diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 2cd740a..19ed2f7 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
-static char *font = "Liberation Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true";
+static char *font = "Liberation Mono:pixelsize=14:antialias=false:autohint=true";
 static int borderpx = 2;
 
 /*
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ static const char *colorname[] = {
 	[255] = 0,
 
 	/* more colors can be added after 255 to use with DefaultXX */
-	"#cccccc",
-	"#555555",
-	"gray90", /* default foreground colour */
-	"black", /* default background colour */
+	"#ffc000",	// cursor
+	"#000000",	// reverse cursor
+	"#ffc000",	// default foreground colour
+	"black",	// default background colour
 };