diff --git a/include/gint/display-cg.h b/include/gint/display-cg.h
index de0919e..2c513bb 100644
--- a/include/gint/display-cg.h
+++ b/include/gint/display-cg.h
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ extern uint16_t *vram;
 typedef uint16_t color_t;
 
 enum {
+	/* Compatibility with fx9860g color names */
+	color_white = 0xffff,
+	color_light = 0xaaaa,
+	color_dark  = 0x5555,
+	color_black = 0x0000,
+
 	color_none = -1,
 };
 
diff --git a/make/Makefile b/make/Makefile
index 0e1affb..cc3818b 100755
--- a/make/Makefile
+++ b/make/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ src_obj  := $(foreach s,$(src),$(call src2obj,$s))
 
 # Files with special handling
 spe-fx  := ../src/font5x7.png
-spe-cg  := ../src/font10x12.png
+spe-cg  := ../src/font10x12.png ../src/font8x9.png
 spe_obj := version.o $(foreach s,$(spe-$(CONFIG.TARGET)),$(call src2obj,$s))
 
 # All object files
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ $(call src2obj,../src/font10x12.png): ../src/font10x12.png
 	@ mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call cmd_m,fxconv,font10x12.png)$(conv) -f $< -o $@ name:gint_font10x12 \
 		charset:print grid.size:10x12 grid.padding:0 grid.border:3
+$(call src2obj,../src/font8x9.png): ../src/font8x9.png
+	@ mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(call cmd_m,fxconv,font8x9.png)$(conv) -f $< -o $@ name:gint_font8x9 \
+		charset:print grid.size:8x11 grid.padding:1 grid.border:0 \
+		proportional:true
 
 # Version symbol. ld generates a .stack section for unknown reasons; I remove
 # it in the linker script.
diff --git a/src/font8x9.png b/src/font8x9.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f9b8ed
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/font8x9.png differ
diff --git a/src/render-cg/topti.c b/src/render-cg/topti.c
index 538b16c..5b4bda0 100644
--- a/src/render-cg/topti.c
+++ b/src/render-cg/topti.c
@@ -43,13 +43,19 @@ void topti_glyph(uint16_t *vram, uint32_t const * data, int left, int top,
 }
 
 GSECTION(".pretext")
-void topti_render(int x, int y, const char *str, size_t size, font_t const *f,
+void topti_render(int x, int y, char const *str, size_t size, font_t const *f,
 	int fg, int bg)
 {
 	/* Raw glyph data */
-	uint32_t const * data = f->prop
-		? (void *)(f->sized_data + charset_size(f->charset))
-		: f->data;
+	uint32_t const * data;
+	if(!f->prop) data = f->data;
+	else
+	{
+		int cs = charset_size(f->charset);
+		/* 4-align the result */
+		cs += (4 - cs) & 3;
+		data = (void *)(f->sized_data + cs);
+	}
 
 	/* Storage height, top position within glyph */
 	int height = f->data_height, top = 0;
@@ -62,15 +68,29 @@ void topti_render(int x, int y, const char *str, size_t size, font_t const *f,
 	/* Move to top row */
 	uint16_t *target = vram + 396 * y;
 
-	/* Character spacing */
-	int space = 2;
+	/* Character spacing and space waiting to be drawn */
+	int space = 1;
+	int active_space = 0;
 
 	/* Read each character from the input string */
 	while(size--)
 	{
-		int glyph = charset_decode(f->charset, *str++);
+		int c = *str++;
+
+		int glyph = charset_decode(f->charset, c);
 		if(glyph < 0) continue;
 
+		/* Draw the space if background is opaque */
+		int prop_space = (c == ' ' && f->prop) ? 5 : 0;
+		if((active_space && bg >= 0) || prop_space)
+		{
+			active_space += prop_space;
+			drect(x, y, x + active_space - 1, y + height - 1, bg);
+		}
+		x += active_space;
+		if(prop_space) { active_space = space; continue; }
+		if(x >= 396) break;
+
 		int index = topti_offset(f, glyph);
 
 		/* Compute horizontal intersection between glyph and screen */
@@ -80,7 +100,8 @@ void topti_render(int x, int y, const char *str, size_t size, font_t const *f,
 
 		if(x + dataw <= 0)
 		{
-			x += dataw + space;
+			x += dataw;
+			active_space = space;
 			continue;
 		}
 		if(x < 0) left = -x, width += x;
@@ -91,6 +112,14 @@ void topti_render(int x, int y, const char *str, size_t size, font_t const *f,
 		topti_glyph(target + x, data + index, left, top, width, height,
 			dataw, fg, bg);
 
