diff --git a/cmd/wm/bar.c b/cmd/wm/bar.c
index d5234284..550a149a 100644
--- a/cmd/wm/bar.c
+++ b/cmd/wm/bar.c
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ create_bar(char *name)
 
 	b->id = id++;
 	cext_strlcpy(b->name, name, sizeof(b->name));
-	cext_strlcpy(b->color.string, def.normcolor.string, sizeof(b->color.string));
-	b->color.col = def.normcolor.col;
+	b->color = def.normcolor;
 
 	for(i=&lbar; *i; i=&(*i)->next)
 		if(strcmp((*i)->name, name) < 0)
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ unsigned int
 height_of_bar()
 {
 	enum { BAR_PADDING = 4 };
-	return blitzfont.ascent + blitzfont.descent + BAR_PADDING;
+	return def.font.ascent + def.font.descent + BAR_PADDING;
 }
 
 void
@@ -98,9 +97,9 @@ draw_bar()
 	d.drawable = barpmap;
 	d.rect = brect;
 	d.rect.x = d.rect.y = 0;
-	d.font = blitzfont;
+	d.font = def.font;
 
-	d.color = def.normcolor.col;
+	d.color = def.normcolor;
 	blitz_drawlabel(&d);
 	blitz_drawborder(&d);
 
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ draw_bar()
 		b->rect.y = 0;
 		b->rect.width = brect.height;
 		if(strlen(b->data))
-			b->rect.width += blitz_textwidth(&blitzfont, b->data);
+			b->rect.width += blitz_textwidth(&def.font, b->data);
 		b->rect.height = brect.height;
 		w += b->rect.width;
 	}
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ draw_bar()
 	}
 
 	for(b=lbar; b; b=b->next) {
-		d.color = b->color.col;
+		d.color = b->color;
 		d.rect = b->rect;
 		d.data = b->data;
 		if(b == exp)
diff --git a/cmd/wm/client.c b/cmd/wm/client.c
index 0826b649..f8d6fac5 100644
--- a/cmd/wm/client.c
+++ b/cmd/wm/client.c
@@ -290,13 +290,13 @@ draw_client(Client *c)
 	for(size=fidx; t; t=t->anext, size++);
 
 	d.drawable = c->framewin;
-	d.font = blitzfont;
+	d.font = def.font;
 	d.gc = c->gc;
 
  	if(sel_screen && (c == sel_client()))
-		d.color = def.selcolor.col;
+		d.color = def.selcolor;
 	else
-		d.color = def.normcolor.col;
+		d.color = def.normcolor;
 
 	/* draw border */
 	if(def.border) {
@@ -316,27 +316,27 @@ draw_client(Client *c)
 	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s%d/%d",
 		/* if */	(f->area == f->area->view->area) ? "~" : "",
 				fidx + 1, size);
-	w = d.rect.width = d.rect.height + blitz_textwidth(&blitzfont, buf);
+	w = d.rect.width = d.rect.height + blitz_textwidth(&def.font, buf);
 	if(w > f->rect.width)
 		return;
 	d.rect.x = f->rect.width - d.rect.width; 
 	d.data = buf;
 	
 	if(f->area->sel == f)
-		d.color = def.selcolor.col;
+		d.color = def.selcolor;
 	else
-		d.color = def.normcolor.col;
+		d.color = def.normcolor;
 	blitz_drawlabel(&d);
 	blitz_drawborder(&d);
 	d.rect.x = 0;
 
  	if(sel_screen && (c == sel_client()))
-		d.color = def.selcolor.col;
+		d.color = def.selcolor;
 	else
-		d.color = def.normcolor.col;
+		d.color = def.normcolor;
 
