diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index 8d4ae9d..69601da 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *
  * Font options
  */
-static char *font[]                    = {  "Cascadia Code PL:size=8:style=Bold:antialias=true:autohint=true",
+static char *font[]                    = { "Fantasque Sans Mono:size=8:style=Bold:antialias=true:autohint=true",
 										   "DejaVu Sans Mono:size=8:antialias=true:autohint=true",
 										   "Noto Color Emoji:size=8:antialias=true:autohint=true", 
 										   "fontawesome:size=8:antialias=true:autohint=true",
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ char *stty_args						   = "stty raw pass8 nl -echo -iexten -cstopb 38400";
 static float cwscale				   = 1.0;
 static float chscale				   = 1.0;
 
+/* Character rendering offsets in pixels */
+static float cxoffset                  = 0;
+static float cyoffset                  = 0;
+
 /* Text drawing options */
 static int brightbold				   = 0; /* Should bright text also be bold? */
 static unsigned int cols			   = 80; /* Number of columns */
diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index e50a99a..5e79828 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -1532,8 +1532,8 @@ xmakeglyphfontspecs(XftGlyphFontSpec *specs, const Glyph *glyphs, int len, int x
 		if (glyphidx) {
 			specs[numspecs].font = font->match;
 			specs[numspecs].glyph = glyphidx;
-			specs[numspecs].x = (short)xp;
-			specs[numspecs].y = (short)yp;
+            specs[numspecs].x = (short)xp + cxoffset;
+			specs[numspecs].y = (short)yp + cyoffset;
 			xp += runewidth;
 			numspecs++;
 			continue;
diff --git a/xresources.h b/xresources.h
index 4274707..98c68ad 100644
--- a/xresources.h
+++ b/xresources.h
@@ -47,4 +47,6 @@ ResourcePref resources[] = {
 		{ "statalpha",       FLOAT,   &statalpha },
 		{ "cwscale",         FLOAT,   &cwscale },
 		{ "chscale",         FLOAT,   &chscale },
+		{ "cyoffset",        FLOAT,   &cyoffset },
+		{ "cxoffset",        FLOAT,   &cxoffset },
 };