diff --git a/024.simple_text/Makefile b/024.simple_text/Makefile
index 87beb12..b85953b 100644
--- a/024.simple_text/Makefile
+++ b/024.simple_text/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ USERSTACK_ADDRESS=7fffc
 BASE_ADDRESS=4000
 # note: this must be high enough not to conflict with MFMbufE
 
+NUM_COLORS=16
+
 BOOTBLOCK_ASM=alpine_bootblock.s
 OBJS=out/init.o out/utils.o out/image.o out/blittext.o out/cpu.o out/blit.o
 
-IMAGES=font8x10.png
+IMAGES=font8x8.png
 IMAGEDATA=$(addprefix out/, $(IMAGES:.png=.bin))
-VASM_EXTRA_ARGS=
+VASM_EXTRA_ARGS=-DNUM_COLORS=$(NUM_COLORS)
 
 #SYMBOL_INFO=-M
 LINKER_OPTIONS=-T link.script.x
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ LINKER_OPTIONS=-T link.script.x
 include ../shared/base.mk
 
 out/%.bin: ../assets/%.png
-	$(IMAGECON) --input $< $(IMAGECON_ARGS) --output-bitplanes --output-grey-palette-asm --output-palette-asm --output-palette --output out/$* --colors=16 --use-palette palette.pal --full-color-palette-file --output-mask --transparent-color=0,0,0 --output-png
+	$(IMAGECON) --input $< $(IMAGECON_ARGS) --output-bitplanes --output-grey-palette-asm --output-palette-asm --output-palette --output out/$* --colors=$(NUM_COLORS) --use-palette palette.pal --full-color-palette-file --output-mask --transparent-color=0,0,0 --output-png
 
 
 out/simple_image.o: constants.i macros.i
diff --git a/024.simple_text/blittext.s b/024.simple_text/blittext.s
index 6f86c0b..e6aeb3d 100644
--- a/024.simple_text/blittext.s
+++ b/024.simple_text/blittext.s
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ DrawChar8:
 	add.l	#1,d5		; while we have a weird font image, '!' starts on second line
 	move.l	a5,a1		; #font
 
-	if 0
+	if 1
 	mulu.w	d3,d5 		; d5 *= #FONTMAP_WIDTH_BYTES*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*FONT_HEIGHT
 	else
 	move.w	d5,d3
@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@ DrawChar8:
 	rts
 
 font:
-	incbin	"out/font8x10.bin"
+	incbin	"out/font8x8.bin"
 fontMask:
-	incbin	"out/font8x10-mask.bin"
+	incbin	"out/font8x8-mask.bin"
diff --git a/024.simple_text/constants.i b/024.simple_text/constants.i
index 2a26e52..ccc1d29 100644
--- a/024.simple_text/constants.i
+++ b/024.simple_text/constants.i
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MASKED_FONT		equ 1
+MASKED_FONT		equ 0
 
 			if MASKED_FONT==1
 BACKGROUND_COLOR	equ 4
@@ -7,12 +7,31 @@ BACKGROUND_COLOR	equ 3
 			endif
 
 FONT_WIDTH		equ 8
-FONT_HEIGHT		equ 10
+FONT_HEIGHT		equ 8
 SCREEN_WIDTH		equ 320
 SCREEN_HEIGHT		equ 256
 SCREEN_WIDTH_BYTES	equ (SCREEN_WIDTH/8)
 SCREEN_WIDTH_WORDS	equ SCREEN_WIDTH_BYTES/2
+
+			if NUM_COLORS==64
+SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH	equ 6
+			endif
+			if NUM_COLORS==32
+SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH	equ 5
+			endif
+			if NUM_COLORS==16
 SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH	equ 4
+			endif
+			if NUM_COLORS==8
+SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH	equ 3
+			endif
+			if NUM_COLORS==4
+SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH	equ 2
+			endif
+			if NUM_COLORS==2
+SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH	equ 1
+			endif
+
 SCREEN_RES		equ 8 	; 8=lo resolution, 4=hi resolution
 RASTER_X_START		equ $81	; hard coded coordinates from hardware manual
 RASTER_Y_START		equ $2c
diff --git a/024.simple_text/simple_text.s b/024.simple_text/simple_text.s
index 5111523..b5cef38 100644
--- a/024.simple_text/simple_text.s
+++ b/024.simple_text/simple_text.s
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ copperListBplPtr:
 	dc.l	$fffffffe			
 
 InstallPalette:
-	include	"out/font8x10-palette.s"
+	include	"out/font8x8-palette.s"
 	rts
 
 GreyPalette:
-	include	"out/font8x10-grey.s"
+	include	"out/font8x8-grey.s"
 	rts	
 onscreen:
 	dc.l	bitplanes1
diff --git a/assets/font8x10.png b/assets/font8x10.png
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diff --git a/assets/font8x8.png b/assets/font8x8.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5920fb
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