 	/* tag bar */
-	d.rect.width = d.rect.height + blitz_textwidth(&blitzfont, c->tags);
+	d.rect.width = d.rect.height + blitz_textwidth(&def.font, c->tags);
 	if(d.rect.width + w > f->rect.width)
 		return;
 	if(d.rect.width > f->rect.width / 3)
diff --git a/cmd/wm/fs2.c b/cmd/wm/fs2.c
index 53a02bfd..263e3915 100644
--- a/cmd/wm/fs2.c
+++ b/cmd/wm/fs2.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct FileId {
 		View	*view;
 		Client	*client;
 		Rules	*rule;
-		Color	*col;
+		BlitzColor	*col;
 	};
 	unsigned int	id;
 	unsigned int	index;
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ fs_read(Req *r) {
 			return respond(r, nil);
 		case FsFCSel:
 		case FsFCNorm:
-			write_buf(r, (void *)f->col->string, strlen(f->col->string));
+			write_buf(r, (void *)f->col->colstr, strlen(f->col->colstr));
 			return respond(r, nil);
 		case FsFColRules:
 		case FsFTagRules:
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ fs_read(Req *r) {
 			write_buf(r, (void *)def.keys, def.keyssz);
 			return respond(r, nil);
 		case FsFFont:
-			write_buf(r, (void *)def.font, strlen(def.font));
+			write_buf(r, (void *)def.font.fontstr, strlen(def.font.fontstr));
 			return respond(r, nil);
 		case FsFCtags:
 			write_buf(r, (void *)f->client->tags, strlen(f->client->tags));
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ fs_read(Req *r) {
 			return respond(r, nil);
 		case FsFTindex:
 			buf = view_index(f->view);
-			n = strlen(buf);
+			n = strlen((char *)buf);
 			write_buf(r, (void *)buf, n);
 			return respond(r, nil);
 		case FsFEvent:
@@ -599,13 +599,13 @@ data_to_cstring(Req *r) {
 
 /* This should be moved to liblitz */
 int
-parse_colors(char **buf, int *buflen, Color *col) {
+parse_colors(char **buf, int *buflen, BlitzColor *col) {
 	unsigned int i;
 	if(*buflen < 23 || 3 != sscanf(*buf, "#%06x #%06x #%06x", &i,&i,&i))
 		return 0;
 	(*buflen) -= 23;
-	bcopy(*buf, col->string, 23);
-	blitz_loadcolor(&col->col, col->string);
+	bcopy(*buf, col->colstr, 23);
+	blitz_loadcolor(col);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -627,10 +627,10 @@ fs_write(Req *r) {
 		return respond(r, nil);
 	case FsFFont:
 		data_to_cstring(r);
-		i=strlen(def.font);
-		write_to_buf(r, &def.font, &i, 0);
-		def.font[i] = '\0';
-		blitz_loadfont(&blitzfont, def.font);
+		i=strlen(def.font.fontstr);
+		write_to_buf(r, &def.font.fontstr, &i, 0);
+		def.font.fontstr[i] = '\0';
+		blitz_loadfont(&def.font);
 		r->ofcall.count = i- r->ifcall.offset;
 		return respond(r, nil);
 	case FsFCtags:
diff --git a/cmd/wm/wm.c b/cmd/wm/wm.c
index 3c376093..c07a66b0 100644
--- a/cmd/wm/wm.c
+++ b/cmd/wm/wm.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ init_screen()
 
 	gcv.subwindow_mode = IncludeInferiors;
 	gcv.function = GXxor;
-	gcv.foreground = def.selcolor.col.bg;
+	gcv.foreground = def.selcolor.bg;
 	gcv.plane_mask = AllPlanes;
 	gcv.graphics_exposures = False;
 	xorgc = XCreateGC(dpy, root, GCForeground | GCGraphicsExposures |
@@ -299,19 +299,19 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	def.tagrules.size = 0;
 	def.keys = nil;
 	def.keyssz = 0;
-	def.font = strdup(BLITZ_FONT);
+	def.font.fontstr = strdup(BLITZ_FONT);
 	def.border = 2;
 	def.colmode = Coldefault;
-	cext_strlcpy(def.selcolor.string, BLITZ_SELCOLORS, sizeof(def.selcolor.string));
-	blitz_loadcolor(&def.selcolor.col, def.selcolor.string);
-	cext_strlcpy(def.normcolor.string, BLITZ_NORMCOLORS, sizeof(def.normcolor.string));
-	blitz_loadcolor(&def.normcolor.col, def.normcolor.string);
+	cext_strlcpy(def.selcolor.colstr, BLITZ_SELCOLORS, sizeof(def.selcolor.colstr));
+	blitz_loadcolor(&def.selcolor);
+	cext_strlcpy(def.normcolor.colstr, BLITZ_NORMCOLORS, sizeof(def.normcolor.colstr));
+	blitz_loadcolor(&def.normcolor);
 	cext_strlcpy(def.grabmod, "Mod1", sizeof(def.grabmod));
 	def.mod = Mod1Mask;
 
