diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79b2606..87106a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ There is a markup language which makes writing long blog posts, memex entries, e
 {@bold text}
 
 // shorthand for italic
-{~italic text}
+{\italic text}
 
 // shorthand for code
 {`short code}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ There is a markup language which makes writing long blog posts, memex entries, e
 {>longer quote}
 
 // shorthand for strikethrough
-{\crossed-out text}
+{~crossed-out text}
 
 // shorthand for level 3 heading 
 {!heading text}
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ There is a markup language which makes writing long blog posts, memex entries, e
 
 // shorthand for publish date (renders as <time class='publish-date'>)
 {+2022-02-22}
+
+// shorthand for explicit monospace, sans, and serif font respecively:
+{=some mono text}
+{(some sans serif text}
+{)some serif text}
 ```
 
 # configuration
@@ -122,12 +127,15 @@ The following macros are available in `config.h` to customize to your liking.
   - **TAG\_BODY\_SIZE**: max size for an individual markup body (ie, a markup token as above, minus the curly brackets and the rune), in bytes
   - **NAME**: the title of the site
   - **DOMAIN**: currently unused
-  - **LOGO**: HTML to put in the header h1 verbatim
-  - **ABOUT**: HTML content for the front page, placed between `<header>` and `<nav>`
-  - **CONTACT**: the contact info line at the bottom of every page (except the front page, where it would typically already be in **@ABOUT**
-  - **FOOTER**: arbitrary footer HTML
-  - **LICENSE**: the license link at the bottom of every page
-  - **SITEROOT**: the path where the rendered HTML is placed
+  - **LOGO_HTML**: HTML to put in the header h1 verbatim
+  - **ABOUT_HTML**: HTML content for the front page, placed between `<header>` and `<nav>`
+  - **CONTACT_HTML**: the contact info line at the bottom of every page (except the front page, where it would typically already be in **@ABOUT**
+  - **FOOTER_HTML**: arbitrary footer HTML
+  - **LICENSE_HTML**: the license link at the bottom of every page
+  - **SITEROOT**: the path where the rendered HTML is placed; include trailing slash
   - **MAINCSS** and **FRONTCSS**: to differentiate styles used for the landing page and the rest of the site
+  - **TWTXT**: path to the twtxt file relative to the SITEROOT; if you don't want twtxt on the front page, use a nonexistent filename
 
+# deployment
 
+Static sites are dead easy to deploy. Included in the repo is the deployment script I use - you can easily adapt this to your own use case.
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index fa8e36f..ce4deee 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -1,39 +1,27 @@
-#define DESC "lair of drkste aka nilix: software artisan, digital philosopher"
-#define LEXICON_SIZE 1024
-#define MAINCSS "/nilfm.css"
-#define FOOTER                                                               \
-  "<a href='/git/'><img src='/img/git.svg' "                                 \
-  "alt='nilFM hack "                                                         \
-  "lab'/></a>&nbsp;\n"                                                       \
-  "<a href='https://webring.xxiivv.com'><img src='/img/webring.svg' "        \
-  "alt='xxiivv webring'/></a>&nbsp;\n<a "                                    \
-  "href='https://lightcrystal.systems'><img "                                \
-  "src='/img/lightcrystal_bw_small.svg' alt='lightcrystal.systems'/><br/>\n" \
-  "<a href='/sitemap.html'>sitemap</a><br/>\n"
-#define LICENSE                                           \
-  "<a rel='license' "                                     \
-  "href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" \
-  "legalcode.txt'>CC-BY-NC 4</a><br/>\n"                  \
-  "<a href='/legal_disclaimer.html'>opinions are my own</a>"
