diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b3d11b9..16bca72 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -143,12 +143,14 @@ Notes
 
 Complements are provided by lain_ and freedesktop_. **Be sure** to satisfy their dependencies.
 
-Fonts are Terminus_ (Multicolor, Powerarrow, Powerarrow Dark), Roboto_ (Holo, Vertex) and Tamsyn_ (other ones).
-
-Every theme has a colorscheme_.
+The fonts used in the screenshots are: Terminus_ (Multicolor, Powerarrow, Powerarrow Dark), Roboto_ (Holo, Vertex) and Tamsyn_ (other ones).
 
 As taglist font, Blackburn and Dremora use Icons_, Vertex uses FontAwesome_: be sure to have bitmaps enabled if running under Debian or Ubuntu_.
 
+Due the removal of support for bitmap fonts in Pango 1.44_, the current main font is Terminus (OTB version). Under Arch Linux, use ``community/terminus-font-otb``.
+
+Every theme has a colorscheme_.
+
 You can also configure the ``city_id`` in the following snippet in ``/.config/awesome/themes/<<CHOSEN_THEME>>/theme.lua`` to get the correct weather information (we suggest doing it in your ``theme-personal.lua``):
 
 .. code-block::
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ You can also configure the ``city_id`` in the following snippet in ``/.config/aw
         local weathericon = wibox.widget.imagebox(theme.widget_weather)
         theme.weather = lain.widget.weather({
             city_id = 2643743, -- placeholder (London)
-            notification_preset = { font = "xos4 Terminus 10", fg = theme.fg_normal },
+            notification_preset = { font = "Terminus 10", fg = theme.fg_normal },
             weather_na_markup = markup.fontfg(theme.font, "#eca4c4", "N/A "),
             settings = function()
                 descr = weather_now["weather"][1]["description"]:lower()
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ You can find your ``city_id`` in city.list.json.gz_ after you extract it.
 
 Additional default software used: ::
 
-    unclutter firefox scrot mpd mpc dmenu xsel slock
+    dmenu firefox mpc mpd scrot unclutter xsel slock
 
 .. _BY-NC-SA: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
 .. _b0ab0d7: https://github.com/lcpz/awesome-copycats/tree/b0ab0d7837987be81b9195a36631df773113d491
@@ -193,3 +195,4 @@ Additional default software used: ::
 .. _FontAwesome: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome
 .. _branches: https://github.com/lcpz/awesome-copycats/branches
 .. _city.list.json.gz: http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz
+.. _1.44: https://github.com/lcpz/awesome-copycats/issues/269
diff --git a/themes/blackburn/theme.lua b/themes/blackburn/theme.lua
index a77eb7d..1669595 100644
--- a/themes/blackburn/theme.lua
+++ b/themes/blackburn/theme.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local my_table = awful.util.table or gears.table -- 4.{0,1} compatibility
 local theme                                     = {}
 theme.dir                                       = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/awesome/themes/blackburn"
 theme.wallpaper                                 = theme.dir .. "/wall.png"
-theme.font                                      = "Misc Tamsyn 10.5"
+theme.font                                      = "Terminus 10.5"
 theme.taglist_font                              = "Icons 10"
 theme.fg_normal                                 = "#D7D7D7"
 theme.fg_focus                                  = "#F6784F"
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ mytextclock.font = theme.font
 theme.cal = lain.widget.cal({
     attach_to = { mytextclock },
     notification_preset = {
-        font = "Misc Tamsyn 11",
+        font = "Terminus 11",
         fg   = theme.fg_normal,
         bg   = theme.bg_normal
     }
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ theme.mpd = lain.widget.mpd({
 -- /home fs
 --[[ commented because it needs Gio/Glib >= 2.54
 theme.fs = lain.widget.fs({
-    notification_preset = { fg = white, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Misc Tamsyn 10.5" },
+    notification_preset = { fg = white, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Terminus 10.5" },
     settings  = function()
         fs_header = ""
         fs_p      = ""
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ theme.weather = lain.widget.weather({
 })
 
