diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 0585f3ab7c..3870d29b75 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, timeval &startup_time) :
 
     restoreSizeAndPosition();
     loadScripts();
+
+    QFontDatabase fontDatabase; 
+    fontDatabase.addApplicationFont("resources/styles/Inconsolata.otf");
+
     _window->setVisible(true);
     _glWidget->setFocusPolicy(Qt::StrongFocus);
     _glWidget->setFocus();
@@ -3248,15 +3252,15 @@ void Application::displayStats() {
     statsHorizontalOffset += 5;
 
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0f, 0, serverNodes, .93f, .93f, .93f);
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0f, 2, serverNodes, .93f, .93f, .93f);
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0f, 0, avatarNodes, .93f, .93f, .93f);
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0f, 2, avatarNodes, .93f, .93f, .93f);
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, framesPerSecond);
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, framesPerSecond, .93f, .93f, .93f);
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, packetsPerSecond);
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, packetsPerSecond, .93f, .93f, .93f);
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, averageMegabitsPerSecond);
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, averageMegabitsPerSecond, .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     statsVerticalOffset = 0;
     statsHorizontalOffset += 196;
@@ -3302,13 +3306,13 @@ void Application::displayStats() {
         statsHorizontalOffset += 5;
 
         statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-        drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, audioPing);
+        drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, audioPing, .93f, .93f, .93f);
         statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-        drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, avatarPing);
+        drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, avatarPing, .93f, .93f, .93f);
         statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-        drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, voxelAvgPing);
+        drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, voxelAvgPing, .93f, .93f, .93f);
         statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-        drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, voxelMaxPing);
+        drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, voxelMaxPing, .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
         statsVerticalOffset = 0;
         statsHorizontalOffset += 246;
@@ -3336,13 +3340,13 @@ void Application::displayStats() {
     statsHorizontalOffset += 5;
 
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, avatarPosition);
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, avatarPosition, .93f, .93f, .93f);
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, avatarVelocity);
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, avatarVelocity, .93f, .93f, .93f);
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, avatarBodyYaw);
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, avatarBodyYaw, .93f, .93f, .93f);
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, avatarMixerStats);
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, avatarMixerStats, .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     statsVerticalOffset = 0;
     statsHorizontalOffset = _glWidget->width() - 451;
@@ -3354,7 +3358,7 @@ void Application::displayStats() {
     voxelStats.str("");
     voxelStats << "Voxels Memory Nodes: " << VoxelTreeElement::getTotalMemoryUsage() / 1000000.f << "MB";
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str());
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str(), .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     voxelStats.str("");
     voxelStats << 
@@ -3364,21 +3368,21 @@ void Application::displayStats() {
                 ? voxelStats << " / GPU: " << _voxels.getVoxelMemoryUsageGPU() / 1000000.f << "MB"
                 : "";
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str());
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str(), .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     // Voxel Rendering
     voxelStats.str("");
     voxelStats.precision(4);
     voxelStats << "Voxel Rendering Slots Max: " << _voxels.getMaxVoxels() / 1000.f << "K";
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str());
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str(), .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     voxelStats.str("");
     voxelStats.precision(4);
     voxelStats << "Drawn: " << _voxels.getVoxelsWritten() / 1000.f << "K " <<
         "Abandoned: " << _voxels.getAbandonedVoxels() / 1000.f << "K ";
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str());
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str(), .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     // iterate all the current voxel stats, and list their sending modes, and total voxel counts
     std::stringstream sendingMode("");
@@ -3417,7 +3421,7 @@ void Application::displayStats() {
         sendingMode << " <SCENE STABLE>";
     }
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, (char*)sendingMode.str().c_str());
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, (char*)sendingMode.str().c_str(), .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     // Incoming packets
     voxelStats.str("");
@@ -3439,7 +3443,7 @@ void Application::displayStats() {
         }
     }
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str());
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str(), .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
 
@@ -3451,14 +3455,14 @@ void Application::displayStats() {
     voxelStats.str("");
     voxelStats << "Server voxels: " << serversTotalString.toLocal8Bit().constData();
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str());
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str(), .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     voxelStats.str("");
     voxelStats <<
         "Internal: " << serversInternalString.toLocal8Bit().constData() << "  " <<
         "Leaves: " << serversLeavesString.toLocal8Bit().constData() << "";
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str());
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str(), .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     unsigned long localTotal = VoxelTreeElement::getNodeCount();
     unsigned long localInternal = VoxelTreeElement::getInternalNodeCount();
@@ -3471,14 +3475,14 @@ void Application::displayStats() {
     voxelStats.str("");
     voxelStats << "Local voxels: " << localTotalString.toLocal8Bit().constData();
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str());
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str(), .93f, .93f, .93f);
 
