttf")
+	// from https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/tree/master/patched-fonts/Hack
+
+	defaultFont, err := gui.getPackedFont("Hack Regular Nerd Font Complete.ttf")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	boldFont, err := gui.getPackedFont("Hack-Bold.ttf")
+	boldFont, err := gui.getPackedFont("Hack Bold Nerd Font Complete.ttf")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	gui.fontMap = NewFontMap(defaultFont, boldFont)
 
-	// add special font usage here
-
-	noto, err := gui.getPackedFont("NotoEmoji-Regular.ttf")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// misc symbols, lightning bolt etc.
-	gui.fontMap.setOverrideRange(0x2600, 0x26FF, noto)
-
-	// emoji
-	gui.fontMap.setOverrideRange(0x1F600, 0x1F64F, noto)
+	// add special non-ascii fonts here
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/gui/gui.go b/gui/gui.go
index 7175703..e9709c2 100644
--- a/gui/gui.go
+++ b/gui/gui.go
@@ -203,15 +203,11 @@ func (gui *GUI) Render() error {
 				for x := 0; x < colCount; x++ {
 
 					cell := defaultCell
-					hasText := false
 
 					if y < len(lines) {
 						cells := lines[y].Cells()
 						if x < len(cells) {
 							cell = cells[x]
-							if cell.Rune() != 0 && cell.Rune() != 32 {
-								hasText = true
-							}
 						}
 					}
 
@@ -230,12 +226,28 @@ func (gui *GUI) Render() error {
 					}
 
 					gui.renderer.DrawCellBg(cell, uint(x), uint(y), cursor, colour, false)
+					gui.renderer.DrawCellImage(cell, uint(x), uint(y))
+				}
+			}
+			for y := 0; y < lineCount; y++ {
+				for x := 0; x < colCount; x++ {
+
+					cell := defaultCell
+					hasText := false
+
+					if y < len(lines) {
+						cells := lines[y].Cells()
+						if x < len(cells) {
+							cell = cells[x]
+							if cell.Rune() != 0 && cell.Rune() != 32 {
+								hasText = true
+							}
+						}
+					}
+
 					if hasText {
 						gui.renderer.DrawCellText(cell, uint(x), uint(y), 1.0, nil)
 					}
-
-					gui.renderer.DrawCellImage(cell, uint(x), uint(y))
-
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/gui/packed-fonts/Hack Bold Nerd Font Complete.ttf b/gui/packed-fonts/Hack Bold Nerd Font Complete.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41fb0ae
Binary files /dev/null and b/gui/packed-fonts/Hack Bold Nerd Font Complete.ttf differ
diff --git a/gui/packed-fonts/Hack Regular Nerd Font Complete.ttf b/gui/packed-fonts/Hack Regular Nerd Font Complete.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0447bc
Binary files /dev/null and b/gui/packed-fonts/Hack Regular Nerd Font Complete.ttf differ
diff --git a/gui/packed-fonts/Hack-Bold.ttf b/gui/packed-fonts/Hack-Bold.ttf
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ff4975..0000000
Binary files a/gui/packed-fonts/Hack-Bold.ttf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/gui/packed-fonts/Hack-Regular.ttf b/gui/packed-fonts/Hack-Regular.ttf
deleted file mode 100644
index 92a90cb..0000000
Binary files a/gui/packed-fonts/Hack-Regular.ttf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/gui/packed-fonts/NotoEmoji-Regular.ttf b/gui/packed-fonts/NotoEmoji-Regular.ttf
deleted file mode 100644
index 19b7bad..0000000
Binary files a/gui/packed-fonts/NotoEmoji-Regular.ttf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/gui/renderer.go b/gui/renderer.go
index 347820c..b4d5e77 100644
--- a/gui/renderer.go
+++ b/gui/renderer.go
@@ -48,15 +48,20 @@ func (r *OpenGLRenderer) CellHeight() float32 {
 	return r.cellHeight
 }
 
+func (r *OpenGLRenderer) Clean() {
+	r.rectangles = map[[2]uint]*rectangle{}
+}
+
 func (r *OpenGLRenderer) newRectangle(x float32, y float32, colourAttr uint32) *rectangle {
 
 	halfAreaWidth := float32(r.areaWidth / 2)
 	halfAreaHeight := float32(r.areaHeight / 2)
 