 -- Separators
-local first     = wibox.widget.textbox('<span font="Misc Tamsyn 4"> </span>')
+local first     = wibox.widget.textbox('<span font="Terminus 4"> </span>')
 local arrl_pre  = separators.arrow_right("alpha", "#1A1A1A")
 local arrl_post = separators.arrow_right("#1A1A1A", "alpha")
 
diff --git a/themes/copland/theme.lua b/themes/copland/theme.lua
index 34d05ce..877cbd6 100644
--- a/themes/copland/theme.lua
+++ b/themes/copland/theme.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local my_table = awful.util.table or gears.table -- 4.{0,1} compatibility
 local theme                                     = {}
 theme.dir                                       = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/awesome/themes/copland"
 theme.wallpaper                                 = theme.dir .. "/wall.png"
-theme.font                                      = "Misc Tamsyn 10.5"
+theme.font                                      = "Terminus 10.5"
 theme.fg_normal                                 = "#BBBBBB"
 theme.fg_focus                                  = "#78A4FF"
 theme.bg_normal                                 = "#111111"
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ local green  = "#8FEB8F"
 
 -- Textclock
 --os.setlocale(os.getenv("LANG")) -- to localize the clock
-local mytextclock = wibox.widget.textclock("<span font='Misc Tamsyn 5'> </span>%H:%M ")
+local mytextclock = wibox.widget.textclock("<span font='Terminus 5'> </span>%H:%M ")
 mytextclock.font = theme.font
 
 -- Calendar
 theme.cal = lain.widget.cal({
     attach_to = { mytextclock },
     notification_preset = {
-        font = "Misc Tamsyn 11",
+        font = "Terminus 11",
         fg   = theme.fg_normal,
         bg   = theme.bg_normal
     }
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ theme.mail = lain.widget.imap({
         count = ""
 
         if mailcount > 0 then
-            mail = "<span font='Misc Tamsyn 5'> </span>Mail "
+            mail = "<span font='Terminus 5'> </span>Mail "
             count = mailcount .. " "
         end
 
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ theme.mpd = lain.widget.mpd({
     settings = function()
         if mpd_now.state == "play" then
             title = mpd_now.title
-            artist  = " " .. mpd_now.artist  .. markup("#777777", " <span font='Misc Tamsyn 2'> </span>|<span font='Misc Tamsyn 5'> </span>")
+            artist  = " " .. mpd_now.artist  .. markup("#777777", " <span font='Terminus 2'> </span>|<span font='Terminus 5'> </span>")
             mpdicon:set_image(theme.play)
         elseif mpd_now.state == "pause" then
             title = "mpd "
-            artist  = "paused" .. markup("#777777", " |<span font='Misc Tamsyn 5'> </span>")
+            artist  = "paused" .. markup("#777777", " |<span font='Terminus 5'> </span>")
             mpdicon:set_image(theme.pause)
         else
             title  = ""
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ local fsbar = wibox.widget {
     widget           = wibox.widget.progressbar,
 }
 theme.fs = lain.widget.fs {
-    notification_preset = { fg = theme.fg_normal, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Misc Tamsyn 10.5" },
+    notification_preset = { fg = theme.fg_normal, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Terminus 10.5" },
     settings  = function()
         if fs_now["/home"].percentage < 90 then
             fsbar:set_color(theme.fg_normal)
@@ -284,10 +284,10 @@ theme.weather = lain.widget.weather({
 })
 