-#define SITEROOT "../www/"
-#define TAG_BODY_SIZE 4096
-#define CONTACT                                                \
-  "contact: <a href='mailto:nilix@nilfm.cc' "                  \
-  "class='mono'>nilix@nilfm.cc</a> [<a "                       \
-  "href='/serv/90587A740FA4FFA0971575383B7FBC22144E6398.asc' " \
-  "class='mono'>0x90587A740FA4FFA0</a>]<br/>\n"                \
-  ""
+/* clang-format off */
+
+#define MAINCSS "/nilfm.css?v=20220112.1"
 #define DOMAIN "https://nilfm.cc"
-#define FRONTCSS "/nilfm.css"
-#define ABOUT                                                  \
-  "Derek Stevens &lt;<a "                                      \
-  "href='mailto:nilix@nilfm.cc'>nilix@nilfm.cc</a>&gt;<br/>\n" \
-  "software artisan, digital philosopher<br/><br/>\n"          \
-  "[<a "                                                       \
-  "href='/serv/90587A740FA4FFA0971575383B7FBC22144E6398.asc' " \
-  "class='mono'>0x90587A740FA4FFA0"                            \
-  "</a>]\n"
-#define LOGO "<img src='/img/nilfm_blackHole_128.png' alt='blackhole://nilFM'/>"
-#define NAME "nilFM"
+#define LEXICON_SIZE 1024
 #define TWTXT "/twtxt.txt"
-#define SEPARATEH1 0
\ No newline at end of file
+#define FRONTCSS "/nilfm.css?v=20220112.1"
+#define CONTACT_HTML "contact: <a href='mailto:nilix@nilfm.cc' class='mono'>nilix@nilfm.cc</a> [<a href='/serv/90587A740FA4FFA0971575383B7FBC22144E6398.asc' class='mono'>0x90587A740FA4FFA0</a>]<br/>\n" \
+""
+#define NAME "nilFM"
+#define TAG_BODY_SIZE 4096
+#define ABOUT_HTML "Derek Stevens &lt;<a class='mono' href='mailto:nilix@nilfm.cc'>nilix@nilfm.cc</a>&gt;<br/>\n" \
+"software artisan, digital philosopher<br/><br/>\n" \
+"[<a href='/serv/90587A740FA4FFA0971575383B7FBC22144E6398.asc' class='mono'>0x90587A740FA4FFA0</a>]\n" \
+""
+#define FOOTER_HTML "<a href='/git/'><img src='/img/git.svg' alt='nilFM hack lab'/></a>&nbsp;\n" \
+"<a href='https://webring.xxiivv.com'><img src='/img/webring.svg' alt='xxiivv webring'/></a>&nbsp;\n" \
+"<a href='https://lightcrystal.systems'><img src='/img/lightcrystal_bw_small.svg' alt='lightcrystal.systems'/><br/>\n" \
+"<a href='/sitemap.html'>sitemap</a><br/>\n" \
+""
+#define LICENSE_HTML "<a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.txt'>CC-BY-NC 4</a><br/>\n" \
+"<a href='/legal_disclaimer.html'>opinions are my own</a>"
+#define LOGO_HTML "<img src='/img/nilfm_blackHole_128.png' alt='blackhole://nilFM'/>"
+#define DESC "lair of drkste aka nilix: software artisan, digital philosopher"
+#define SITEROOT "../www/"
+
+/* clang-format on */
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index a6caa82..d8ba336 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -389,25 +389,46 @@ int fpaudio(FILE* f, char* s) {
   return 1;
 }
 
+int fpmono(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
+  fputs("<span style='font-family:monospace;'>", f);
+  int ret = fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
+  fputs("</span>", f);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+int fpserif(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
+  fputs("<span style='font-family:serif;'>", f);
+  int ret = fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
+  fputs("</span>", f);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+int fpsans(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
+  fputs("<span style='font-family:sans;'>", f);
+  int ret = fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
+  fputs("</span>", f);
+  return ret;
+}
+
 int fppara(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
   fputs("<p>", f);
-  fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
+  int ret = fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
   fputs("</p>", f);
-  return 1;
+  return ret;
 }
 
 int fpul(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
   fputs("<ul>", f);
