diff --git a/i3.config b/i3.config
index d7e96fe9..c53ecadf 100644
--- a/i3.config
+++ b/i3.config
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 
 # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
 # is used in the bar {} block below.
+font pango:monospace 8
+
 # This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left
 # text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).
-font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8
+#font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8
+
 # Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default:
 # font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
 # The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
diff --git a/i3.config.keycodes b/i3.config.keycodes
index 93528a54..0c978d0b 100644
--- a/i3.config.keycodes
+++ b/i3.config.keycodes
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ set $mod Mod1
 
 # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
 # is used in the bar {} block below.
+font pango:monospace 8
+
 # This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left
 # text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).
-font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8
+#font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8
+
 # Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default:
 # font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
 # The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and