diff --git a/CHANGLOG.md b/CHANGLOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ad587c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGLOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# 0.2.0 -
+- added README.md
+- renamed tilemaps to backgrounds to make space for... tilemaps
+
+# 0.1.0 - 2023-07-21
+initial release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/gfx.gif b/examples/gfx.gif
index b4b5f42..6c29528 100644
Binary files a/examples/gfx.gif and b/examples/gfx.gif differ
diff --git a/src/gsa_render_to_screen.rs b/src/gsa_render_to_screen.rs
index e0b0154..1509cf3 100644
--- a/src/gsa_render_to_screen.rs
+++ b/src/gsa_render_to_screen.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{
-    Background, Gsa, Rgb, BACKGROUND_MAX_SIZE, HALF_TILE_SIZE, MAX_BACKGROUNDS, SCREEN_HEIGHT,
-    SCREEN_WIDTH, TILESET_SIZE, TILE_SIZE,
+    Background, Gsa, Rgb, BACKGROUND_MAX_SIZE, EMPTY_TILE, HALF_TILE_SIZE, MAX_BACKGROUNDS,
+    SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_WIDTH, TILESET_SIZE, TILE_SIZE, TRANSPARENT,
 };
 use glam::IVec2;
 use softbuffer::Buffer;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fn draw_tile(target: &mut [u8], pos: IVec2, tile: u16, tileset: &[u8], half: boo
     for y in (starty - pos.y)..(endy - pos.y) {
         for x in (startx - pos.x)..(endx - pos.x) {
             let p = tileset[(x as usize + tx) + (y as usize + ty) * (TILESET_SIZE * TILE_SIZE)];
-            if p > 0 {
+            if p != TRANSPARENT {
                 target[(x as usize + pos.x as usize)
                     + (y as usize + pos.y as usize) * SCREEN_WIDTH] = p;
             }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fn render_map(target: &mut [u8], map: &Background, tileset: &[u8]) {
     for x in startx..endx {
         for y in starty..endy {
             let tile = map.tiles[x as usize][y as usize];
-            if tile > 0 {
+            if tile > EMPTY_TILE {
                 draw_tile(
                     target,
                     IVec2 {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a11d689..340d8fe 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 //! - Colors: 256 (indexed out of a possible 24-bit)
 //! - Tilesize: 16x16 (or 8x8 for half-tiles)
 //! - Tileset: 65536 tiles, indexed via 0xYYXX
+//!   - rectangle(not id range) of 0x7000 to 0x7F7F semi-reserved
 //! - Sprites: 256 of size 16x16 (pondering allowing larger sprites)
 //! - Backgrounds: 4 of size 1024x1024, scrollable
 //!
@@ -55,12 +56,24 @@ pub const SCREEN_HEIGHT: usize = 176;
 /// X and y dimensions of maps in [Gsa::bgs]
 pub const BACKGROUND_MAX_SIZE: usize = 1024;
 
+/// Tile considered empty (never drawn even if has contents)
+pub const EMPTY_TILE: u16 = 0xffff
+
+/// Tile id of bold default font
+pub const FONT_BOLD: u16 = 0xf000;
+
+/// Tile id of thin default font
+pub const FONT_THIN: u16 = 0xe000;
+
 /// Width and height (in tiles) of tileset
 pub const TILESET_SIZE: usize = 0x100;
 
 /// Width and height of a tile
 pub const TILE_SIZE: usize = 16;
 
+/// Palette index which is treated as transparent
+pub const TRANSPARENT: u8 = 0xff;
+
 /// Width and height of a tile in half-tile mode
 pub const HALF_TILE_SIZE: usize = 8;
 
diff --git a/src/run.rs b/src/run.rs
index 67156c5..0defd77 100644
--- a/src/run.rs
+++ b/src/run.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::buttons::{button_from_gilrs, button_from_scancode};
 use crate::gsa_render_to_screen::{render_to_screen, render_to_window};
 use crate::tileset::load_tileset;
-use crate::{Buttons, Gsa, Sprite, MAX_SPRITES, SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_WIDTH};
+use crate::{Buttons, Gsa, Sprite, FONT_BOLD, MAX_SPRITES, SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_WIDTH};
 use gilrs::EventType;
 use glam::IVec2;
 use std::cmp::min;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub fn run<TGame: 'static>(
         sprites: [Sprite::default(); MAX_SPRITES],
         bgs: Default::default(),
         palette,
-        font: 0x1010,
+        font: FONT_BOLD,
         pressed: 0,
         released: 0,
         down: 0,