diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 1235ba3..c07f3a5 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -40,21 +40,301 @@ const sprites = [
 	],
 ]
 
+// deno-fmt-ignore
+const font: {[key: string]: Array<number>} = {
+	"a": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+	],
+	"b": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+	],
+	"c": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 1,
+	],
+	"d": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+	],
+	"e": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+	],
+	"f": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+	],
+	"g": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 0, 1, 1,
+	],
+	"h": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+	],
+	"i": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+	],
+	"j": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+	],
+	"k": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+	],
+	"l": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+	],
+	"m": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+	],
+	"n": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+	],
+	"o": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+	],
+	"p": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+	],
+	"q": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 1,
+	],
+	"r": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+	],
+	"s": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 0, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+	],
+	"t": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+	],
+	"u": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 0,
+	],
+	"v": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+	],
+	"w": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+	],
+	"x": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+	],
+	"y": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+	],
+	"z": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 0, 0, 1,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+	],
+	",": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+	],
+	".": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+	],
+	" ": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+	],
+	"<": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 1,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 1,
+	],
+	">": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 1,
+		0, 0, 1, 0,
+		0, 1, 0, 0,
+	],
+	"=": [
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+	],
+}
+
 const drawSprite = (x: number, y: number, spr: number) => {
 	setPixelsInRect(x, y, 8, sprites[spr]);
 }
 
-await mainloop((t) => {
-	console.log(t/1000);
+const drawChar = (x: number, y: number, char: string) => {
+	setPixelsInRect(x, y, 4, font[char]);
+}
+
+const drawText = (x: number, y: number, text: string) => {
+	[...text].forEach((char, i) => {
+		drawChar(x+4*i, y, char);
+	});
+}
+
+const draw = () => {
 	clearScreen();
-	for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-		drawSprite(Math.floor(Math.random()*120), Math.floor(Math.random()*120), 0);
-		drawSprite(Math.floor(Math.random()*120), Math.floor(Math.random()*120), 1);
-		drawSprite(Math.floor(Math.random()*120), Math.floor(Math.random()*120), 2);
-	}
+	drawText(5, 5, "=> hello, world <=");
+	drawText(5, 11, "the quick brown fox");
+	drawText(5, 17, "jumps over the lazy");
+	drawText(5, 23, "dog.");
+	// for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+	// 	drawSprite(Math.floor(Math.random()*120), Math.floor(Math.random()*120), 0);
+	// 	drawSprite(Math.floor(Math.random()*120), Math.floor(Math.random()*120), 1);
+	// 	drawSprite(Math.floor(Math.random()*120), Math.floor(Math.random()*120), 2);
+	// }
 	setPixelColor(0, 0, 3);
 	setPixelColor(0, 127, 4);
 	setPixelColor(127, 0, 5);
 	setPixelColor(127, 127, 6);
+}
+
+draw();
+
+await mainloop((t) => {
+	// console.log(t/1000);
+	draw();
 	frame();
 });
diff --git a/window.ts b/window.ts
index f7cc84f..c2c0635 100644
--- a/window.ts
+++ b/window.ts
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ const px = (x: number, y: number) => {
 
 const palette: Array<[number, number, number, number]> = [
 	[0, 0, 0, 0],
-	[0, 0, 0, 1],
 	[1, 1, 1, 1],
+	[0, 0, 0, 1],
 	[1, 0, 0, 1],
 	[1, 1, 0, 1],
 	[0, 1, 0, 1],
@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ const allPixelColors = new Float32Array(
 )
 
 export const setPixelColor = (x: number, y: number, color: number) => {
-	const col = c(color);
-	allPixelColors.set(col, 4*6*(128*y+x));
+	if (color !== 0) {
+		const col = c(color);
+		allPixelColors.set(col, 4*6*(128*y+x));
+	}
 }
 
 export const setPixelsInRect = (x: number, y: number, w: number, pixels: Array<number>) => {