diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index dcffd38..5ac2af8 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ static const char *fonts[] = {
 	"monospace:size=10"
 };
 static const char *prompt      = NULL;      /* -p  option; prompt to the left of input field */
-static const char *normbgcolor = "#222222"; /* -nb option; normal background                 */
-static const char *normfgcolor = "#bbbbbb"; /* -nf option; normal foreground                 */
-static const char *selbgcolor  = "#005577"; /* -sb option; selected background               */
-static const char *selfgcolor  = "#eeeeee"; /* -sf option; selected foreground               */
-static const char *outbgcolor  = "#00ffff";
-static const char *outfgcolor  = "#000000";
+static const char *colors[][2] = {
+/*     fg         bg       */
+	{ "#bbbbbb", "#222222" }, /* normal */
+	{ "#eeeeee", "#005577" }, /* selected */
+	{ "#000000", "#00ffff" }, /* out */
+};
 /* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
 static unsigned int lines      = 0;
 
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index e0c2f80..0e7b70b 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 #define INTERSECT(x,y,w,h,r)  (MAX(0, MIN((x)+(w),(r).x_org+(r).width)  - MAX((x),(r).x_org)) \
                              * MAX(0, MIN((y)+(h),(r).y_org+(r).height) - MAX((y),(r).y_org)))
 #define LENGTH(X)             (sizeof X / sizeof X[0])
-#define TEXTNW(X,N)           (drw_font_getexts_width(drw->fonts[0], (X), (N)))
-#define TEXTW(X)              (drw_text(drw, 0, 0, 0, 0, (X), 0) + drw->fonts[0]->h)
+#define TEXTW(X)              (drw_fontset_getwidth(drw, (X)) + lrpad)
 
 /* enums */
 enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel, SchemeOut, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */
@@ -37,7 +36,8 @@ struct item {
 static char text[BUFSIZ] = "";
 static int bh, mw, mh;
 static int sw, sh; /* X display screen geometry width, height */
-static int inputw, promptw;
+static int inputw = 0, promptw;
+static int lrpad; /* sum of left and right padding */
 static size_t cursor;
 static struct item *items = NULL;
 static struct item *matches, *matchend;
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ static Display *dpy;
 static Window root, win;
 static XIC xic;
 
-static ClrScheme scheme[SchemeLast];
 static Drw *drw;
+static Clr *scheme[SchemeLast];
 
 #include "config.h"
 
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ calcoffsets(void)
 		n = mw - (promptw + inputw + TEXTW("<") + TEXTW(">"));
 	/* calculate which items will begin the next page and previous page */
 	for (i = 0, next = curr; next; next = next->right)
-		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : MIN(TEXTW(next->text), n)) > n)
+		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : TEXTW(next->text)) > n)
 			break;
 	for (i = 0, prev = curr; prev && prev->left; prev = prev->left)
-		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : MIN(TEXTW(prev->left->text), n)) > n)
+		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : TEXTW(prev->left->text)) > n)
 			break;
 }
 
@@ -94,10 +94,8 @@ cleanup(void)
 	size_t i;
 
 	XUngrabKey(dpy, AnyKey, AnyModifier, root);
-	for (i = 0; i < SchemeLast; i++) {
-		drw_clr_free(scheme[i].bg);
-		drw_clr_free(scheme[i].fg);
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < SchemeLast; i++)
+		free(scheme[i]);
 	drw_free(drw);
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 	XCloseDisplay(dpy);
@@ -114,70 +112,63 @@ cistrstr(const char *s, const char *sub)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int
+drawitem(struct item *item, int x, int y, int w)
+{
+	if (item == sel)
+		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeSel]);
+	else if (item->out)
+		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeOut]);
+	else
+		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+
+	return drw_text(drw, x, y, w, bh, lrpad / 2, item->text, 0);
+}
+
 static void
 drawmenu(void)
 {
-	int curpos;
+	unsigned int curpos;
 	struct item *item;
-	int x = 0, y = 0, h = bh, w;
+	int x = 0, y = 0, w;
 
