diff -up dmenu-4.1.1/config.def.h dmenu-4.1.1-xft/config.def.h
--- dmenu-4.1.1/config.def.h	2010-05-29 14:56:51.000000000 +0300
+++ dmenu-4.1.1-xft/config.def.h	2010-09-02 17:31:01.176669712 +0300
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ static const char *normfgcolor = "#00000
 static const char *selbgcolor  = "#0066ff";
 static const char *selfgcolor  = "#ffffff";
 static unsigned int spaceitem  = 30; /* px between menu items */
+static const char *fontxft     = "Monospace-10:normal"; 
+#define USE_XFT 1 /* if set xft is used */
diff -up dmenu-4.1.1/config.mk dmenu-4.1.1-xft/config.mk
--- dmenu-4.1.1/config.mk	2010-05-29 14:56:51.000000000 +0300
+++ dmenu-4.1.1-xft/config.mk	2010-09-02 16:37:56.253340190 +0300
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ XINERAMALIBS = -L${X11LIB} -lXinerama
 XINERAMAFLAGS = -DXINERAMA
 
 # includes and libs
-INCS = -I. -I/usr/include -I${X11INC}
-LIBS = -L/usr/lib -lc -L${X11LIB} -lX11 ${XINERAMALIBS}
+INCS = -I. -I/usr/include -I${X11INC} -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/freetype2
+LIBS = -L/usr/lib -lc -L${X11LIB} -lX11 ${XINERAMALIBS} -lXft -lXrender -lfreetype -lz -lfontconfig -lXrender
 
 # flags
 CPPFLAGS = -D_BSD_SOURCE -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\" ${XINERAMAFLAGS}
diff -up dmenu-4.1.1/dmenu.1 dmenu-4.1.1-xft/dmenu.1
--- dmenu-4.1.1/dmenu.1	2010-05-29 14:56:51.000000000 +0300
+++ dmenu-4.1.1-xft/dmenu.1	2010-09-02 16:37:56.283340181 +0300
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .RB [ \-b ]
 .RB [ \-l " <lines>"]
 .RB [ \-fn " <font>"]
+.RB [ \-fa " <xftfont>"]
 .RB [ \-nb " <color>"]
 .RB [ \-nf " <color>"]
 .RB [ \-p " <prompt>"]
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ The given number of lines will be displa
 .B \-fn <font>
 defines the font.
 .TP
+.B \-fa <font>
+defines the xft font.
+.TP
 .B \-nb <color>
 defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
 .TP
diff -up dmenu-4.1.1/dmenu.c dmenu-4.1.1-xft/dmenu.c
--- dmenu-4.1.1/dmenu.c	2010-05-29 14:56:51.000000000 +0300
+++ dmenu-4.1.1-xft/dmenu.c	2010-09-02 17:28:10.510006842 +0300
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifdef XINERAMA
 #include <X11/extensions/Xinerama.h>
 #endif
+#include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
 
 /* macros */
 #define CLEANMASK(mask)         (mask & ~(numlockmask | LockMask))
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	int x, y, w, h;
 	unsigned long norm[ColLast];
 	unsigned long sel[ColLast];
+	Bool selected;
 	Drawable drawable;
 	GC gc;
 	struct {
@@ -38,6 +40,16 @@ typedef struct {
 		int descent;
 		int height;
 	} font;
+	XftDraw *xftdraw;
+	XftColor xftselcolor;
+	XftColor xftcolor;
+	XGlyphInfo gi;
+	struct {
+		XftFont *xft_font;
+		int ascent;
+		int descent;
+		int height;
+	} xftfont;
 } DC; /* draw context */
 
 typedef struct Item Item;
@@ -135,18 +147,23 @@ calcoffsetsh(void) {
 void
 calcoffsetsv(void) {
 	static unsigned int h;
+	int h2;
 
 	if(!curr)
 		return;
-	h = (dc.font.height + 2) * (lines + 1);
+	if(USE_XFT)
+	  h2 = dc.xftfont.height;
+	else
+	  h2 = dc.font.height;
+	h = (h2 + 2) * (lines + 1);
 	for(next = curr; next; next=next->right) {
-		h -= dc.font.height + 2;
+		h -= h2 + 2;
 		if(h <= 0)
 			break;
 	}
-	h = (dc.font.height + 2) * (lines + 1);
+	h = (h2 + 2) * (lines + 1);
 	for(prev = curr; prev && prev->left; prev=prev->left) {
-		h -= dc.font.height + 2;
+		h -= h2 + 2;
 		if(h <= 0)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -185,9 +202,14 @@ cleanup(void) {
 		free(allitems);
 		allitems = itm;
 	}
+	if(USE_XFT) {
+		XftColorFree (dpy, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen), DefaultColormap(dpy, screen), &dc.xftcolor);
+		XftFontClose (dpy, dc.xftfont.xft_font);
+		XftDrawDestroy(dc.xftdraw);
+	}
 	if(dc.font.set)
 		XFreeFontSet(dpy, dc.font.set);
-	else
+	else if(!USE_XFT)
 		XFreeFont(dpy, dc.font.xfont);
 	XFreePixmap(dpy, dc.drawable);
 	XFreeGC(dpy, dc.gc);
@@ -198,8 +220,15 @@ cleanup(void) {
 void
 drawcursor(void) {
 	XRectangle r = { dc.x, dc.y + 2, 1, dc.font.height - 2 };
+	int h2;
+
+	if(USE_XFT)
+	  h2 = dc.xftfont.height;
+	else
+	  h2 = dc.font.height;
 
