diff --git a/.idea/kotlinc.xml b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
index 3c50bd3..57f05c9 100755
--- a/.idea/kotlinc.xml
+++ b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
-  <component name="Kotlin2JvmCompilerArguments">
-    <option name="jvmTarget" value="1.8" />
-  </component>
   <component name="KotlinCommonCompilerArguments">
-    <option name="apiVersion" value="1.2" />
-    <option name="languageVersion" value="1.2" />
+    <option name="apiVersion" value="1.4" />
+    <option name="languageVersion" value="1.4" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/GdxLib.xml b/.idea/libraries/GdxLib.xml
deleted file mode 100755
index d597db0..0000000
--- a/.idea/libraries/GdxLib.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<component name="libraryTable">
-  <library name="GdxLib">
-    <CLASSES>
-      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib" />
-    </CLASSES>
-    <JAVADOC />
-    <NATIVE>
-      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib" />
-    </NATIVE>
-    <SOURCES>
-      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib" />
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/gdx.jar!/" />
-    </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
-  </library>
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/KotlinJavaRuntime.xml b/.idea/libraries/KotlinJavaRuntime.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 057f1ac..1a7265d
--- a/.idea/libraries/KotlinJavaRuntime.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/KotlinJavaRuntime.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 <component name="libraryTable">
   <library name="KotlinJavaRuntime">
     <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-runtime.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-stdlib.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-test.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
-      <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-runtime-sources.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-stdlib-sources.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-reflect-sources.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$KOTLIN_BUNDLED$/lib/kotlin-test-sources.jar!/" />
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/TesterLib.xml b/.idea/libraries/TesterLib.xml
deleted file mode 100755
index d20e73d..0000000
--- a/.idea/libraries/TesterLib.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<component name="libraryTable">
-  <library name="TesterLib">
-    <CLASSES>
-      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/FontTestGDX/lib" />
-    </CLASSES>
-    <JAVADOC />
-    <SOURCES />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/FontTestGDX/lib" recursive="false" />
-  </library>
-</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/com_badlogicgames_gdx_gdx_1_10_0.xml b/.idea/libraries/com_badlogicgames_gdx_gdx_1_10_0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07d1917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/libraries/com_badlogicgames_gdx_gdx_1_10_0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<component name="libraryTable">
+  <library name="com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx:1.10.0" type="repository">
+    <properties maven-id="com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx:1.10.0" />
+    <CLASSES>
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/badlogicgames/gdx/gdx/1.10.0/gdx-1.10.0.jar!/" />
+    </CLASSES>
+    <JAVADOC />
+    <SOURCES />
+  </library>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/BuildJAR_TerrarumSansBitmap.iml b/BuildJAR_TerrarumSansBitmap.iml
index 1f959f2..a395c44 100755
--- a/BuildJAR_TerrarumSansBitmap.iml
+++ b/BuildJAR_TerrarumSansBitmap.iml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx:1.10.0" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="KotlinJavaRuntime" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="GdxLib" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/FontTestGDX/FontTestGDX.iml b/FontTestGDX/FontTestGDX.iml
index 524cf80..de9052b 100755
--- a/FontTestGDX/FontTestGDX.iml
+++ b/FontTestGDX/FontTestGDX.iml
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="KotlinJavaRuntime" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="GdxLib" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="TesterLib" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="BuildJAR_TerrarumSansBitmap" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="KotlinJavaRuntime" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>
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diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarumsansbitmap/gdx/GameFontBase.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarumsansbitmap/gdx/GameFontBase.kt
index bf10f21..1cb481e 100755
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarumsansbitmap/gdx/GameFontBase.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarumsansbitmap/gdx/GameFontBase.kt
@@ -391,8 +391,6 @@ class GameFontBase(
 
     private lateinit var tempLinotype: Texture
 
-    private lateinit var originalColour: Color
-
     private var nullProp = GlyphProps(15, 0)
 
     private val pixmapOffsetY = 10
@@ -414,12 +412,10 @@ class GameFontBase(
         val x = Math.round(x)
         val y = Math.round(y)
 
-        originalColour = batch.color.cpy()
-        val mainColObj = originalColour
-        var mainCol: Int = originalColour.toRGBA8888().forceOpaque()
-
         val charSeqHash = charSeq.toCodePoints().getHash()
 
+        var renderCol = -1 // subject to change with the colour code
+
         if (charSeqNotBlank) {
 
             val cacheObj = getCache(charSeqHash)
@@ -458,10 +454,10 @@ class GameFontBase(
 
                     if (isColourCode(c)) {
                         if (c == 0x100000) {
-                            mainCol = originalColour.toRGBA8888().forceOpaque()
+                            renderCol = -1
                         }
                         else {
-                            mainCol = getColour(c)
+                            renderCol = getColour(c)
                         }
                     }
                     else if (isCharsetOverride(c)) {
@@ -492,15 +488,9 @@ class GameFontBase(
                         val jungTex = hangulSheet.get(indexJung, jungRow)
                         val jongTex = hangulSheet.get(indexJong, jongRow)
 
-                        linotypePixmap.setColor(mainCol)
-                        linotypePixmap.drawPixmap(choTex,  posXbuffer[index], pixmapOffsetY, mainCol)
-                        linotypePixmap.drawPixmap(jungTex, posXbuffer[index], pixmapOffsetY, mainCol)
-                        linotypePixmap.drawPixmap(jongTex, posXbuffer[index], pixmapOffsetY, mainCol)
-
-                        //batch.color = mainCol
-                        //batch.draw(choTex, x + posXbuffer[index].toFloat(), y)
-                        //batch.draw(jungTex, x + posXbuffer[index].toFloat(), y)
-                        //batch.draw(hangulSheet.get(indexJong, jongRow), x + posXbuffer[index].toFloat(), y)
+                        linotypePixmap.drawPixmap(choTex,  posXbuffer[index], pixmapOffsetY, renderCol)
+                        linotypePixmap.drawPixmap(jungTex, posXbuffer[index], pixmapOffsetY, renderCol)
+                        linotypePixmap.drawPixmap(jongTex, posXbuffer[index], pixmapOffsetY, renderCol)
 
 
                         index += hangulLength - 1
@@ -518,14 +508,11 @@ class GameFontBase(
                             val posX = posXbuffer[index]
                             val texture = sheets[sheetID].get(sheetX, sheetY)
 
-                            linotypePixmap.drawPixmap(texture, posX, posY + pixmapOffsetY, mainCol)
+                            linotypePixmap.drawPixmap(texture, posX, posY + pixmapOffsetY, renderCol)
 
-                            //batch.color = mainCol
-                            //batch.draw(texture, posX, posY)
 
                         }
                         catch (noSuchGlyph: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException) {
-                            //batch.color = mainCol
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -550,9 +537,6 @@ class GameFontBase(
             }
 
 
-
-            batch.color = mainColObj
-
             if (!flipY) {
                 batch.draw(tempLinotype, x.toFloat(), (y - pixmapOffsetY).toFloat())
             }
@@ -567,7 +551,6 @@ class GameFontBase(
 
         }
 
-        batch.color = originalColour
         return null
     }