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diff --git a/i3.config.keycodes b/i3.config.keycodes
index 162660d3..27398515 100644
--- a/i3.config.keycodes
+++ b/i3.config.keycodes
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@
 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. ISO 10646 = Unicode
-font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
+# is used in the bar {} block below.
+# 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
 # The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
-# clear in small sizes. However, if you need a lot of unicode glyphs or
-# right-to-left text rendering, you should instead use pango for rendering and
-# chose an xft font, such as:
-# font xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 10
+# clear in small sizes. However, its unicode glyph coverage is limited, the old
+# X core fonts rendering does not support right-to-left and this being a bitmap
+# font, it doesn’t scale on retina/hidpi displays.
 
 # Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
 floating_modifier $mod
@@ -30,6 +33,10 @@ bindcode $mod+Shift+24 kill
 
 # start dmenu (a program launcher)
 bindcode $mod+40 exec dmenu_run
+# There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications
+# shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that
+# installed.
+# bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop
 
 # change focus
 bindcode $mod+44 focus left
@@ -79,7 +86,7 @@ bindcode $mod+65 focus mode_toggle
 bindcode $mod+38 focus parent
 
 # focus the child container
-#bindcode $mod+d focus child
+#bindsym $mod+d focus child
 
 # switch to workspace
 bindcode $mod+10 workspace 1