diff --git a/files/.local/bin/bar.sh b/files/.local/bin/bar.sh
index 086d6ae..e5e1799 100755
--- a/files/.local/bin/bar.sh
+++ b/files/.local/bin/bar.sh
@@ -10,24 +10,12 @@ fg="#a39ef1" # foreground colour
 hi="#00aaaa" # highlight colour
 ul=2         # underline thickness
 sep="┃"      # separator text
-font="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
 fifo="/tmp/bar.fifo"
-
-# adjust font size based on resolution DPI
-px=$(xrandr | grep ' connected' | tail -n1 | grep -o '[0-9]\+x[0-9]\+' | cut -d'x' -f2)
-mm=$(xrandr | grep ' connected' | tail -n1 | grep -o '[0-9]\+mm' | tail -n1 | sed 's/mm//')
-dpi=$(( (px / mm) * 25 ))
-if (( dpi >= 140 )); then
-	font="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--20-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
-elif (( dpi >= 120 )); then
-	font="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--16-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
-elif (( dpi >= 100 )); then
-	font="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
-fi
+font="Iosevka:size=11"
 
 clock()
 {
-	date +"T %a %H:%M $sep"
+	date +"T %a %H:%M "
 
 	# sync up the clock to the minute mark
 	min=$(date +"%M")
@@ -36,7 +24,7 @@ clock()
 	done
 
 	while :; do
-		date +"T %a %H:%M $sep"
+		date +"T %a %H:%M "
 		sleep 60
 	done
 }
@@ -45,7 +33,7 @@ battery()
 {
 	while :; do
 		perc="$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity)"
-		printf 'B Bat: %s%%%s\n' " ${perc}"
+		echo "B bat: ${perc}%"
 		sleep 60
 	done
 }
@@ -53,7 +41,7 @@ battery()
 volume()
 {
 	vol="$(amixer sget Master | awk -F"[][]" '/(Mono|Left):/ { print $2 }')"
-	printf 'V vol: %s%%\n' "$vol"
+	echo "V vol: ${vol}"
 }
 
 workspaces()
@@ -73,7 +61,6 @@ workspaces()
 			if $focused; then
 				# clicking the layout symbol will cycle the layout
 				lyt="%{A:dkcmd set layout cycle:}${layouts[$layout]}%{A}"
-				WIN="${title:0:50}"
 				f="$hi"
 			fi
 			# clicking on a workspace name will view it
@@ -82,13 +69,13 @@ workspaces()
 		# turn the dk JSON output into lines that can be `eval`ed one by one,
 		# filling out the following fields: name, focused, active, layout, title
 	done < <(dkcmd -p <<< "$1" | sed '/.*\[\|]/d; /[{}],\?/d; s/^\s*\|,$//g; /"monitor":\|"number":\|"id":/d; s/"\(.*\)": /\1=/; s/\$(/\\\$(/g; s/`/\\`/g')
-	WS="$WS $sep $lyt"
+	WS="$WS $lyt"
 }
 
 parsefifo()
 {
 	# globals to simplify the workspaces call
-	declare -g WS WIN
+	declare -g WS
 
 	local time vol bat net
 
@@ -100,7 +87,7 @@ parsefifo()
 			N*) net="${line#?}" ;;
 			'{'*) workspaces "$line" ;;
 		esac
-		printf "%s\n" "%{l}$sep ${WS}%{c}${WIN}%{r}${net}${bat}${vol}${time}"
+		echo "%{l} ${WS}%{c}${time}%{r}${bat}${vol} "
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/files/.local/bin/journal b/files/.local/bin/journal
index 47d1985..2b91f6b 100755
--- a/files/.local/bin/journal
+++ b/files/.local/bin/journal
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ d="$(date -I)"
 grep "$d" "$JOURNAL" || printf "%s\n" "$d" > "$tmp"
 
 nvi "$tmp"
-(printf "\n"; cat "$tmp" | tee -a "$JOURNAL") && rm "$tmp"
 tail "$JOURNAL"
+(printf "\n"; cat "$tmp" | tee -a "$JOURNAL") && rm "$tmp"
diff --git a/files/.zprofile b/files/.zprofile
index b82d7cf..951c9a5 100644
--- a/files/.zprofile
+++ b/files/.zprofile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export ENV="$HOME/.shrc"
-export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin/":"$PATH"
+export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin":"$PATH"
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/:/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 export XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT=de
 export XBPS_DISTDIR="$HOME/void-packages"
diff --git a/pkgs.txt b/pkgs.txt
index 4fae8ab..4538a5b 100644
--- a/pkgs.txt
+++ b/pkgs.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ fzy
 gcc
 grub-x86_64-efi
 keyd
+lemonbar-xft
 libdrm-devel
 libinput-devel
 libxkbcommon-devel