diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53179de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+docs/_build/
+target/
+.python-version
+__pypackages__/
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+.ropeproject
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+.idea
+*.iml
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+._*
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80f8348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[[source]]
+name = "pypi"
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+
+[dev-packages]
+black = "*"
+mypy = "*"
+
+[packages]
+numpy = "*"
+Pillow = "*"
+fonttools = "*"
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3.8"
+
+[pipenv]
+allow_prereleases = true
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17bd434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+{
+    "_meta": {
+        "hash": {
+            "sha256": "11679fbbfbfe6ca9cf64b908f74c67c912a0b96bff52aa6f34ff7528e5b9f449"
+        },
+        "pipfile-spec": 6,
+        "requires": {
+            "python_version": "3.8"
+        },
+        "sources": [
+            {
+                "name": "pypi",
+                "url": "https://pypi.org/simple",
+                "verify_ssl": true
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "default": {
+        "fonttools": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:0c16d5da7846a92aedcb448277d13d3b729f7de48a917768d97ebd0d17067d7f",
+                "sha256:bd93818f304b7f0d087e8ca9b5b3ed0819a68fb6c1a4763134a92bb046c2c31b"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==4.3.0"
+        },
+        "numpy": {
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+                "sha256:39d2c685af15d3ce682c99ce5925cc66efc824652e10990d2462dfe9b8918c6a",
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+                "sha256:e840f552a509e3380b0f0ec977e8124d0dc34dc0e68289ca28f4d7c1d0d79474",
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+            ],
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+            ],
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+        },
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+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:091ecc894d5e908ac75209f10d5b4f118fbdb2eb1ede6a63544054bb1edb41f2",
+                "sha256:910f4656f54de5993ad9304959ce9bb903f90aadc7c67a0bef07e678014e892d",
+                "sha256:cf8b63fedea4d89bab840ecbb93e75578af28f76f66c35889bd7065f5af88575"
+            ],
+            "version": "==3.7.4.1"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4103235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from cozette_builder.imagegen import save_sample, save_charlist
+
+SAMPLE_TEXT = """
+$BLUE$┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
+┃ $MAGENTA$♡$NC$        $FG$Cozette$NC$        $MAGENTA$♡$BLUE$ ┃
+┡━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┩
+│ $WHITE$A B C D E F G H I J K L M $BLUE$│
+│ $WHITE$N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z $BLUE$│
+╞═══════════════════════════╡
+│    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0    │
+╞═══════════════════════════╡
+│ $WHITE$a b c d e f g h i j k l m $BLUE$│
+│ $WHITE$n o p q r s t u v w x y z $BLUE$│
+├┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┤
+│ $RED$() [] {} <> ? / \ : " ' ;$BLUE$ │
+│ $RED$! @ # $ % ^ & * _ = + - |$BLUE$ │
+│          , . ` ~$BLUE$          │
+╰───────────────────────────╯
+ $YELLOW$  
+  
+   $BLUE$│  $FG$╔═══════════════╗
+   $BLUE$└──$FG$║ $GREEN$✓ ✔ $YELLOW$✕ ✖ $MAGENTA$✗ ✘ $FG$ ║$BLUE$▒
+      $FG$║ $BLUE$       $FG$║$BLUE$▒
+      $FG$╚═══════════════╝$BLUE$▒
+       ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
+
+
+  $GREEN$Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub
+      ósm skrzyń fig.
+
+     Eĥoŝanĝo ĉiuĵaŭde.
+
+    Příliš žluťoučký kůň
+     úpěl ďábelské ódy.
+
+          $FG$♠ ♣ $MAGENTA$♥ ♦
+"""
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+
+def save_images():
+    bdfpath = REPO_ROOT / "Cozette8" / "Cozette-10.bdf"
+
+    save_charlist(bdfpath, REPO_ROOT / "img" / "characters.png")
+
+    save_sample(
+        "Clozette", SAMPLE_TEXT, REPO_ROOT / "img" / "sample.png",
+    )
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    save_images()
diff --git a/cozette_builder/__init__.py b/cozette_builder/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/cozette_builder/bdf/__init__.py b/cozette_builder/bdf/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/cozette_builder/bdf/bdffont.py b/cozette_builder/bdf/bdffont.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..853bf38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cozette_builder/bdf/bdffont.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+from typing import (
+    Iterable,
+    Union,
+    Literal,
+    NamedTuple,
+    Dict,
+    List,
+    TextIO,
+    Tuple,
+)
+import numpy as np
+
+Bit = Union[Literal[1], Literal[0]]
+
+
+class BBX(NamedTuple):
+    w: int
+    h: int
+    x: int
+    y: int
+
+
+class BdfGlyph:
+    def __init__(self, bits: np.array, meta: Dict[str, str]):
+
+        self.bbx = bbx = BBX(*[int(s) for s in meta["BBX"].split()])
+        # this is probably wrong
+        self.bits: np.array = np.pad(bits, [[0, 0], [bbx.x, 0]])[
+            bbx.y : bbx.y + bbx.h, bbx.x : bbx.x + bbx.w
+        ]
+        self.meta = meta
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_str(cls, s: str, meta: Dict[str, str]) -> BdfGlyph:
+        return cls.from_iterable((int(l, 16) for l in s.splitlines()), meta)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_iterable(
+        cls, values: Iterable[int], meta: Dict[str, str]
+    ) -> BdfGlyph:
+        return BdfGlyph(
+            np.unpackbits(