-	drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-	drw_rect(drw, 0, 0, mw, mh, 1, 1, 1);
+	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+	drw_rect(drw, 0, 0, mw, mh, 1, 1);
 
 	if (prompt && *prompt) {
-		drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeSel]);
-		drw_text(drw, x, 0, promptw, bh, prompt, 0);
-		x += promptw;
+		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeSel]);
+		x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, promptw, bh, lrpad / 2, prompt, 0);
 	}
 	/* draw input field */
 	w = (lines > 0 || !matches) ? mw - x : inputw;
-	drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-	drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, text, 0);
+	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+	drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
 
-	if ((curpos = TEXTNW(text, cursor) + bh / 2 - 2) < w) {
-		drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-		drw_rect(drw, x + curpos + 2, 2, 1, bh - 4, 1, 1, 0);
+	drw_font_getexts(drw->fonts, text, cursor, &curpos, NULL);
+	if ((curpos += lrpad / 2 - 1) < w) {
+		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+		drw_rect(drw, x + curpos, 2, 2, bh - 4, 1, 0);
 	}
 
 	if (lines > 0) {
 		/* draw vertical list */
-		w = mw - x;
-		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right) {
-			y += h;
-			if (item == sel)
-				drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeSel]);
-			else if (item->out)
-				drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeOut]);
-			else
-				drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-
-			drw_text(drw, x, y, w, bh, item->text, 0);
-		}
+		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right)
+			drawitem(item, x, y += bh, mw - x);
 	} else if (matches) {
 		/* draw horizontal list */
 		x += inputw;
 		w = TEXTW("<");
 		if (curr->left) {
-			drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-			drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, "<", 0);
+			drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+			drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, "<", 0);
 		}
-		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right) {
-			x += w;
-			w = MIN(TEXTW(item->text), mw - x - TEXTW(">"));
-
-			if (item == sel)
-				drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeSel]);
-			else if (item->out)
-				drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeOut]);
-			else
-				drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-			drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, item->text, 0);
-		}
-		w = TEXTW(">");
-		x = mw - w;
+		x += w;
+		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right)
+			x = drawitem(item, x, 0, MIN(TEXTW(item->text), mw - x - TEXTW(">")));
 		if (next) {
-			drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-			drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, ">", 0);
+			w = TEXTW(">");
+			drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+			drw_text(drw, mw - w, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, ">", 0);
 		}
 	}
 	drw_map(drw, win, 0, 0, mw, mh);
@@ -191,8 +182,8 @@ grabkeyboard(void)
 
 	/* try to grab keyboard, we may have to wait for another process to ungrab */
 	for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
-		if (XGrabKeyboard(dpy, DefaultRootWindow(dpy), True,
-		                 GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) == GrabSuccess)
+		if (XGrabKeyboard(dpy, DefaultRootWindow(dpy), True, GrabModeAsync,
+		                  GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) == GrabSuccess)
 			return;
 		nanosleep(&ts, NULL);
 	}
@@ -314,11 +305,9 @@ keypress(XKeyEvent *ev)
 			insert(NULL, 0 - cursor);
 			break;
 		case XK_w: /* delete word */
-			while (cursor > 0 && strchr(worddelimiters,
-			       text[nextrune(-1)]))
+			while (cursor > 0 && strchr(worddelimiters, text[nextrune(-1)]))
 				insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
-			while (cursor > 0 && !strchr(worddelimiters,
-			       text[nextrune(-1)]))
+			while (cursor > 0 && !strchr(worddelimiters, text[nextrune(-1)]))
 				insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
 			break;
 		case XK_y: /* paste selection */
@@ -469,8 +458,9 @@ paste(void)
 static void
 readstdin(void)
 {
-	char buf[sizeof text], *p, *maxstr = NULL;
-	size_t i, max = 0, size = 0;
+	char buf[sizeof text], *p;
+	size_t i, imax = 0, size = 0;
+	unsigned int tmpmax = 0;
 
