diff --git a/applications/xresources b/applications/xresources
index 357d549..4eedc67 100644
--- a/applications/xresources
+++ b/applications/xresources
@@ -2,6 +2,3 @@
 *Menu.background: Black
 *Menu.foreground: White
 Oneko.reverse: true
-Emacs.font: -*-Courier Prime Code-*-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-m-*-iso10646-1
-Emacs.width: 80
-Emacs.height: 30
diff --git a/emacs/early-init.el b/emacs/early-init.el
index 0398649..4562faf 100644
--- a/emacs/early-init.el
+++ b/emacs/early-init.el
@@ -1,4 +1,46 @@
+;; meta stuff
+(let ((usr-backup (locate-user-emacs-file "backup"))
+      (usr-custom (locate-user-emacs-file "custom.el")))
+  (setq auto-save-default              nil
+        backup-directory-alist         `((".*" . ,usr-backup))
+        create-lockfiles               nil
+        custom-file                    usr-custom
+        gc-cons-threshold              64000000
+        global-mark-ring-max           1024
+        inhibit-compacting-font-caches t
+        inhibit-startup-screen         t
+        initial-scratch-message        nil
+        mark-ring-max                  1024))
+
+;; important ergonomics
+(setq fill-column 80
+      sentence-end-double-space nil)
+
+(defalias #'yes-or-no-p #'y-or-n-p)
+
+;; packages
 (setq package-archives '(("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")
                          ("gnu"   . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
 
+;; default visuals
+(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(width  . 80))
+(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(height . 30))
+
+(set-face-attribute 'default nil :family "Courier Prime Code"
+                    :height 120 :weight 'normal :width 'normal)
+
+(set-face-attribute 'variable-pitch nil :family "Source Sans Pro"
+                    :height 120 :weight 'normal :width 'normal)
+
+(copy-face 'default 'fixed-pitch)
+(copy-face 'default 'mode-line)
+
+;; fontset usage
+(dolist (range '((#x2310  . #x26bf)
+                 (#x26c0  . #x329f)
+                 (#x1f000 . #x1fa9f)))
+  (set-fontset-font t range "Noto Color Emoji"))
+
+(set-fontset-font t '(#x2e80 . #x9fff) "Noto Sans CJK JP")
+
 ;; EOF
diff --git a/emacs/init.el b/emacs/init.el
index 4185d86..fec7ffe 100644
--- a/emacs/init.el
+++ b/emacs/init.el
@@ -1,43 +1,16 @@
 ;; startup
-(let ((usr-backup (locate-user-emacs-file "backup"))
-      (usr-custom (locate-user-emacs-file "custom.el"))
-      (usr-data   (locate-user-emacs-file "data.el")))
-  (setq auto-save-default nil
-        backup-directory-alist `((".*" . ,usr-backup))
-        create-lockfiles nil
-        custom-file usr-custom
-        gc-cons-threshold 64000000
-        global-mark-ring-max 1024
-        inhibit-compacting-font-caches t
-        inhibit-startup-screen t
-        initial-scratch-message nil
-        mark-ring-max 1024)
-
+(let ((usr-data (locate-user-emacs-file "data.el")))
   (load custom-file)
   (load usr-data))
 
-(defalias #'yes-or-no-p #'y-or-n-p)
-
-(setq fill-column 80
-      sentence-end-double-space nil)
-
-(set-face-attribute 'variable-pitch nil :height 140 :family "Source Sans Pro")
-(set-face-attribute 'fixed-pitch    nil :height 140 :family "Source Code Pro")
-
-(dolist (range '((#x2310  . #x26bf)
-                 (#x26c0  . #x329f)
-                 (#x1f000 . #x1fa9f)))
-  (set-fontset-font t range "Noto Color Emoji"))
-
-(set-fontset-font t '(#x2e80 . #x9fff) "Noto Sans CJK JP")
-
 ;; mode line
 (setq-default mode-line-format
               '("%+"
                 mode-line-buffer-identification
                 mode-line-modes
                 "%5l↑%3c→%6i⇆"
-                (:eval (number-to-string (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))))
+                (:eval
+                 (number-to-string (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))))
                 "↓"
                 mode-line-percent-position))