+                np.array([[v] for v in values], dtype=np.uint8), axis=1
+            ),
+            meta=meta,
+        )
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return "\n".join(
+            "".join("#" if ch else " " for ch in line) for line in self.bits
+        )
+
+
+def parse_char(bdfstream: TextIO):
+    specs = {}
+    while not (line := bdfstream.readline()).startswith("BITMAP"):
+        parts = line.split(maxsplit=1)
+        specs[parts[0]] = parts[1]
+    bitmap = []
+    while not (line := bdfstream.readline()).startswith("ENDCHAR"):
+        bitmap.append(int(line.strip(), 16))
+    return specs, bitmap
+
+
+class BdfFont:
+    def __init__(self, metadata: List[str], glyphs: Dict[int, BdfGlyph]):
+        self.metadata: List[str] = metadata
+        self.glyphs: Dict[int, BdfGlyph] = glyphs
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_bdf(cls, bdfstream: TextIO):
+        metadata = []
+        while not (line := bdfstream.readline()).startswith("CHARS "):
+            metadata.append(line)
+        glyphs = {}
+        for i in range(int(line.split()[1])):
+            meta, char = parse_char(bdfstream)
+            glyphs[int(meta["ENCODING"])] = BdfGlyph.from_iterable(char, meta)
+        return cls(metadata, glyphs)
+
+    @property
+    def codepoints(self) -> Tuple[int, ...]:
+        return tuple(self.glyphs.keys())
+
+    @property
+    def str_codepoints(self) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
+        return tuple(f"U+{i:X}" for i in self.glyphs)
diff --git a/cozette_builder/imagegen.py b/cozette_builder/imagegen.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9e4e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cozette_builder/imagegen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import subprocess
+from typing import Tuple, Dict, Optional
+from shlex import quote
+from pathlib import Path
+from cozette_builder.bdf.bdffont import BdfFont
+import textwrap
+import tempfile
+
+Color = Tuple[int, int, int]
+
+
+def hex_to_rgb(color: str) -> Color:
+    h = int(color, 16)
+    return h >> 16, (h >> 8) & 0x00FF, h & 0x0000FF
+
+
+Palette = Dict[str, Optional[Color]]
+
+
+default_palette: Palette = dict(
+    fg=hex_to_rgb("feffff"),
+    bg=hex_to_rgb("2d2b33"),
+    black=hex_to_rgb("383640"),
+    red=hex_to_rgb("a09ebb"),
+    green=hex_to_rgb("92b6b1"),
+    yellow=hex_to_rgb("edaf97"),
+    blue=hex_to_rgb("8789c0"),
+    magenta=hex_to_rgb("e47b66"),
+    cyan=hex_to_rgb("6b9080"),
+    white=hex_to_rgb("969a97"),
+    nc=None,
+)
+
+# Todo: rewrite this to use files instead of a string
+def save_sample(
+    font: str,
+    sample: str,
+    output_path: Path,
+    fgcolor: str = "#abb2bf",
+    bgcolor: str = "#282c34",
+    palette: Palette = None,
+):
+    if palette is None:
+        palette = default_palette
+    colored, stripped = colored_and_stripped_text(sample, palette)
+
+    lines = stripped.splitlines()
+    h, w = len(lines), max(len(line) for line in lines)
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", delete=False) as f:
+        f.write(colored)
+        fp = f.name
+    cmd = quote(
+        f"tput civis &&"
+        f"cat {fp} && sleep 0 && "
+        f"import -window $WINDOWID {output_path}"
+    )
+    subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "xterm",
+            "-fg",
+            fgcolor,
+            "-bg",
+            bgcolor,
+            "-fa",
+            font,
+            "-geometry",
+            f"{w}x{h}",
+            "-dc",
+            "-e",
+            f"bash -c {cmd}",
+        ],
+        stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+    )
+    Path(fp).unlink()
+
+
+def color_escape_seq(color: Color = None):
+    if color is None:
+        return f"\033[38;0m"
+    return f"\033[38;2;{color[0]};{color[1]};{color[2]}m"
+
+
+def colored_and_stripped_text(text: str, palette: Palette) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+    colored_text = text
+    stripped_text = text
+    for color in palette.keys():
+        # The PyCharm MyPy plugin throws a fit at `palette.get(color)` because
+        # it doesn't know that palette.get returns an Optional[Color], PyCharm
+        # itself throws a fit here because of
+        # https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-40439, and it sometimes
+        # forgets that `palette` has a `.get` method, so ignore all those
+        # warnings:
+        # noinspection Mypy, PyTypedDict, PyUnresolvedReferences
+        colored_text = colored_text.replace(
+            f"${color.upper()}$", color_escape_seq(palette[color])
+        )
+        stripped_text = stripped_text.replace(f"${color.upper()}$", "")
+    return colored_text, stripped_text
+
+
+# Todo: write a fill() that ignores character codes
+
+
+def save_charlist(bdf_font: Path, output_path: Path):
+    with bdf_font.open() as f:
+        bdf = BdfFont.from_bdf(f)
+    save_sample(
+        "Clozette",
+        textwrap.fill(
+            "".join(
+                chr(c)
+                for c in bdf.codepoints
+                if c >= 32
+                and c
+                not in (
+                    127,
+                    # dumb as shit workaround for a weird bug
+                    0x26A1,
+                )
+            )
+        ),
+        output_path,
+    )
diff --git a/img/characters.png b/img/characters.png
index 5d9454f..1c15c3f 100644
Binary files a/img/characters.png and b/img/characters.png differ
diff --git a/img/sample.png b/img/sample.png
index ab92bfc..6022af9 100644
Binary files a/img/sample.png and b/img/sample.png differ
diff --git a/img/sample.txt b/img/sample.txt
index eb656be..10bcb9e 100644
--- a/img/sample.txt
+++ b/img/sample.txt
@@ -1,36 +1,34 @@
 
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