 	/* read each line from stdin and add it to the item list */
 	for (i = 0; fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin); i++) {
@@ -482,12 +472,15 @@ readstdin(void)
 		if (!(items[i].text = strdup(buf)))
 			die("cannot strdup %u bytes:", strlen(buf) + 1);
 		items[i].out = 0;
-		if (strlen(items[i].text) > max)
-			max = strlen(maxstr = items[i].text);
+		drw_font_getexts(drw->fonts, buf, strlen(buf), &tmpmax, NULL);
+		if (tmpmax > inputw) {
+			inputw = tmpmax;
+			imax = i;
+		}
 	}
 	if (items)
 		items[i].text = NULL;
-	inputw = maxstr ? TEXTW(maxstr) : 0;
+	inputw = TEXTW(items[imax].text);
 	lines = MIN(lines, i);
 }
 
@@ -534,18 +527,15 @@ setup(void)
 #endif
 
 	/* init appearance */
-	scheme[SchemeNorm].bg = drw_clr_create(drw, normbgcolor);
-	scheme[SchemeNorm].fg = drw_clr_create(drw, normfgcolor);
-	scheme[SchemeSel].bg = drw_clr_create(drw, selbgcolor);
-	scheme[SchemeSel].fg = drw_clr_create(drw, selfgcolor);
-	scheme[SchemeOut].bg = drw_clr_create(drw, outbgcolor);
-	scheme[SchemeOut].fg = drw_clr_create(drw, outfgcolor);
+	scheme[SchemeNorm] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[SchemeNorm], 2);
+	scheme[SchemeSel] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[SchemeSel], 2);
+	scheme[SchemeOut] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[SchemeOut], 2);
 
 	clip = XInternAtom(dpy, "CLIPBOARD",   False);
 	utf8 = XInternAtom(dpy, "UTF8_STRING", False);
 
 	/* calculate menu geometry */
-	bh = drw->fonts[0]->h + 2;
+	bh = drw->fonts->h + 2;
 	lines = MAX(lines, 0);
 	mh = (lines + 1) * bh;
 #ifdef XINERAMA
@@ -584,13 +574,13 @@ setup(void)
 		y = topbar ? 0 : sh - mh;
 		mw = sw;
 	}
-	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) : 0;
+	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) - lrpad / 4 : 0;
 	inputw = MIN(inputw, mw/3);
 	match();
 
 	/* create menu window */
 	swa.override_redirect = True;
-	swa.background_pixel = scheme[SchemeNorm].bg->pix;
+	swa.background_pixel = scheme[SchemeNorm][ColBg].pixel;
 	swa.event_mask = ExposureMask | KeyPressMask | VisibilityChangeMask;
 	win = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, x, y, mw, mh, 0,
 	                    DefaultDepth(dpy, screen), CopyFromParent,
@@ -644,13 +634,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-fn"))  /* font or font set */
 			fonts[0] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nb"))  /* normal background color */
-			normbgcolor = argv[++i];
+			colors[SchemeNorm][ColBg] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nf"))  /* normal foreground color */
-			normfgcolor = argv[++i];
+			colors[SchemeNorm][ColFg] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-sb"))  /* selected background color */
-			selbgcolor = argv[++i];
+			colors[SchemeSel][ColBg] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-sf"))  /* selected foreground color */
-			selfgcolor = argv[++i];
+			colors[SchemeSel][ColFg] = argv[++i];
 		else
 			usage();
 