     voxelStats.str("");
     voxelStats <<
         "Internal: " << localInternalString.toLocal8Bit().constData() << "  " <<
         "Leaves: " << localLeavesString.toLocal8Bit().constData() << "";
     statsVerticalOffset += PELS_PER_LINE;
-    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 0, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str());
+    drawtext(statsHorizontalOffset, statsVerticalOffset, 0.10f, 0, 1.0, 2, (char*)voxelStats.str().c_str(), .93f, .93f, .93f);
 }
 
 void Application::renderThrustAtVoxel(const glm::vec3& thrust) {
diff --git a/interface/src/Audio.cpp b/interface/src/Audio.cpp
index d64c248546..c5dc9a70a8 100644
--- a/interface/src/Audio.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Audio.cpp
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ void Audio::render(int screenWidth, int screenHeight) {
     if (_audioInput) {
         glLineWidth(2.0);
         glBegin(GL_LINES);
-        glColor3f(1,1,1);
+        glColor3f(.93f, .93f, .93f);
 
         int startX = 20.0;
         int currentX = startX;
@@ -583,9 +583,9 @@ void Audio::render(int screenWidth, int screenHeight) {
         float msLeftForAudioOutput = (secondsLeftForAudioOutput + secondsLeftForRingBuffer) * 1000;
 
         if (_numFramesDisplayStarve == 0) {
-            glColor3f(0, 1, 0);
+            glColor3f(0, .8f, .4f);
         } else {
-            glColor3f(0.5 + (_numFramesDisplayStarve / 20.0f), 0, 0);
+            glColor3f(0.5 + (_numFramesDisplayStarve / 20.0f), .2f, .4f);
             _numFramesDisplayStarve--;
         }
 
@@ -596,44 +596,44 @@ void Audio::render(int screenWidth, int screenHeight) {
         }
 
         glBegin(GL_QUADS);
-        glVertex2f(startX, topY + 2);
-        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth, topY + 2);
-        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth, bottomY - 2);
-        glVertex2f(startX, bottomY - 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + 1, topY + 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth + 1, topY + 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth + 1, bottomY - 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + 1, bottomY - 2);
         glEnd();
 
         //  Show a yellow bar with the averaged msecs latency you are hearing (from time of packet receipt)
-        glColor3f(1,1,0);
+        glColor3f(1, .8f, 0);
         glBegin(GL_QUADS);
-        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth - 2, topY - 2);
-        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth + 2, topY - 2);
-        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth + 2, bottomY + 2);
-        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth - 2, bottomY + 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth - 1, topY - 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth + 3, topY - 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth + 3, bottomY + 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth - 1, bottomY + 2);
         glEnd();
 
         char out[40];
         sprintf(out, "%3.0f\n", _averagedLatency);
-        drawtext(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth - 10, topY - 9, 0.10f, 0, 1, 0, out, 1,1,0);
+        drawtext(startX + _averagedLatency / AUDIO_CALLBACK_MSECS * frameWidth - 10, topY - 9, 0.10f, 0, 1, 2, out, 1, .8f, 0);
 
         //  Show a red bar with the 'start' point of one frame plus the jitter buffer
 
-        glColor3f(1, 0, 0);
+        glColor3f(1, .2f, .4f);
         int jitterBufferPels = (1.f + (float)getJitterBufferSamples()
                                 / (float) NETWORK_BUFFER_LENGTH_SAMPLES_PER_CHANNEL) * frameWidth;
         sprintf(out, "%.0f\n", getJitterBufferSamples() / SAMPLE_RATE * 1000.f);
-        drawtext(startX + jitterBufferPels - 5, topY - 9, 0.10f, 0, 1, 0, out, 1, 0, 0);
+        drawtext(startX + jitterBufferPels - 5, topY - 9, 0.10f, 0, 1, 2, out, 1, .2f, .4f);
         sprintf(out, "j %.1f\n", _measuredJitter);
         if (Menu::getInstance()->getAudioJitterBufferSamples() == 0) {
-            drawtext(startX + jitterBufferPels - 5, bottomY + 12, 0.10f, 0, 1, 0, out, 1, 0, 0);
+            drawtext(startX + jitterBufferPels - 5, bottomY + 12, 0.10f, 0, 1, 2, out, 1, .2f, .4f);
         } else {
-            drawtext(startX, bottomY + 12, 0.10f, 0, 1, 0, out, 1, 0, 0);
+            drawtext(startX, bottomY + 12, 0.10f, 0, 1, 2, out, 1, .2f, .4f);
         }
 
         glBegin(GL_QUADS);
-        glVertex2f(startX + jitterBufferPels - 2, topY - 2);
-        glVertex2f(startX + jitterBufferPels + 2, topY - 2);
-        glVertex2f(startX + jitterBufferPels + 2, bottomY + 2);
-        glVertex2f(startX + jitterBufferPels - 2, bottomY + 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + jitterBufferPels - 1, topY - 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + jitterBufferPels + 3, topY - 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + jitterBufferPels + 3, bottomY + 2);
+        glVertex2f(startX + jitterBufferPels - 1, bottomY + 2);
         glEnd();
 