 	init_atoms();
 	init_cursors();
-	blitz_loadfont(&blitzfont, def.font);
+	blitz_loadfont(&def.font);
 	init_lock_keys();
 	init_screen();
 
diff --git a/cmd/wm/wm.h b/cmd/wm/wm.h
index d280dbd5..98d74f4c 100644
--- a/cmd/wm/wm.h
+++ b/cmd/wm/wm.h
@@ -41,42 +41,6 @@ enum {
 	CurLast
 };
 
-/* 8-bit qid.path.type */
-/*
-enum {                          
-	FsDroot,
-	FsDdef,
-	FsDtag,
-	FsDview,
-	FsDarea,
-	FsDclients,
-	FsDclient,
-	FsDGclient,
-	FsDbars,
-	FsDbar,
-	FsFdata,
-	FsFcolors,
-	FsFfont,
-	FsFselcolors,
-	FsFnormcolors,
-	FsFkeys,
-	FsFgrabmod,
-	FsFborder,
-	FsFbar,
-	FsFgeom,
-	FsFevent,
-	FsFctl,
-	FsFname,
-	FsFtagrules,
-	FsFcolrules,
-	FsFprops,
-	FsFmode,
-	FsFtags,
-	FsFindex,
-	FsLast
-};
-*/
-
 enum { MIN_COLWIDTH = 64 };
 enum { WM_PROTOCOL_DELWIN = 1 };
 
@@ -154,18 +118,13 @@ struct Key {
 	KeyCode key;
 };
 
-typedef struct Color {
-	char string[24];
-	BlitzColor col;
-} Color;
-
 typedef struct Bar Bar;
 struct Bar {
 	Bar *next;
 	char buf[280];
 	char name[256];
 	char data[256];
-	Color color;
+	BlitzColor color;
 	unsigned short id;
 	XRectangle rect;
 };
@@ -185,9 +144,9 @@ typedef struct Rules {
 
 /* default values */
 typedef struct {
-	Color selcolor;
-	Color normcolor;
-	char *font;
+	BlitzColor selcolor;
+	BlitzColor normcolor;
+	BlitzFont font;
 	unsigned int border;
 	unsigned int snap;
 	char *keys;
@@ -228,7 +187,6 @@ Display *dpy;
 int screen;
 Window root;
 XRectangle rect;
-BlitzFont blitzfont;
 IXPServer srv;
 Pixmap barpmap;
 Window barwin;
diff --git a/cmd/wmiimenu.c b/cmd/wmiimenu.c
index 2f47d804..964e17e9 100644
--- a/cmd/wmiimenu.c
+++ b/cmd/wmiimenu.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int i;
 	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
-	char *fontstr, *selcolstr, *normcolstr, *maxname;
+	char *maxname, *p;
 	XEvent ev;
 