@@ -663,10 +653,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	sw = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
 	sh = DisplayHeight(dpy, screen);
 	drw = drw_create(dpy, screen, root, sw, sh);
-	drw_load_fonts(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts));
-	if (!drw->fontcount)
+	if (!drw_fontset_create(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts)))
 		die("no fonts could be loaded.\n");
-	drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+	lrpad = drw->fonts->h;
 
 	if (fast) {
 		grabkeyboard();
diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index 80e3c39..95839c9 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ utf8decode(const char *c, long *u, size_t clen)
 Drw *
 drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window root, unsigned int w, unsigned int h)
 {
-	Drw *drw;
+	Drw *drw = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Drw));
 
-	drw = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Drw));
 	drw->dpy = dpy;
 	drw->screen = screen;
 	drw->root = root;
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window root, unsigned int w, unsigned int h
 	drw->h = h;
 	drw->drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, w, h, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
 	drw->gc = XCreateGC(dpy, root, 0, NULL);
-	drw->fontcount = 0;
 	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, drw->gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
 
 	return drw;
@@ -82,6 +80,9 @@ drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window root, unsigned int w, unsigned int h
 void
 drw_resize(Drw *drw, unsigned int w, unsigned int h)
 {
+	if (!drw)
+		return;
+
 	drw->w = w;
 	drw->h = h;
 	if (drw->drawable)
@@ -92,44 +93,39 @@ drw_resize(Drw *drw, unsigned int w, unsigned int h)
 void
 drw_free(Drw *drw)
 {
-	size_t i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < drw->fontcount; i++)
-		drw_font_free(drw->fonts[i]);
 	XFreePixmap(drw->dpy, drw->drawable);
 	XFreeGC(drw->dpy, drw->gc);
 	free(drw);
 }
 
 /* This function is an implementation detail. Library users should use
- * drw_font_create instead.
+ * drw_fontset_create instead.
  */
 static Fnt *
-drw_font_xcreate(Drw *drw, const char *fontname, FcPattern *fontpattern)
+xfont_create(Drw *drw, const char *fontname, FcPattern *fontpattern)
 {
 	Fnt *font;
 	XftFont *xfont = NULL;
 	FcPattern *pattern = NULL;
 
 	if (fontname) {
-		/* Using the pattern found at font->xfont->pattern does not yield same
-		 * the same substitution results as using the pattern returned by
+		/* Using the pattern found at font->xfont->pattern does not yield the
+		 * same substitution results as using the pattern returned by
 		 * FcNameParse; using the latter results in the desired fallback
-		 * behaviour whereas the former just results in
-		 * missing-character-rectangles being drawn, at least with some fonts.
-		 */
+		 * behaviour whereas the former just results in missing-character
+		 * rectangles being drawn, at least with some fonts. */
 		if (!(xfont = XftFontOpenName(drw->dpy, drw->screen, fontname))) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "error, cannot load font: '%s'\n", fontname);
+			fprintf(stderr, "error, cannot load font from name: '%s'\n", fontname);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		if (!(pattern = FcNameParse((FcChar8 *) fontname))) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "error, cannot load font: '%s'\n", fontname);
+			fprintf(stderr, "error, cannot parse font name to pattern: '%s'\n", fontname);
 			XftFontClose(drw->dpy, xfont);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 	} else if (fontpattern) {
 		if (!(xfont = XftFontOpenPattern(drw->dpy, fontpattern))) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "error, cannot load font pattern.\n");
+			fprintf(stderr, "error, cannot load font from pattern.\n");
 			return NULL;
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -139,37 +135,14 @@ drw_font_xcreate(Drw *drw, const char *fontname, FcPattern *fontpattern)
 	font = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Fnt));
 	font->xfont = xfont;
 	font->pattern = pattern;
-	font->ascent = xfont->ascent;
-	font->descent = xfont->descent;
-	font->h = font->ascent + font->descent;
+	font->h = xfont->ascent + xfont->descent;
 	font->dpy = drw->dpy;
 
