diff --git a/.emacs b/.emacs
index 9efba6e..e8a6d2b 100644
--- a/.emacs
+++ b/.emacs
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@
 (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/lisp/")
 
 ;; SOME BASIC PREFERENCES
+
+;; GUI only
+;; Fonts
+(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist
+             '(font . "Iosevka Extended-18"))
+;; Colors
+;; (set-background-color "#f6f6f6")
+;; this is identical with the highlight color
+
+;; Remove startup screen
+(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
 ;; Revert buffers when the underlying file has changed
 (global-auto-revert-mode 1)
 ;; turns off the menus at top
@@ -27,33 +38,6 @@
 (global-visual-line-mode t)
 ;; load word-count tools, use "wc" command to get instant count
 (load "wc-mode")
-;; but normally don't initialize because it's too CPU-intensive on large files
-;; (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'wc-mode)
-;; enable apsell as default spell checker
-(setq-default ispell-program-name "aspell")
-;; set window margins
-;; (a bit buggy on multiple-window startup, but resolves)
-(add-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook
-          (lambda ()
-            (set-window-margins (car 
-				 (get-buffer-window-list 
-				  (current-buffer) nil t)) 2 2)))
-;; Set markdown-mode as default for markdown files
-;; (can always opt out into text-mode)
-(autoload 'markdown-mode "markdown-mode" "Major mode for editing Markdown files" t)
-(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.markdown\\'" . markdown-mode))
-(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.md\\'" . markdown-mode))
-;; Turn on Flyspell
-(dolist (hook '(text-mode-hook))
-  (add-hook hook (lambda ()
-                   (flyspell-mode 1)
-                   (set-variable 'flyspell-issue-message-flag nil)
-                   (flyspell-buffer))))
-;; 4-space tabs as default
-(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
-(setq-default tab-width 4)
-
-;; BACKUP CONTROL
 ;; source: http://is.gd/ag5KOC
 (setq backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/.emacs.d/backup"))
   backup-by-copying t    ; Don't delink hardlinks
@@ -143,15 +127,3 @@
     (shell-command (concat "xdg-open " tmp-out-file))
    )
 )
-(custom-set-variables
- ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
- ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
- ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
- ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
- '(package-selected-packages '(ellama lua-mode wc-mode markdown-mode)))
-(custom-set-faces
- ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
- ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
- ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
- ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
- )