diff --git a/home/programs/terminal/emulators/foot.nix b/home/programs/terminal/emulators/foot.nix
index 8df4430..f780e38 100644
--- a/home/programs/terminal/emulators/foot.nix
+++ b/home/programs/terminal/emulators/foot.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 {
-  osConfig,
-  lib,
-  config,
   pkgs,
-  inputs',
   ...
 }: {
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
@@ -19,7 +15,6 @@
         title = "foot";
         locked-title = "no";
         term = "xterm-256color";
-        pad = "16x16 center";
         shell = "zsh";
 
         # notifications
@@ -28,9 +23,14 @@
 
         # font and font rendering
         dpi-aware = false; # this looks more readable on a laptop, but it's unreasonably large
-        font = "Iosevka Nerd Font:size=14";
-        font-bold = "Iosevka Nerd Font:size=14";
-        vertical-letter-offset = "-0.90";
+        font = "Monaspace Krypton:size=11";
+        font-bold = "Monaspace Krypton:size=11";
+      };
+
+      colors = {
+        alpha = 0.9;
+        background = "191919";
+        foreground = "d8dee9";
       };
 
       scrollback = {
diff --git a/home/programs/terminal/emulators/kitty.nix b/home/programs/terminal/emulators/kitty.nix
index e7c32fc..98e1389 100644
--- a/home/programs/terminal/emulators/kitty.nix
+++ b/home/programs/terminal/emulators/kitty.nix
@@ -10,30 +10,47 @@ in {
   programs.kitty = {
     enable = true;
     settings = {
-      # General
-      background_opacity = "0.85";
-      font_family = "monospace";
-      font_size = 14;
+      # Font & Text style
+      font_family = "Monaspace Krypton";
+      font_size = 11;
       disable_ligatures = "never";
+
+      # Dark Theme
+      foreground = "#d8dee9";
+      background = "#191919";
+      # White theme (for screenshots in papers)
+      #foreground = "#191919";
+      #background = "#FFFFFF";
+
+      # URLs
+      url_color = "#0087bd";
+      url_style = "curly";
+
+      # Cursor
+      cursor = "#D0D0D0";
       cursor_shape = "underline";
       cursor_blink_interval = "0.5";
       cursor_stop_blinking_after = "15.0";
-      scrollback_lines = 10000;
-      click_interval = "0.5";
-      select_by_word_characters = ":@-./_~?&=%+#";
+
+      # Background
+      background_opacity = "0.9";
+      dynamic_background_opacity = "yes";
+      background_blur = 2;
+
+      # Window size
       remember_window_size = false;
-      allow_remote_control = true;
       initial_window_width = 640;
       initial_window_height = 400;
-      repaint_delay = 15;
-      input_delay = 3;
-      visual_bell_duration = "0.0";
-      url_style = "double";
-      open_url_with = "default";
-      confirm_os_window_close = 0;
-      enable_audio_bell = false;
-      window_padding_width = 15;
-      window_margin_width = 10;
+
+      # Bell
+      visual_bell_duration = "0.0"; # flash the screen for this duration when bell occurs
+      enable_audio_bell = false; # disable audio bells
+
+      # Misc
+      update_check_interval = 0; # don't check for updates, we have a package manager...
+      confirm_os_window_close = 0; # don't ask for confirmation if window gets closed
+      scrollback_lines = 10000; # Capture up to 10k lines for scrolling
+      select_by_word_characters = ":@-./_~?&=%+#"; # chars considered part of word when double clicking
     };
     keybindings = {
       "ctrl+c" = "copy_or_interrupt";
diff --git a/system/roles/workstation/fonts.nix b/system/roles/workstation/fonts.nix
index c318973..0dedb34 100644
--- a/system/roles/workstation/fonts.nix
+++ b/system/roles/workstation/fonts.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ in {
           ];
         in {
           monospace = [
+            "Monaspace Krypton"
             "Source Code Pro Medium"
             "Source Han Mono"
           ]
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ in {
         # programming fonts
         sarasa-gothic
         source-code-pro
+        monaspace
 
         # desktop fonts
         corefonts # MS fonts