 	/* command line args */
@@ -387,18 +387,22 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	/* set font and colors */
 	blitz_x11_init(dpy);
-	fontstr = getenv("WMII_FONT");
-	if (!fontstr)
-		fontstr = strdup(BLITZ_FONT);
-	blitz_loadfont(&draw.font, fontstr);
-	normcolstr = getenv("WMII_NORMCOLORS");
-	if (!normcolstr || strlen(normcolstr) != 23)
-		normcolstr = strdup(BLITZ_NORMCOLORS);
-	blitz_loadcolor(&normcolor, normcolstr);
-	selcolstr = getenv("WMII_SELCOLORS");
-	if (!selcolstr || strlen(selcolstr) != 23)
-		selcolstr = strdup(BLITZ_SELCOLORS);
-	blitz_loadcolor(&selcolor, selcolstr);
+	draw.font.fontstr = getenv("WMII_FONT");
+	if (!draw.font.fontstr)
+		draw.font.fontstr = strdup(BLITZ_FONT);
+	blitz_loadfont(&draw.font);
+
+	if((p = getenv("WMII_NORMCOLORS")))
+		cext_strlcpy(normcolor.colstr, p, sizeof(normcolor.colstr));
+	if(strlen(normcolor.colstr) != 23)
+		cext_strlcpy(normcolor.colstr, BLITZ_NORMCOLORS, sizeof(normcolor.colstr));
+	blitz_loadcolor(&normcolor);
+
+	if((p = getenv("WMII_SELCOLORS")))
+		cext_strlcpy(selcolor.colstr, p, sizeof(selcolor.colstr));
+	if(strlen(selcolor.colstr) != 23)
+		cext_strlcpy(selcolor.colstr, BLITZ_SELCOLORS, sizeof(selcolor.colstr));
+	blitz_loadcolor(&selcolor);
 
 	wa.override_redirect = 1;
 	wa.background_pixmap = ParentRelative;
diff --git a/liblitz/blitz.h b/liblitz/blitz.h
index f8810990..76314a82 100644
--- a/liblitz/blitz.h
+++ b/liblitz/blitz.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct BlitzColor {
 	unsigned long bg;
 	unsigned long fg;
 	unsigned long border;
+	char colstr[24]; /* #RRGGBB #RRGGBB #RRGGBB */
 };
 
 struct BlitzFont {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ struct BlitzFont {
 	XFontSet set;
 	int ascent;
 	int descent;
+	char *fontstr;
 };
 
 struct BlitzWidget {
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ void blitz_x11_init(Display *dpy);
 Bool blitz_x11_event(XEvent *ev);
 
 /* color.c */
-int blitz_loadcolor(BlitzColor *c, char *colstr);
+int blitz_loadcolor(BlitzColor *c);
 
 /* label.c */
 void blitz_drawlabel(BlitzDraw *d);
@@ -97,4 +99,4 @@ void blitz_destroy_tile(BlitzWidget *t);
 
 /* font.c */
 unsigned int blitz_textwidth(BlitzFont *font, char *text);
-void blitz_loadfont(BlitzFont *font, char *fontstr);
+void blitz_loadfont(BlitzFont *font);
diff --git a/liblitz/color.c b/liblitz/color.c
index a0d18b96..9c7c13bc 100644
--- a/liblitz/color.c
+++ b/liblitz/color.c
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ xloadcolor(char *colstr)
 }
 
 int
-blitz_loadcolor(BlitzColor *c, char *colstr)
+blitz_loadcolor(BlitzColor *c)
 {
-	if(!colstr || strlen(colstr) != 23)
+	if(!c->colstr || strlen(c->colstr) != 23)
 		return -1;
-	c->fg = xloadcolor(&colstr[0]);
-	c->bg = xloadcolor(&colstr[8]);
-	c->border = xloadcolor(&colstr[16]);
+	c->fg = xloadcolor(&c->colstr[0]);
+	c->bg = xloadcolor(&c->colstr[8]);
+	c->border = xloadcolor(&c->colstr[16]);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/liblitz/font.c b/liblitz/font.c
index 00a7a8e1..cb47e36a 100644
--- a/liblitz/font.c
+++ b/liblitz/font.c
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ blitz_textwidth(BlitzFont *font, char *text)
 }
 
 void
-blitz_loadfont(BlitzFont *font, char *fontstr)
+blitz_loadfont(BlitzFont *font)
 {
-	char *fontname = fontstr;
+	char *fontname = font->fontstr;
 	char **missing = nil, *def = "?";
 	int n;