-  fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
+  int ret = fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
   fputs("</ul>", f);
-  return 1;
+  return ret;
 }
 
 int fpol(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
   fputs("<ol>", f);
-  fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
+  int ret = fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
   fputs("</ol>", f);
-  return 1;
+  return ret;
 }
 
 int fppublish(FILE* f, char* s) {
@@ -419,9 +440,9 @@ int fppublish(FILE* f, char* s) {
 
 int fpli(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
   fputs("<li>", f);
-  fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
+  int ret = fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
   fputs("</li>", f);
-  return 1;
+  return ret;
 }
 
 int fph3(FILE* f, char* s) {
@@ -461,9 +482,9 @@ int fpitalic(FILE* f, char* s) {
 
 int fpstrike(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
   fputs("<s>", f);
-  fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
+  int ret = fpmetatemplate(f, l, s);
   fputs("</s>", f);
-  return 1;
+  return ret;
 }
 
 int fppre(FILE* f, char* s) {
@@ -504,7 +525,7 @@ int fptemplate(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
       return fpaudio(f, s + 1);
     case '`':
       return fpcode(f, s + 1);
-    case '~':
+    case '\\':
       return fpitalic(f, s + 1);
     case '>':
       return fpblock(f, s + 1);
@@ -514,7 +535,7 @@ int fptemplate(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
       return fppre(f, s + 1);
     case '@':
       return fpbold(f, s + 1);
-    case '\\':
+    case '~':
       return fpstrike(f, l, s + 1);
     case '!':
       return fph3(f, s + 1);
@@ -536,6 +557,12 @@ int fptemplate(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* s) {
       return fptbody(f, l, s + 1);
     case ';':
       return fptfoot(f);
+    case '=':
+      return fpmono(f, l, s + 1);
+    case '(':
+      return fpsans(f, l, s + 1);
+    case ')':
+      return fpserif(f, l, s + 1);
   }
   if (s[0]) {
     target = findf(l, s);
@@ -645,10 +672,10 @@ int fpfooter(FILE* f, char* name) {
   fputs("<footer>", f);
   if (!ismetanav(name)) {
     fpedited(f);
-    fputs(CONTACT, f);
+    fputs(CONTACT_HTML, f);
   }
-  fputs(FOOTER, f);
-  fputs(LICENSE, f);
+  fputs(FOOTER_HTML, f);
+  fputs(LICENSE_HTML, f);
   fputs("</footer>", f);
   return 1;
 }
@@ -680,15 +707,9 @@ FILE* build(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* name, char* srcpath) {
   fputs("</head>\n", f);
   fputs("<body>\n", f);
   /* header */
-  if (SEPARATEH1) {
-    fputs("<header>\n", f);
-    if (ismetanav(name)) {
-      fputs("<h1>" LOGO "</h1>\n", f);
-    } else {
-      fputs("<a href='/'><h1>" LOGO "</h1></a>\n", f);
-    }
-    fputs("</header>\n", f);
-  }
+  fputs("<header>\n", f);
+  fputs("<a href='/'><h1>" LOGO_HTML "</h1></a>\n", f);
+  fputs("</header>\n", f);
   /* nav */
   fputs("<nav>\n", f);
   if (!fpportal(f, l, "meta.nav", 0))
@@ -705,7 +726,7 @@ FILE* build(FILE* f, Lexicon* l, char* name, char* srcpath) {
     fputs("\n</main>", f);
   } else {
     /* about & twtxt (main page only) */
-    fputs("<div id='about'>" ABOUT "</div>\n", f);
+    fputs("<div id='about'>" ABOUT_HTML "</div>\n", f);
     gettwtxt(f);
   }
   /* footer */
diff --git a/tw.sh b/tw.sh
index cc1403a..7230707 100755
--- a/tw.sh
+++ b/tw.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-twtxt=../www/twtxt.txt
-
+siteroot=$(grep "#define SITEROOT" config.h | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e 's/"//g')
+twtxt=$(grep "#define TWTXT" config.h | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e 's/"//g')
 twt(){
   self=$(mktemp)
   new=$(mktemp)
   echo "$(date -Is)\t$@" > ${self}
-  cat ${self} ${twtxt} > ${new}
-  cp ${new} ${twtxt}
+  cat ${self} ${siteroot}${twtxt} > ${new}
+  cp ${new} ${siteroot}${twtxt}
   rm ${new}
   rm ${self}
 }