diff --git a/font8x8_basic.bin b/font8x8_basic.bin
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/font8x8_basic.bin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bab23b3..e68450d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ use std::thread;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{self, Receiver, Sender};
 use hound::{WavSpec, WavWriter, SampleFormat};
 use image::{Rgba, RgbaImage};
+use rusttype::{Font, Scale, point};
 
 // Simple 8x8 bitmap font implementation
 mod builtin_font {
+    use image::{Rgba, RgbaImage};
     // Each character is 8 bytes (8x8 pixels)
     const FONT_DATA: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../font8x8_basic.bin");
 
@@ -18,9 +20,10 @@ mod builtin_font {
         y: u32,
         text: &str,
         color: Rgba<u8>,
+        scale: u32, // scale factor for font size
     ) {
-        let char_width = 8;
-        let char_height = 8;
+        let char_width = 8u32;
+        let char_height = 8u32;
 
         for (i, c) in text.chars().enumerate() {
             let char_index = c as usize;
@@ -28,15 +31,21 @@ mod builtin_font {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            let font_data = &FONT_DATA[char_index * char_width..(char_index + 1) * char_width];
+            let font_data = &FONT_DATA[char_index * char_width as usize..(char_index + 1) * char_width as usize];
 
             for row in 0..char_height {
                 for col in 0..char_width {
                     if font_data[row as usize] & (1 << (7 - col)) != 0 {
-                        let px = x + (i as u32 * char_width) + col;
-                        let py = y + row;
-                        if px < image.width() && py < image.height() {
-                            image.put_pixel(px, py, color);
+                        let px = x + (i as u32 * char_width * scale) + col * scale;
+                        let py = y + row * scale;
+                        for dx in 0..scale {
+                            for dy in 0..scale {
+                                let fx = px + dx;
+                                let fy = py + dy;
+                                if fx < image.width() && fy < image.height() {
+                                    image.put_pixel(fx, fy, color);
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -169,6 +178,38 @@ impl Robot36EncoderApp {
         }
     }
     
+    fn draw_callsign_with_rusttype(image: &mut RgbaImage, text: &str) {
+        // Path to a common system font found on this system
+        let font_data = std::fs::read("/usr/share/fonts/TTF/VictorMonoNerdFont-Thin.ttf")
+            .expect("Failed to load system font");
+        let font = Font::try_from_vec(font_data).expect("Error constructing Font");
+        let scale = Scale::uniform(32.0); // Adjust size as needed
+        let start = point(5.0, 32.0); // x, y baseline
+        let color = Rgba([0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 255u8]);
+
+        // Draw each glyph
+        let v_metrics = font.v_metrics(scale);
+        let glyphs: Vec<_> = font.layout(text, scale, start).collect();
+        for glyph in glyphs {
+            if let Some(bb) = glyph.pixel_bounding_box() {
+                glyph.draw(|gx, gy, gv| {
+                    let x = gx as i32 + bb.min.x;
+                    let y = gy as i32 + bb.min.y;
+                    if x >= 0 && y >= 0 && (x as u32) < image.width() && (y as u32) < image.height() {
+                        let alpha = (gv * 255.0) as u8;
+                        let pixel = image.get_pixel_mut(x as u32, y as u32);
+                        *pixel = Rgba([
+                            color[0],
+                            color[1],
+                            color[2],
+                            alpha,
+                        ]);
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
     fn encode_image_impl(
         input_path: PathBuf,
         output_path: PathBuf,
@@ -184,22 +225,7 @@ impl Robot36EncoderApp {
         
         // Add callsign overlay if provided
         if !callsign.is_empty() {
-            // Draw black background for text
-            for y in 0..16 {
-                for x in 0..(callsign.len() as u32 * 8).min(image.width()) {
-                    if x < image.width() && y < image.height() {
-                        image.put_pixel(x, y, Rgba([0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 200u8]));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            
-            // Draw text
-            builtin_font::draw_text(
-                &mut image,
-                5, 5, // x, y position
-                &callsign,
-                Rgba([255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8]), // white text
-            );
+            Self::draw_callsign_with_rusttype(&mut image, &callsign);
         }
         
         // Calculate target size while maintaining aspect ratio