 	return font;
 }
 
-Fnt*
-drw_font_create(Drw *drw, const char *fontname)
-{
-	return drw_font_xcreate(drw, fontname, NULL);
-}
-
-void
-drw_load_fonts(Drw* drw, const char *fonts[], size_t fontcount)
-{
-	size_t i;
-	Fnt *font;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < fontcount; i++) {
-		if (drw->fontcount >= DRW_FONT_CACHE_SIZE) {
-			die("Font cache exhausted.\n");
-		} else if ((font = drw_font_xcreate(drw, fonts[i], NULL))) {
-			drw->fonts[drw->fontcount++] = font;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-void
-drw_font_free(Fnt *font)
+static void
+xfont_free(Fnt *font)
 {
 	if (!font)
 		return;
@@ -179,55 +152,98 @@ drw_font_free(Fnt *font)
 	free(font);
 }
 
-Clr *
-drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrname)
+Fnt*
+drw_fontset_create(Drw* drw, const char *fonts[], size_t fontcount)
 {
-	Clr *clr;
+	Fnt *cur, *ret = NULL;
+	size_t i;
+
+	if (!drw || !fonts)
+		return NULL;
+
+	for (i = 1; i <= fontcount; i++) {
+		if ((cur = xfont_create(drw, fonts[fontcount - i], NULL))) {
+			cur->next = ret;
+			ret = cur;
+		}
+	}
+	return (drw->fonts = ret);
+}
+
+void
+drw_fontset_free(Fnt *font)
+{
+	if (font) {
+		drw_fontset_free(font->next);
+		xfont_free(font);
+	}
+}
+
+void
+drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname)
+{
+	if (!drw || !dest || !clrname)
+		return;
 
-	clr = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Clr));
 	if (!XftColorAllocName(drw->dpy, DefaultVisual(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
 	                       DefaultColormap(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
-	                       clrname, &clr->rgb))
+	                       clrname, dest))
 		die("error, cannot allocate color '%s'\n", clrname);
-	clr->pix = clr->rgb.pixel;
+}
 
-	return clr;
+/* Wrapper to create color schemes. The caller has to call free(3) on the
+ * returned color scheme when done using it. */
+Clr *
+drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
+{
+	size_t i;
+	Clr *ret;
+
+	/* need at least two colors for a scheme */
+	if (!drw || !clrnames || clrcount < 2 || !(ret = ecalloc(clrcount, sizeof(XftColor))))
+		return NULL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < clrcount; i++)
+		drw_clr_create(drw, &ret[i], clrnames[i]);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void
-drw_clr_free(Clr *clr)
+drw_setfontset(Drw *drw, Fnt *set)
 {
-	free(clr);
+	if (drw)
+		drw->fonts = set;
 }
 
 void
-drw_setscheme(Drw *drw, ClrScheme *scheme)
+drw_setscheme(Drw *drw, Clr *scm)
 {
-	drw->scheme = scheme;
+	if (drw)
+		drw->scheme = scm;
 }
 
 void
-drw_rect(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, int filled, int empty, int invert)
+drw_rect(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, int filled, int invert)
 {
-	if (!drw->scheme)
+	if (!drw || !drw->scheme)
 		return;
-	XSetForeground(drw->dpy, drw->gc, invert ? drw->scheme->bg->pix : drw->scheme->fg->pix);
+	XSetForeground(drw->dpy, drw->gc, invert ? drw->scheme[ColBg].pixel : drw->scheme[ColFg].pixel);
 	if (filled)
-		XFillRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, x, y, w + 1, h + 1);
-	else if (empty)
-		XDrawRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, x, y, w, h);
+		XFillRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, x, y, w, h);
+	else
+		XDrawRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, x, y, w - 1, h - 1);
 }
 
 int
-drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, const char *text, int invert)
+drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lpad, const char *text, int invert)
 {
 	char buf[1024];
-	int tx, ty, th;
-	Extnts tex;
+	int ty;
+	unsigned int ew;
 	XftDraw *d = NULL;
-	Fnt *curfont, *nextfont;
+	Fnt *usedfont, *curfont, *nextfont;
 	size_t i, len;
-	int utf8strlen, utf8charlen, render;
+	int utf8strlen, utf8charlen, render = x || y || w || h;
 	long utf8codepoint = 0;
 	const char *utf8str;
 	FcCharSet *fccharset;
@@ -236,66 +252,67 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, const char *tex
 	XftResult result;
 	int charexists = 0;
 