     }
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ void Audio::renderToolIcon(int screenHeight) {
     glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
 
     glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, _micTextureId);
-    glColor3f(1, 1, 1);
+    glColor3f(.93f, .93f, .93f);
     glBegin(GL_QUADS);
 
     glTexCoord2f(1, 1);
diff --git a/interface/src/BandwidthMeter.cpp b/interface/src/BandwidthMeter.cpp
index 53d3698fde..d8081e186f 100644
--- a/interface/src/BandwidthMeter.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/BandwidthMeter.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace { // .cpp-local
     int SPACING_LEFT_CAPTION_UNIT = 4;      //             |######## :         | <--> UNIT
     int PADDING_HORIZ_VALUE = 2;            //             |<-->X.XX<:->#      |
     
-    unsigned const COLOR_TEXT      = 0xe0e0e0e0; // ^      ^     ^   ^         ^       ^
+    unsigned const COLOR_TEXT      = 0xedededff; // ^      ^     ^   ^         ^       ^
     unsigned const COLOR_FRAME     = 0xe0e0e0b0; //        |         |         |
     unsigned const COLOR_INDICATOR = 0xc0c0c0b0; //                  |
     
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ namespace { // .cpp-local
 }
 
 BandwidthMeter::ChannelInfo BandwidthMeter::_CHANNELS[] = {
-    { "Audio"   , "Kbps", 8000.0 / 1024.0, 0x40ff40d0 },
+    { "Audio"   , "Kbps", 8000.0 / 1024.0, 0x33cc99ff },
     { "Avatars" , "Kbps", 8000.0 / 1024.0, 0xffef40c0 },
     { "Voxels"  , "Kbps", 8000.0 / 1024.0, 0xd0d0d0a0 }
 };
 
 BandwidthMeter::BandwidthMeter() :
-    _textRenderer(SANS_FONT_FAMILY, -1, -1, false, TextRenderer::SHADOW_EFFECT),
+    _textRenderer(INCONSOLATA_FONT_FAMILY, -1, QFont::Bold, false),
     _scaleMaxIndex(INITIAL_SCALE_MAXIMUM_INDEX) {
 
     _channels = static_cast<ChannelInfo*>( malloc(sizeof(_CHANNELS)) );
diff --git a/interface/src/Util.cpp b/interface/src/Util.cpp
index ffee4c7879..a2e518b2d7 100644
--- a/interface/src/Util.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Util.cpp
@@ -373,9 +373,18 @@ const glm::vec3 randVector() {
 }
 
 static TextRenderer* textRenderer(int mono) {
-    static TextRenderer* monoRenderer = new TextRenderer(MONO_FONT_FAMILY);
-    static TextRenderer* proportionalRenderer = new TextRenderer(SANS_FONT_FAMILY, -1, -1, false, TextRenderer::SHADOW_EFFECT);
-    return mono ? monoRenderer : proportionalRenderer;
+    static TextRenderer* monoRenderer = new TextRenderer(MONO_FONT_FAMILY); 
+    static TextRenderer* proportionalRenderer = new TextRenderer(SANS_FONT_FAMILY, -1, -1, false, TextRenderer::SHADOW_EFFECT); 
+    static TextRenderer* inconsolataRenderer = new TextRenderer(INCONSOLATA_FONT_FAMILY, -1, QFont::Bold, false);
+    switch (mono) {
+        case 1:
+            return monoRenderer;
+        case 2:
+            return inconsolataRenderer;
+        case 0:
+        default:
+            return proportionalRenderer;
+    }
 }
 
 int widthText(float scale, int mono, char const* string) {
diff --git a/interface/src/Util.h b/interface/src/Util.h
index 19509f8254..2a812120f0 100644
--- a/interface/src/Util.h
+++ b/interface/src/Util.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 // the standard mono font family
 #define MONO_FONT_FAMILY "Courier"
 
+// the Inconsolata font family
+#define INCONSOLATA_FONT_FAMILY "Inconsolata"
+
 void eulerToOrthonormals(glm::vec3 * angles, glm::vec3 * fwd, glm::vec3 * left, glm::vec3 * up);
 
 float azimuth_to(glm::vec3 head_pos, glm::vec3 source_pos);