 -- Separators
-local first     = wibox.widget.textbox(markup.font("Misc Tamsyn 3", " "))
+local first     = wibox.widget.textbox(markup.font("Terminus 3", " "))
 local spr       = wibox.widget.textbox(' ')
-local small_spr = wibox.widget.textbox(markup.font("Misc Tamsyn 4", " "))
-local bar_spr   = wibox.widget.textbox(markup.font("Misc Tamsyn 3", " ") .. markup.fontfg(theme.font, "#777777", "|") .. markup.font("Misc Tamsyn 5", " "))
+local small_spr = wibox.widget.textbox(markup.font("Terminus 4", " "))
+local bar_spr   = wibox.widget.textbox(markup.font("Terminus 3", " ") .. markup.fontfg(theme.font, "#777777", "|") .. markup.font("Terminus 5", " "))
 
 -- Eminent-like task filtering
 local orig_filter = awful.widget.taglist.filter.all
diff --git a/themes/dremora/theme.lua b/themes/dremora/theme.lua
index 191f0ad..8c4acaf 100644
--- a/themes/dremora/theme.lua
+++ b/themes/dremora/theme.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local my_table = awful.util.table or gears.table -- 4.{0,1} compatibility
 local theme                                     = {}
 theme.dir                                       = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/awesome/themes/dremora"
 theme.wallpaper                                 = theme.dir .. "/wall.png"
-theme.font                                      = "Misc Tamsyn 10.5"
+theme.font                                      = "Terminus 10.5"
 theme.taglist_font                              = "Icons 10"
 theme.fg_normal                                 = "#747474"
 theme.fg_focus                                  = "#DDDCFF"
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ mytextclock.font = theme.font
 theme.cal = lain.widget.cal({
     attach_to = { mytextclock },
     notification_preset = {
-        font = "Misc Tamsyn 11",
+        font = "Terminus 11",
         fg   = white,
         bg   = theme.bg_normal
 }})
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ theme.mpd = lain.widget.mpd({
 -- /home fs
 --[[ commented because it needs Gio/Glib >= 2.54
 theme.fs = lain.widget.fs({
-    notification_preset = { fg = white, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Misc Tamsyn 10.5" },
+    notification_preset = { fg = white, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Terminus 10.5" },
     settings  = function()
         fs_header = ""
         fs_p      = ""
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ theme.weather = lain.widget.weather({
 })
 
 -- Separators
-local first     = wibox.widget.textbox('<span font="Misc Tamsyn 4"> </span>')
+local first     = wibox.widget.textbox('<span font="Terminus 4"> </span>')
 local arrl_pre  = separators.arrow_right("alpha", "#1A1A1A")
 local arrl_post = separators.arrow_right("#1A1A1A", "alpha")
 