-		x += dataw + space;
+		x += dataw;
+		active_space = space;
 	}
 }
+
+/* dtext() - display a string of text */
+GSECTION(".pretext")
+void dtext(int x, int y, char const *str, int fg, int bg)
+{
+	topti_render(x, y, str, strlen(str), topti_font, fg, bg);
+}
diff --git a/src/render-fx/topti.c b/src/render-fx/topti.c
index cea4803..4ad5ef8 100644
--- a/src/render-fx/topti.c
+++ b/src/render-fx/topti.c
@@ -91,15 +91,21 @@ int topti_split(uint32_t const * glyph, int width, int height, int free,
    @asm_fg  Assembler function for text rendering
    @asm_bg  Assembler function for background rendering */
 GSECTION(".pretext")
-void topti_render(int x, int y, const char *str, font_t const *f,
+void topti_render(int x, int y, char const *str, font_t const *f,
 	asm_text_t *asm_fg, asm_text_t *asm_bg)
 {
 	/* Storage height and number of free bits in operators[] */
 	int height = f->data_height, free;
 	/* Raw glyph data */
-	uint32_t const * data = f->prop
-		? (void *)(f->sized_data + charset_size(f->charset))
-		: f->data;
+	uint32_t const * data;
+	if(!f->prop) data = f->data;
+	else
+	{
+		int cs = charset_size(f->charset);
+		/* 4-align the result */
+		cs += (4 - cs) & 3;
+		data = (void *)(f->sized_data + cs);
+	}
 
 	/* Basic clipping */
 	if(x > 127 || y > 63 || y + height <= 0) return;
@@ -179,37 +185,9 @@ void topti_render(int x, int y, const char *str, font_t const *f,
 	}
 }
 
-/* dsize() - get the width and height of rendered text */
-void dsize(const char *str, font_t const * f, int *w, int *h)
-{
-	if(!f) f = topti_font;
-	if(h) *h = f->line_height;
-	if(!w) return;
-
-	/* Width for monospaced fonts is easy, unfortunately we still need to
-	   compute the length of [str]. Critical applications might do the
-	   product themselves to avoid this cost. */
-	if(!f->prop)
-	{
-		int length = 0;
-		while(*str++) length++;
-		*w = (f->width + 1) * length - 1;
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* For proportional fonts, fetch the width of each individual glyphs */
-	int width = 0;
-	while(*str)
-	{
-		int glyph = charset_decode(f->charset, *str++);
-		if(glyph > 0) width += f->sized_data[glyph] + 1;
-	}
-	*w = width - 1;
-}
-
 /* dtext() - display a string of text */
 GSECTION(".pretext")
-void dtext(int x, int y, const char *str, int fg, int bg)
+void dtext(int x, int y, char const *str, int fg, int bg)
 {
 	if((uint)fg >= 8 || (uint)bg >= 8) return;
 	topti_render(x, y, str, topti_font, topti_asm_text[fg],
diff --git a/src/render/topti.c b/src/render/topti.c
index 037097c..8db4d93 100644
--- a/src/render/topti.c
+++ b/src/render/topti.c
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 #include <gint/display.h>
 #include <display/common.h>
 
+/* These parameters will eventually be specified by the font */
+#define CHAR_SPACING 1
+#define PROP_SPACING 5
+
 /* dfont(): Set the default font for text rendering */
 GSECTION(".pretext")
 void dfont(font_t const * font)
@@ -71,3 +75,38 @@ int topti_offset(font_t const *f, uint glyph)
 
 	return offset;
 }
+
+/* dsize() - get the width and height of rendered text */
+void dsize(const char *str, font_t const * f, int *w, int *h)
+{
+	if(!f) f = topti_font;
+	if(h) *h = f->line_height;
+	if(!w) return;
+
+	/* Width for monospaced fonts is easy, unfortunately we still need to
+	   compute the length of [str]. Critical applications might do the
+	   product themselves to avoid this cost. */
+	if(!f->prop)
+	{
+		int length = 0;
+		while(*str++) length++;
+		*w = (f->width + CHAR_SPACING) * length - CHAR_SPACING;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* For proportional fonts, fetch the width of each individual glyphs */
+	int width = 0, c;
+
+	while((c = *str++))
+	{
+		if(c == ' ')
+		{
+			width += PROP_SPACING + CHAR_SPACING;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		int glyph = charset_decode(f->charset, c);
+		if(glyph > 0) width += f->sized_data[glyph] + CHAR_SPACING;
+	}
+	*w = width - CHAR_SPACING;
+}