-# is used in the bar {} block below. ISO 10646 = Unicode
-font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
+# 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
+
+# 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