diff --git a/themes/multicolor/theme.lua b/themes/multicolor/theme.lua
index 36db069..df22666 100644
--- a/themes/multicolor/theme.lua
+++ b/themes/multicolor/theme.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local my_table = awful.util.table or gears.table -- 4.{0,1} compatibility
 local theme                                     = {}
 theme.confdir                                   = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/awesome/themes/multicolor"
 theme.wallpaper                                 = theme.confdir .. "/wall.png"
-theme.font                                      = "xos4 Terminus 8"
+theme.font                                      = "Terminus 8"
 theme.menu_bg_normal                            = "#000000"
 theme.menu_bg_focus                             = "#000000"
 theme.bg_normal                                 = "#000000"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ mytextclock.font = theme.font
 theme.cal = lain.widget.cal({
     attach_to = { mytextclock },
     notification_preset = {
-        font = "xos4 Terminus 10",
+        font = "Terminus 10",
         fg   = theme.fg_normal,
         bg   = theme.bg_normal
     }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ theme.cal = lain.widget.cal({
 local weathericon = wibox.widget.imagebox(theme.widget_weather)
 theme.weather = lain.widget.weather({
     city_id = 2643743, -- placeholder (London)
-    notification_preset = { font = "xos4 Terminus 10", fg = theme.fg_normal },
+    notification_preset = { font = "Terminus 10", fg = theme.fg_normal },
     weather_na_markup = markup.fontfg(theme.font, "#eca4c4", "N/A "),
     settings = function()
         descr = weather_now["weather"][1]["description"]:lower()
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ theme.weather = lain.widget.weather({
 --[[ commented because it needs Gio/Glib >= 2.54
 local fsicon = wibox.widget.imagebox(theme.widget_fs)
 theme.fs = lain.widget.fs({
-    notification_preset = { font = "xos4 Terminus 10", fg = theme.fg_normal },
+    notification_preset = { font = "Terminus 10", fg = theme.fg_normal },
     settings  = function()
         widget:set_markup(markup.fontfg(theme.font, "#80d9d8", string.format("%.1f", fs_now["/"].used) .. "% "))
     end
diff --git a/themes/powerarrow-dark/theme.lua b/themes/powerarrow-dark/theme.lua
index bcd325f..10b06ed 100644
--- a/themes/powerarrow-dark/theme.lua
+++ b/themes/powerarrow-dark/theme.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local my_table = awful.util.table or gears.table -- 4.{0,1} compatibility
 local theme                                     = {}
 theme.dir                                       = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/awesome/themes/powerarrow-dark"
 theme.wallpaper                                 = theme.dir .. "/wall.png"
-theme.font                                      = "xos4 Terminus 9"
+theme.font                                      = "Terminus 9"
 theme.fg_normal                                 = "#DDDDFF"
 theme.fg_focus                                  = "#EA6F81"
 theme.fg_urgent                                 = "#CC9393"
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ local clock = awful.widget.watch(
 theme.cal = lain.widget.cal({
     attach_to = { clock },
     notification_preset = {
-        font = "xos4 Terminus 10",
+        font = "Terminus 10",
         fg   = theme.fg_normal,
         bg   = theme.bg_normal
     }
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ local temp = lain.widget.temp({
 local fsicon = wibox.widget.imagebox(theme.widget_hdd)
 --[[ commented because it needs Gio/Glib >= 2.54
 theme.fs = lain.widget.fs({
-    notification_preset = { fg = theme.fg_normal, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "xos4 Terminus 10" },
+    notification_preset = { fg = theme.fg_normal, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Terminus 10" },
     settings = function()
         widget:set_markup(markup.font(theme.font, " " .. fs_now["/"].percentage .. "% "))
     end
diff --git a/themes/powerarrow/theme.lua b/themes/powerarrow/theme.lua
index 136992f..2d7f7c3 100644
--- a/themes/powerarrow/theme.lua
+++ b/themes/powerarrow/theme.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local my_table = awful.util.table or gears.table -- 4.{0,1} compatibility
 local theme                                     = {}
 theme.dir                                       = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/awesome/themes/powerarrow"
 theme.wallpaper                                 = theme.dir .. "/wall.png"
-theme.font                                      = "xos4 Terminus 9"
+theme.font                                      = "Terminus 9"
 theme.fg_normal                                 = "#FEFEFE"
 theme.fg_focus                                  = "#32D6FF"
 theme.fg_urgent                                 = "#C83F11"
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ theme.cal = lain.widget.cal({
     --cal = "cal --color=always",
     attach_to = { binclock.widget },
     notification_preset = {
-        font = "xos4 Terminus 10",
+        font = "Terminus 10",
         fg   = theme.fg_normal,
         bg   = theme.bg_normal
     }
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ theme.mail = lain.widget.imap({
 -- ALSA volume
 theme.volume = lain.widget.alsabar({
     --togglechannel = "IEC958,3",
-    notification_preset = { font = "xos4 Terminus 10", fg = theme.fg_normal },
+    notification_preset = { font = "Terminus 10", fg = theme.fg_normal },
 })
 
