--- a/bar.c	Sat Sep 15 13:16:54 2007 +0200
+++ b/bar.c	Sat Sep 15 20:39:31 2007 +0200
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
 		if(dc.font.xfont)
 			XFreeFont(dpy, dc.font.xfont);
 		dc.font.xfont = NULL;
-		if(!(dc.font.xfont = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, fontstr)))
+		if(!(dc.font.xfont = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, fontstr))
+		|| !(dc.font.xfont = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, "fixed")))
 			eprint("error, cannot load font: '%s'\n", fontstr);
 		dc.font.ascent = dc.font.xfont->ascent;
 		dc.font.descent = dc.font.xfont->descent;
@@ -186,9 +187,7 @@
 }
 
 void
-initbar(void) {
-	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
-
+initstyle(void) {
 	dc.norm[ColBorder] = initcolor(NORMBORDERCOLOR);
 	dc.norm[ColBG] = initcolor(NORMBGCOLOR);
 	dc.norm[ColFG] = initcolor(NORMFGCOLOR);
@@ -197,6 +196,12 @@
 	dc.sel[ColFG] = initcolor(SELFGCOLOR);
 	initfont(FONT);
 	dc.h = bh = dc.font.height + 2;
+}
+
+void
+initbar(void) {
+	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
+
 	wa.override_redirect = 1;
 	wa.background_pixmap = ParentRelative;
 	wa.event_mask = ButtonPressMask | ExposureMask;

--- a/config.h	Sat Sep 15 13:16:54 2007 +0200
+++ b/config.h	Sat Sep 15 20:39:31 2007 +0200
@@ -4,19 +4,11 @@
 #define BARPOS			BarTop /* BarBot, BarOff */
 #define BORDERPX		1
 #define FONT			"-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*"
-#define DARK /* LIGHT */
-#ifdef DARK
-#define NORMBORDERCOLOR		"#222"
+#define NORMBORDERCOLOR		"#333"
 #define NORMBGCOLOR		"#000"
-#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#ddd"
-#define SELBORDERCOLOR		"#09f"
-#else
-#define NORMBORDERCOLOR		"#666"
-#define NORMBGCOLOR		"#eee"
-#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#222"
+#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#ccc"
 #define SELBORDERCOLOR		"#f00"
-#endif
-#define SELBGCOLOR		"#369"
+#define SELBGCOLOR		"#00f"
 #define SELFGCOLOR		"#fff"
 
 /* tagging */

--- a/dwm.h	Sat Sep 15 13:16:54 2007 +0200
+++ b/dwm.h	Sat Sep 15 20:39:31 2007 +0200
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 /* bar.c */
 void drawbar(void);			/* draw the bar */
 void initbar(void);			/* initializes the bar */
+void initstyle(void);			/* initializes colors and font */
 unsigned int textw(const char *text);	/* return the width of text in px*/
 void togglebar(const char *arg);	/* shows/hides the bar */
 void updatebarpos(void);		/* updates the bar position */

--- a/main.c	Sat Sep 15 13:16:54 2007 +0200
+++ b/main.c	Sat Sep 15 20:39:31 2007 +0200
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 	sx = sy = 0;
 	sw = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
 	sh = DisplayHeight(dpy, screen);
+	initstyle();
 	initlayouts();
 	initbar();
 	/* multihead support */