diff --git a/load/fonts.lua b/load/fonts.lua
index 36ae0c3..8a37d8d 100644
--- a/load/fonts.lua
+++ b/load/fonts.lua
@@ -26,8 +26,18 @@ font_3x5_4 = love.graphics.newImageFont(
 	-4
 )
 
-font_8x11 = love.graphics.newImageFont(
-	"res/fonts/8x11_medium.png",
-	"0123456789:.",
+-- this would be font_8x11 with the other one as 8x11_2
+-- but that would break compatibility :(
+font_8x11_small = love.graphics.newImageFont(
+	"res/fonts/8x11.png",
+	" 0123456789:;.,ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" ..
+	"?!/\\^@$%<=>()*-+[]_&",
+	1
+)
+
+font_8x11 = love.graphics.newImageFont(
+	"res/fonts/8x11_medium.png",
+	" 0123456789:;.,ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" ..
+	"?!/\\^@$%<=>()*-+[]_&",
 	1
 )
diff --git a/res/fonts/8x11.png b/res/fonts/8x11.png
index 2693141..7546e3d 100644
Binary files a/res/fonts/8x11.png and b/res/fonts/8x11.png differ
diff --git a/res/fonts/8x11_medium.png b/res/fonts/8x11_medium.png
index 54d170b..4ebcafc 100644
Binary files a/res/fonts/8x11_medium.png and b/res/fonts/8x11_medium.png differ