 -- MPD
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ local tempicon = wibox.widget.imagebox(theme.widget_temp)
 local fsicon = wibox.widget.imagebox(theme.widget_hdd)
 --[[ commented because it needs Gio/Glib >= 2.54
 theme.fs = lain.widget.fs({
-    notification_preset = { fg = theme.fg_normal, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "xos4 Terminus 10" },
+    notification_preset = { fg = theme.fg_normal, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Terminus 10" },
     settings = function()
         local fsp = string.format(" %3.2f %s ", fs_now["/"].free, fs_now["/"].units)
         widget:set_markup(markup.font(theme.font, fsp))
diff --git a/themes/rainbow/theme.lua b/themes/rainbow/theme.lua
index f516452..731ae0e 100644
--- a/themes/rainbow/theme.lua
+++ b/themes/rainbow/theme.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ local theme                                     = {}
 theme.default_dir                               = require("awful.util").get_themes_dir() .. "default"
 theme.dir                                       = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/awesome/themes/rainbow"
 theme.wallpaper                                 = theme.dir .. "/wall.png"
-theme.font                                      = "Misc Tamsyn 10.5"
+theme.font                                      = "Terminus 10.5"
 theme.fg_normal                                 = "#9E9E9E"
 theme.fg_focus                                  = "#EBEBFF"
 theme.bg_normal                                 = "#242424"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ mytextclock.font = theme.font
 theme.cal = lain.widget.cal({
     attach_to = { mytextclock },
     notification_preset = {
-        font = "Misc Tamsyn 11",
+        font = "Terminus 11",
         fg   = white,
         bg   = theme.bg_normal
     }
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ theme.mpd = lain.widget.mpd({
 -- /home fs
 --[[ commented because it needs Gio/Glib >= 2.54
 theme.fs = lain.widget.fs({
-    notification_preset = { fg = white, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Misc Tamsyn 10.5" },
+    notification_preset = { fg = white, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Terminus 10.5" },
     settings  = function()
         local fs_header, fs_p = "", ""
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ theme.weather = lain.widget.weather({
 })
 
 -- Separators
-local first = wibox.widget.textbox(markup.font("Misc Tamsyn 4", " "))
+local first = wibox.widget.textbox(markup.font("Terminus 4", " "))
 local spr   = wibox.widget.textbox(' ')
 
 local function update_txt_layoutbox(s)
diff --git a/themes/steamburn/theme.lua b/themes/steamburn/theme.lua
index f641d9e..098256c 100644
--- a/themes/steamburn/theme.lua
+++ b/themes/steamburn/theme.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ local theme                                     = {}
 theme.zenburn_dir                               = require("awful.util").get_themes_dir() .. "zenburn"
 theme.dir                                       = os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/awesome/themes/steamburn"
 theme.wallpaper                                 = theme.dir .. "/wall.png"
-theme.font                                      = "Misc Tamsyn 10.5"
+theme.font                                      = "Terminus 10.5"
 theme.fg_normal                                 = "#e2ccb0"
 theme.fg_focus                                  = "#d88166"
 theme.fg_urgent                                 = "#CC9393"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ mytextclock.font = theme.font
 theme.cal = lain.widget.cal({
     attach_to = { mytextclock },
     notification_preset = {
-        font = "Misc Tamsyn 11",
+        font = "Terminus 11",
         fg   = theme.fg_normal,
         bg   = theme.bg_normal
     }
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ local mem = lain.widget.mem({
 --[[ commented because it needs Gio/Glib >= 2.54
 theme.fs = lain.widget.fs({
     partition = "/home",
-    notification_preset = { fg = theme.fg_normal, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Misc Tamsyn 10.5" },
+    notification_preset = { fg = theme.fg_normal, bg = theme.bg_normal, font = "Terminus 10.5" },
 })
 --]]
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ theme.weather = lain.widget.weather({
 })
 
 -- Separators
-local first = wibox.widget.textbox(markup.font("Misc Tamsyn 4", " "))
+local first = wibox.widget.textbox(markup.font("Terminus 4", " "))
 local spr   = wibox.widget.textbox(' ')
 
 local function update_txt_layoutbox(s)