-	if (!drw->scheme || !drw->fontcount)
+	if (!drw || (render && !drw->scheme) || !text || !drw->fonts)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!(render = x || y || w || h)) {
+	if (!render) {
 		w = ~w;
 	} else {
-		XSetForeground(drw->dpy, drw->gc, invert ?
-		               drw->scheme->fg->pix : drw->scheme->bg->pix);
+		XSetForeground(drw->dpy, drw->gc, drw->scheme[invert ? ColFg : ColBg].pixel);
 		XFillRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, x, y, w, h);
 		d = XftDrawCreate(drw->dpy, drw->drawable,
 		                  DefaultVisual(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
 		                  DefaultColormap(drw->dpy, drw->screen));
+		x += lpad;
+		w -= lpad;
 	}
 
-	curfont = drw->fonts[0];
+	usedfont = drw->fonts;
 	while (1) {
 		utf8strlen = 0;
 		utf8str = text;
 		nextfont = NULL;
 		while (*text) {
 			utf8charlen = utf8decode(text, &utf8codepoint, UTF_SIZ);
-			for (i = 0; i < drw->fontcount; i++) {
-				charexists = charexists || XftCharExists(drw->dpy, drw->fonts[i]->xfont, utf8codepoint);
+			for (curfont = drw->fonts; curfont; curfont = curfont->next) {
+				charexists = charexists || XftCharExists(drw->dpy, curfont->xfont, utf8codepoint);
 				if (charexists) {
-					if (drw->fonts[i] == curfont) {
+					if (curfont == usedfont) {
 						utf8strlen += utf8charlen;
 						text += utf8charlen;
 					} else {
-						nextfont = drw->fonts[i];
+						nextfont = curfont;
 					}
 					break;
 				}
 			}
 
-			if (!charexists || (nextfont && nextfont != curfont))
+			if (!charexists || nextfont)
 				break;
 			else
 				charexists = 0;
 		}
 
 		if (utf8strlen) {
-			drw_font_getexts(curfont, utf8str, utf8strlen, &tex);
+			drw_font_getexts(usedfont, utf8str, utf8strlen, &ew, NULL);
 			/* shorten text if necessary */
-			for (len = MIN(utf8strlen, (sizeof buf) - 1); len && (tex.w > w - drw->fonts[0]->h || w < drw->fonts[0]->h); len--)
-				drw_font_getexts(curfont, utf8str, len, &tex);
+			for (len = MIN(utf8strlen, sizeof(buf) - 1); len && ew > w; len--)
+				drw_font_getexts(usedfont, utf8str, len, &ew, NULL);
 
 			if (len) {
 				memcpy(buf, utf8str, len);
 				buf[len] = '\0';
 				if (len < utf8strlen)
-					for (i = len; i && i > len - 3; buf[--i] = '.');
+					for (i = len; i && i > len - 3; buf[--i] = '.')
+						; /* NOP */
 
 				if (render) {
-					th = curfont->ascent + curfont->descent;
-					ty = y + (h / 2) - (th / 2) + curfont->ascent;
-					tx = x + (h / 2);
-					XftDrawStringUtf8(d, invert ? &drw->scheme->bg->rgb : &drw->scheme->fg->rgb, curfont->xfont, tx, ty, (XftChar8 *)buf, len);
+					ty = y + (h - usedfont->h) / 2 + usedfont->xfont->ascent;
+					XftDrawStringUtf8(d, &drw->scheme[invert ? ColBg : ColFg],
+					                  usedfont->xfont, x, ty, (XftChar8 *)buf, len);
 				}
-				x += tex.w;
-				w -= tex.w;
+				x += ew;
+				w -= ew;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -303,26 +320,21 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, const char *tex
 			break;
 		} else if (nextfont) {
 			charexists = 0;
-			curfont = nextfont;
+			usedfont = nextfont;
 		} else {
 			/* Regardless of whether or not a fallback font is found, the
-			 * character must be drawn.
-			 */
+			 * character must be drawn. */
 			charexists = 1;
 