+
 	x = (x - halfAreaWidth) / halfAreaWidth
-	y = -(y - halfAreaHeight) / halfAreaHeight
+	y = -(y - ( halfAreaHeight)) / halfAreaHeight
 	w := r.cellWidth / halfAreaWidth
-	h := r.cellHeight / halfAreaHeight
+	h := (r.cellHeight ) / halfAreaHeight
 
 	rect := &rectangle{
 		points: []float32{
@@ -158,32 +163,26 @@ func (r *OpenGLRenderer) SetArea(areaX int, areaY int, areaWidth int, areaHeight
 	r.areaX = areaX
 	r.areaY = areaY
 	f := r.fontMap.GetFont('X')
+	_, r.cellHeight = f.MaxSize()
 	r.cellWidth, _ = f.Size("X")
-	r.cellHeight = f.LineHeight() // vertical padding
+	 //= f.LineHeight()   // includes vertical padding
 	r.termCols = uint(math.Floor(float64(float32(r.areaWidth) / r.cellWidth)))
 	r.termRows = uint(math.Floor(float64(float32(r.areaHeight) / r.cellHeight)))
 	r.rectangles = map[[2]uint]*rectangle{}
 }
 
 func (r *OpenGLRenderer) getRectangle(col uint, row uint) *rectangle {
-	if rect, ok := r.rectangles[[2]uint{col, row}]; ok {
-		return rect
-	}
-	return r.generateRectangle(col, row)
-}
 
-func (r *OpenGLRenderer) generateRectangle(col uint, line uint) *rectangle {
-
-	rect, ok := r.rectangles[[2]uint{col, line}]
+	rect, ok := r.rectangles[[2]uint{col, row}]
 	if ok {
 		rect.Free()
 	}
 
-	// rounding to whole pixels makes everything nice
 	x := float32(float32(col) * r.cellWidth)
-	y := float32((float32(line) * r.cellHeight)) + r.cellHeight
-	r.rectangles[[2]uint{col, line}] = r.newRectangle(x, y, r.colourAttr)
-	return r.rectangles[[2]uint{col, line}]
+	y := float32(float32(row) * r.cellHeight) + r.cellHeight
+
+	r.rectangles[[2]uint{col, row}] = r.newRectangle(x, y, r.colourAttr)
+	return r.rectangles[[2]uint{col, row}]
 }
 
 func (r *OpenGLRenderer) DrawCursor(col uint, row uint, colour config.Colour) {
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ func (r *OpenGLRenderer) DrawCellText(cell buffer.Cell, col uint, row uint, alph
 	f.SetColor(fg[0], fg[1], fg[2], alpha)
 
 	x := float32(r.areaX) + float32(col)*r.cellWidth
-	y := float32(r.areaY) + (float32(row+1) * r.cellHeight) - (f.LinePadding())
+	y := float32(r.areaY) + (float32(row+1) * r.cellHeight) + f.MinY()
 
 	f.Print(x, y, string(cell.Rune()))
 }
@@ -289,8 +288,8 @@ func (r *OpenGLRenderer) DrawCellImage(cell buffer.Cell, col uint, row uint) {
 		r.textureMap[img] = tex
 	}
 
-	var w float32 = float32(img.Bounds().Size().X)
-	var h float32 = float32(img.Bounds().Size().Y)
+	var w = float32(img.Bounds().Size().X)
+	var h = float32(img.Bounds().Size().Y)
 
 	var readFboId uint32
 	gl.GenFramebuffers(1, &readFboId)
diff --git a/gui/textbox.go b/gui/textbox.go
index 412497b..9fe6dd2 100644
--- a/gui/textbox.go
+++ b/gui/textbox.go
@@ -79,20 +79,23 @@ DONE:
 		addLine()
 	}
 
+	gui.renderer.Clean()
+
+	bg := [3]float32{0, 0, 0}
+
 	for hx := col; hx < col+uint16(longestLine)+2; hx++ {
 		for hy := row - 1; hy < row+uint16(len(lines))+1; hy++ {
-			gui.renderer.DrawCellBg(buffer.NewBackgroundCell([3]float32{0, 0, 0}), uint(hx), uint(hy), false, nil, true)
+			gui.renderer.DrawCellBg(buffer.NewBackgroundCell(bg), uint(hx), uint(hy), false, nil , true)
 		}
 	}
 
-	x := (float32(col) * gui.renderer.cellWidth)
+	x := float32(col) * gui.renderer.cellWidth
 
 	f := gui.fontMap.GetFont('X')
-
 	f.SetColor(0.2, 1, 0.2, 1)
 
 	for i, line := range lines {
-		y := (float32(row+1+uint16(i)) * gui.renderer.cellHeight) - (f.LinePadding())
+		y := float32(row+1+uint16(i)) * gui.renderer.cellHeight
 		f.Print(x, y, fmt.Sprintf(" %s", line))
 	}