-	r.x += textnw(text, cursor) + dc.font.height / 2;
+	r.height = h2 - 2;
+	r.x += textnw(text, cursor) + h2 / 2;
 
 	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, dc.norm[ColFG]);
 	XFillRectangles(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, &r, 1);
@@ -215,7 +244,9 @@ drawmenu(void) {
 	/* print prompt? */
 	if(prompt) {
 		dc.w = promptw;
-		drawtext(prompt, dc.sel);
+        dc.selected = True;
+        drawtext(prompt, dc.sel);
+        dc.selected = False;
 		dc.x += dc.w;
 	}
 	dc.w = mw - dc.x;
@@ -244,7 +275,13 @@ drawmenuh(void) {
 	dc.x += dc.w;
 	for(i = curr; i != next; i=i->right) {
 		dc.w = MIN(textw(i->text), mw / 3);
-		drawtext(i->text, (sel == i) ? dc.sel : dc.norm);
+		if(sel == i) {
+		  dc.selected = True;
+		  drawtext(i->text, dc.sel);
+		  dc.selected = False;
+		} else {
+		  drawtext(i->text, dc.norm);
+		}
 		dc.x += dc.w;
 	}
 	dc.w = spaceitem;
@@ -255,12 +292,24 @@ drawmenuh(void) {
 void
 drawmenuv(void) {
 	Item *i;
+	int h2;
+
+	if(USE_XFT)
+	  h2 = dc.xftfont.height;
+	else
+	  h2 = dc.font.height;
 
 	dc.w = mw - dc.x;
-	dc.y += dc.font.height + 2;
+	dc.y += h2 + 2;
 	for(i = curr; i != next; i=i->right) {
-		drawtext(i->text, (sel == i) ? dc.sel : dc.norm);
-		dc.y += dc.font.height + 2;
+		if(sel == i) {
+		  dc.selected = True;
+		  drawtext(i->text, dc.sel);
+		  dc.selected = False;
+		} else {
+		  drawtext(i->text, dc.norm);
+		}
+		dc.y += h2 + 2;
 	}
 	drawtext(NULL, dc.norm);
 }
@@ -268,7 +317,7 @@ drawmenuv(void) {
 void
 drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 	char buf[256];
-	int i, x, y, h, len, olen;
+	int i, x, y, h, a, len, olen;
 	XRectangle r = { dc.x, dc.y, dc.w, dc.h };
 
 	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[ColBG]);
@@ -276,8 +325,14 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long
 	if(!text)
 		return;
 	olen = strlen(text);
-	h = dc.font.height;
-	y = dc.y + ((h+2) / 2) - (h / 2) + dc.font.ascent;
+	if(!USE_XFT) {
+	  h = dc.font.height;
+	  a = dc.font.ascent;
+	} else {
+	  h = dc.xftfont.height;
+	  a = dc.xftfont.ascent;
+	}
+	y = dc.y + ((h+2) / 2) - (h / 2) + a;
 	x = dc.x + (h / 2);
 	/* shorten text if necessary */
 	for(len = MIN(olen, sizeof buf); len && textnw(text, len) > dc.w - h; len--);
@@ -287,7 +342,15 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long
 	if(len < olen)
 		for(i = len; i && i > len - 3; buf[--i] = '.');
 	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[ColFG]);
-	if(dc.font.set)
+	if(USE_XFT) {
+		if (!dc.xftdraw)
+			eprint("error, creating xft drawable failed");
+		if(dc.selected) {
+			XftDrawStringUtf8(dc.xftdraw, &dc.xftselcolor, dc.xftfont.xft_font, x, y, (unsigned char*)buf, len);
+		} else {
+			XftDrawStringUtf8(dc.xftdraw, &dc.xftcolor, dc.xftfont.xft_font, x, y, (unsigned char*)buf, len);
+		}
+	} else if(dc.font.set)
 		XmbDrawString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.font.set, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
 	else
 		XDrawString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
@@ -359,6 +422,15 @@ initfont(const char *fontstr) {
 }
 
