diff --git a/025.scroll_text/blitchar.s b/025.scroll_text/blitchar.s
index 56b739a..837ef33 100644
--- a/025.scroll_text/blitchar.s
+++ b/025.scroll_text/blitchar.s
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 DESCENDING		equ 1
 BLIT_LF_MINTERM		equ $ca		; cookie cut
-BLIT_WIDTH_WORDS	equ 2		; blit 2 words to allow shifting
-BLIT_WIDTH_BYTES	equ 4
+BLIT_WIDTH_WORDS	equ 1		; blit 2 words to allow shifting
+BLIT_WIDTH_BYTES	equ BLIT_WIDTH_WORDS*2
 FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES	equ 32
 
 BlitChar8:
@@ -27,12 +27,9 @@ BlitChar8:
 	move.w 	#BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES-BLIT_WIDTH_BYTES,BLTCMOD(a6)	; C modulo
 	move.w 	#BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES-BLIT_WIDTH_BYTES,BLTDMOD(a6)	; D modulo
         mulu.w	#BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH,d1		; ypos bytes
-	if DESCENDING==1
-	move.w	#$0000,BLTAFWM(a6) 					; mask out extra word used for shifting
-	else
-	move.w	#$0000,BLTALWM(a6) 					; mask out extra word used for shifting
-	endif
-	move.w	#$ffff,BLTADAT(a6) 					; preload source mask so only BLTA?WM mask is used
+
+	move.w	#$ffff,BLTAFWM(a6) 					; mask out extra word used for shifting
+	move.w	#$ffff,BLTADAT(a6) 					;???  preload source mask so only BLTA?WM mask is used
 	move.l	#font,a5						; font pointer
 	move.l	#fontMask,d7						; font mask pointer
 	move.w	#FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*FONT_HEIGHT,d3 	; bytes per font line
@@ -89,10 +86,8 @@ DrawChar8:
 	;; a1 - object
 	;; a2 - mask	
 
-	if DESCENDING==1	
-	add.l	#(FONT_HEIGHT*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES)-FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES+2,a1
-	add.l	#(FONT_HEIGHT*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES)-FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES+2,a2
-	endif
+	add.l	#(FONT_HEIGHT*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES)-FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES+0,a1
+	add.l	#(FONT_HEIGHT*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES)-FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES+0,a2
 		
 	
  	move.l	d0,d4					; xpos
@@ -106,37 +101,19 @@ DrawChar8:
 .oddChar
 
 
-	if DESCENDING==1
 	move.w	#$00ff,BLTALWM(a6)			; select the second (odd) character in the word
 	move.w	#$8000,d5
-	else
-	subq	#8,d5					; offset the x position for the odd character
-	move.w	#$00FF,BLTAFWM(a6)			; select the second (odd) character in the word
-	subq	#1,a4					; move the destination pointer left by one byte
-	endif
 
 	bra	.continue
 .evenChar:
-	if DESCENDING==1
 	move.w	#$FF00,BLTALWM(a6)			; select the first character in the word
 	move.w	#0,d5
-	else
-	move.w	#$FF00,BLTAFWM(a6)			; select the first character in the word
-	endif
 .continue:
 
 
 
-	if DESCENDING==1
 	ori.l	#2,d5
 	move.w	d5,BLTCON1(A6)				; set the shift bits 12-15, bits 00-11 cleared
-	else
-	;; this shift will give us the bits to shift (bits 0-3) in bits (12-15) of d5
-	swap	d5					; d5 << 12
-	lsr.l	#4,d5					; 
-	move.w	d5,BLTCON1(A6)				; set the shift bits 12-15, bits 00-11 cleared
-	endif; 
-
 
 	
 	if MASKED_FONT==1
@@ -151,9 +128,8 @@ DrawChar8:
 	add.l 	d4,a4					; dest += XPOS_BYTES
 	add.l	d1,a4					; dest += YPOS_BYTES
 
-	if DESCENDING==1
-	add.l	#(FONT_HEIGHT*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES)-BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES+2,a4
-	endif	
+
+	add.l	#(FONT_HEIGHT*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES)-BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES+0,a4
 	
 	move.l 	a4,BLTCPTH(a6) 				; background top left corner
 	move.l 	a4,BLTDPTH(a6) 				; destination top left corner