-			if (drw->fontcount >= DRW_FONT_CACHE_SIZE)
-				continue;
-
 			fccharset = FcCharSetCreate();
 			FcCharSetAddChar(fccharset, utf8codepoint);
 
-			if (!drw->fonts[0]->pattern) {
-				/* Refer to the comment in drw_font_xcreate for more
-				 * information. */
+			if (!drw->fonts->pattern) {
+				/* Refer to the comment in xfont_create for more information. */
 				die("the first font in the cache must be loaded from a font string.\n");
 			}
 
-			fcpattern = FcPatternDuplicate(drw->fonts[0]->pattern);
+			fcpattern = FcPatternDuplicate(drw->fonts->pattern);
 			FcPatternAddCharSet(fcpattern, FC_CHARSET, fccharset);
 			FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_SCALABLE, FcTrue);
 
@@ -334,12 +346,14 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, const char *tex
 			FcPatternDestroy(fcpattern);
 
 			if (match) {
-				curfont = drw_font_xcreate(drw, NULL, match);
-				if (curfont && XftCharExists(drw->dpy, curfont->xfont, utf8codepoint)) {
-					drw->fonts[drw->fontcount++] = curfont;
+				usedfont = xfont_create(drw, NULL, match);
+				if (usedfont && XftCharExists(drw->dpy, usedfont->xfont, utf8codepoint)) {
+					for (curfont = drw->fonts; curfont->next; curfont = curfont->next)
+						; /* NOP */
+					curfont->next = usedfont;
 				} else {
-					drw_font_free(curfont);
-					curfont = drw->fonts[0];
+					xfont_free(usedfont);
+					usedfont = drw->fonts;
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -347,34 +361,40 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, const char *tex
 	if (d)
 		XftDrawDestroy(d);
 
-	return x;
+	return x + (render ? w : 0);
 }
 
 void
 drw_map(Drw *drw, Window win, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h)
 {
+	if (!drw)
+		return;
+
 	XCopyArea(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, win, drw->gc, x, y, w, h, x, y);
 	XSync(drw->dpy, False);
 }
 
+unsigned int
+drw_fontset_getwidth(Drw *drw, const char *text)
+{
+	if (!drw || !drw->fonts || !text)
+		return 0;
+	return drw_text(drw, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, text, 0);
+}
+
 void
-drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, Extnts *tex)
+drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, unsigned int *w, unsigned int *h)
 {
 	XGlyphInfo ext;
 
+	if (!font || !text)
+		return;
+
 	XftTextExtentsUtf8(font->dpy, font->xfont, (XftChar8 *)text, len, &ext);
-	tex->h = font->h;
-	tex->w = ext.xOff;
-}
-
-unsigned int
-drw_font_getexts_width(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len)
-{
-	Extnts tex;
-
-	drw_font_getexts(font, text, len, &tex);
-
-	return tex.w;
+	if (w)
+		*w = ext.xOff;
+	if (h)
+		*h = font->h;
 }
 
 Cur *
@@ -382,7 +402,9 @@ drw_cur_create(Drw *drw, int shape)
 {
 	Cur *cur;
 
