diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 969b195..6287a27 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -248,3 +248,6 @@ fonts:
 
 Please don't bother reporting this bug to st, but notify the upstream Xft
 developers about fixing this bug.
+
+As of 2022-09-05 this now seems to be finally fixed in libXft 2.3.5:
+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/-/blob/libXft-2.3.5/NEWS
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index d1ec4e1..8bf2d5b 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
 
-#define FONTSIZE "14"
+#define FONTSIZE "24"
 
 static char *font = "Ubuntu Mono:pixelsize="FONTSIZE":antialias=true:autohint=true";
 static char *font2[] = {
@@ -142,13 +142,20 @@ unsigned int defaultcs = 256;
 static unsigned int defaultrcs = 257;
 
 /*
- * Default shape of cursor
- * 2: Block ("█")
- * 4: Underline ("_")
- * 6: Bar ("|")
- * 7: Snowman ("☃")
+ * https://invisible-island.net/xterm/ctlseqs/ctlseqs.html#h4-Functions-using-CSI-_-ordered-by-the-final-character-lparen-s-rparen:CSI-Ps-SP-q.1D81
+ * Default style of cursor
+ * 0: blinking block
+ * 1: blinking block (default)
+ * 2: steady block ("█")
+ * 3: blinking underline
+ * 4: steady underline ("_")
+ * 5: blinking bar
+ * 6: steady bar ("|")
+ * 7: blinking st cursor
+ * 8: steady st cursor
  */
-static unsigned int cursorshape = 2;
+static unsigned int cursorshape = 1;
+static Rune stcursor = 0x2603; /* snowman ("☃") */
 
 /*
  * Default columns and rows numbers
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index d1ec4e1..f1b561b 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
 
-#define FONTSIZE "14"
+#define FONTSIZE "24"
 
 static char *font = "Ubuntu Mono:pixelsize="FONTSIZE":antialias=true:autohint=true";
 static char *font2[] = {
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index ddf278a..812d8de 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # st version
-VERSION = 0.8.5
+VERSION = bit_1.0
 
 # Customize below to fit your system
 
diff --git a/st b/st
index 53e4867..3cbae61 100755
Binary files a/st and b/st differ
diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 16a7df6..4b6e632 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ ttyresize(int tw, int th)
 }
 
 void
-ttyhangup()
+ttyhangup(void)
 {
 	/* Send SIGHUP to shell */
 	kill(pid, SIGHUP);
diff --git a/st.o b/st.o
index a36dc3b..8f7d2e1 100644
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diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index 33ea66a..fd45ba2 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ static char *opt_name  = NULL;
 static char *opt_title = NULL;
 
 static uint buttons; /* bit field of pressed buttons */
+static int cursorblinks = 0;
 
 void
 clipcopy(const Arg *dummy)
diff --git a/x.o b/x.o
index 67e1eed..3938bb2 100644
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