 void
+initxft() {
+	if(!(dc.xftfont.xft_font = XftFontOpenName (dpy, screen, fontxft)))
+		eprint("error, cannot load xft font\n" );
+	dc.xftfont.ascent = dc.xftfont.xft_font->ascent;
+	dc.xftfont.descent = dc.xftfont.xft_font->descent;
+	dc.xftfont.height = dc.xftfont.ascent + dc.xftfont.descent;
+}
+
+void
 kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
 	char buf[sizeof text];
 	int i, num, off;
@@ -697,7 +769,15 @@ setup(Bool topbar) {
 	dc.norm[ColFG] = getcolor(normfgcolor);
 	dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(selbgcolor);
 	dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(selfgcolor);
-	initfont(font);
+	dc.selected = False;
+    if(USE_XFT){
+		if(!XftColorAllocName(dpy, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen), DefaultColormap(dpy, screen), (const char*)normfgcolor, &dc.xftcolor))
+			eprint("error, cannot allocate xft font color '%s'\n", normfgcolor);
+		if(!XftColorAllocName(dpy, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen), DefaultColormap(dpy, screen), (const char*)selfgcolor, &dc.xftselcolor))
+			eprint("error, cannot allocate xft font color '%s'\n", normfgcolor);
+        else
+			initxft();
+	} else initfont(font);
 
 	/* menu window */
 	wa.override_redirect = True;
@@ -705,7 +785,10 @@ setup(Bool topbar) {
 	wa.event_mask = ExposureMask | ButtonPressMask | KeyPressMask | VisibilityChangeMask;
 
 	/* menu window geometry */
-	mh = (dc.font.height + 2) * (lines + 1);
+	if(USE_XFT) 
+	  mh = (dc.xftfont.height + 2) * (lines + 1);
+	else
+	  mh = (dc.font.height + 2) * (lines + 1);
 #if XINERAMA
 	if(parent == RootWindow(dpy, screen) && XineramaIsActive(dpy) && (info = XineramaQueryScreens(dpy, &n))) {
 		i = 0;
@@ -741,7 +824,7 @@ setup(Bool topbar) {
 	dc.drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, parent, mw, mh, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
 	dc.gc = XCreateGC(dpy, parent, 0, NULL);
 	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, dc.gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
-	if(!dc.font.set)
+	if(!dc.font.set && !USE_XFT)
 		XSetFont(dpy, dc.gc, dc.font.xfont->fid);
 	if(maxname)
 		cmdw = MIN(textw(maxname), mw / 3);
@@ -750,13 +833,20 @@ setup(Bool topbar) {
 	text[0] = '\0';
 	match(text);
 	XMapRaised(dpy, win);
+	if(USE_XFT) {
+		dc.xftdraw = XftDrawCreate(dpy, dc.drawable, DefaultVisual(dpy,screen), DefaultColormap(dpy,screen));
+		if(!dc.xftdraw)
+			eprint("error, cannot create xft drawable\n");
+	}
 }
 
 int
 textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len) {
-	XRectangle r;
-
-	if(dc.font.set) {
+	if(USE_XFT) {
+		XftTextExtentsUtf8(dpy, dc.xftfont.xft_font, (const FcChar8*)text, len, &dc.gi);
+		return dc.gi.width;
+    } else if(dc.font.set) {
+	    XRectangle r;
 		XmbTextExtents(dc.font.set, text, len, NULL, &r);
 		return r.width;
 	}
@@ -765,6 +855,8 @@ textnw(const char *text, unsigned int le
 
 int
 textw(const char *text) {
+	if(USE_XFT)
+		return textnw(text, strlen(text)) + dc.xftfont.height;
 	return textnw(text, strlen(text)) + dc.font.height;
 }
 
@@ -791,6 +883,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-fn")) {
 			if(++i < argc) font = argv[i];
 		}
+		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-fa")) {
+			if(++i < argc) fontxft = argv[i];
+		}
 		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-nb")) {
 			if(++i < argc) normbgcolor = argv[i];
 		}
@@ -809,7 +904,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-v"))
 			eprint("dmenu-"VERSION", © 2006-2010 dmenu engineers, see LICENSE for details\n");
 		else
-			eprint("usage: dmenu [-i] [-b] [-e <xid>] [-l <lines>] [-fn <font>] [-nb <color>]\n"
+			eprint("usage: dmenu [-i] [-b] [-e <xid>] [-l <lines>] [-fn <font>] [-fa <xftfont>] [-nb <color>]\n"
 			       "             [-nf <color>] [-p <prompt>] [-sb <color>] [-sf <color>] [-v]\n");
 	if(!setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "") || !XSupportsLocale())
 		fprintf(stderr, "warning: no locale support\n");