-	cur = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Cur));
+	if (!drw || !(cur = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Cur))))
+		return NULL;
+
 	cur->cursor = XCreateFontCursor(drw->dpy, shape);
 
 	return cur;
@@ -393,6 +415,7 @@ drw_cur_free(Drw *drw, Cur *cursor)
 {
 	if (!cursor)
 		return;
+
 	XFreeCursor(drw->dpy, cursor->cursor);
 	free(cursor);
 }
diff --git a/drw.h b/drw.h
index e3b8515..4c67419 100644
--- a/drw.h
+++ b/drw.h
@@ -1,29 +1,19 @@
 /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
-#define DRW_FONT_CACHE_SIZE 32
-
-typedef struct {
-	unsigned long pix;
-	XftColor rgb;
-} Clr;
 
 typedef struct {
 	Cursor cursor;
 } Cur;
 
-typedef struct {
+typedef struct Fnt {
 	Display *dpy;
-	int ascent;
-	int descent;
 	unsigned int h;
 	XftFont *xfont;
 	FcPattern *pattern;
+	struct Fnt *next;
 } Fnt;
 
-typedef struct {
-	Clr *fg;
-	Clr *bg;
-	Clr *border;
-} ClrScheme;
+enum { ColFg, ColBg }; /* Clr scheme index */
+typedef XftColor Clr;
 
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned int w, h;
@@ -32,43 +22,36 @@ typedef struct {
 	Window root;
 	Drawable drawable;
 	GC gc;
-	ClrScheme *scheme;
-	size_t fontcount;
-	Fnt *fonts[DRW_FONT_CACHE_SIZE];
+	Clr *scheme;
+	Fnt *fonts;
 } Drw;
 
-typedef struct {
-	unsigned int w;
-	unsigned int h;
-} Extnts;
-
 /* Drawable abstraction */
-Drw *drw_create(Display *, int, Window, unsigned int, unsigned int);
-void drw_resize(Drw *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
-void drw_free(Drw *);
+Drw *drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window win, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
+void drw_resize(Drw *drw, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
+void drw_free(Drw *drw);
 
 /* Fnt abstraction */
-Fnt *drw_font_create(Drw *, const char *);
-void drw_load_fonts(Drw *, const char *[], size_t);
-void drw_font_free(Fnt *);
-void drw_font_getexts(Fnt *, const char *, unsigned int, Extnts *);
-unsigned int drw_font_getexts_width(Fnt *, const char *, unsigned int);
+Fnt *drw_fontset_create(Drw* drw, const char *fonts[], size_t fontcount);
+void drw_fontset_free(Fnt* set);
+unsigned int drw_fontset_getwidth(Drw *drw, const char *text);
+void drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, unsigned int *w, unsigned int *h);
 
-/* Colour abstraction */
-Clr *drw_clr_create(Drw *, const char *);
-void drw_clr_free(Clr *);
+/* Colorscheme abstraction */
+void drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname);
+Clr *drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount);
 
 /* Cursor abstraction */
-Cur *drw_cur_create(Drw *, int);
-void drw_cur_free(Drw *, Cur *);
+Cur *drw_cur_create(Drw *drw, int shape);
+void drw_cur_free(Drw *drw, Cur *cursor);
 
 /* Drawing context manipulation */
-void drw_setfont(Drw *, Fnt *);
-void drw_setscheme(Drw *, ClrScheme *);
+void drw_setfontset(Drw *drw, Fnt *set);
+void drw_setscheme(Drw *drw, Clr *scm);
 
 /* Drawing functions */
-void drw_rect(Drw *, int, int, unsigned int, unsigned int, int, int, int);
-int drw_text(Drw *, int, int, unsigned int, unsigned int, const char *, int);
+void drw_rect(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, int filled, int invert);
+int drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lpad, const char *text, int invert);
 
 /* Map functions */
-void drw_map(Drw *, Window, int, int, unsigned int, unsigned int);
+void drw_map(Drw *drw, Window win, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index cded043..f633b51 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 #define MIN(A, B)               ((A) < (B) ? (A) : (B))
 #define BETWEEN(X, A, B)        ((A) <= (X) && (X) <= (B))
 
-void die(const char *errstr, ...);
-void *ecalloc(size_t, size_t);
+void die(const char *fmt, ...);
+void *ecalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);