diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 68553a9..7e5e345 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pkgdesc="Simplistic and highly configurable status panel for X and Wayland"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url=https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar
 license=(mit)
-makedepends=('meson' 'ninja' 'scdoc')
+makedepends=('meson' 'ninja' 'scdoc' 'tllist>=1.0.0')
 depends=(
   'libxcb' 'xcb-util' 'xcb-util-cursor' 'xcb-util-wm'
   'wayland' 'wlroots'
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ depends=(
   'libudev.so'
   'json-c'
   'libmpdclient'
-  'tllist>=1.0.0' 'fcft>=0.1.0')
+  'fcft>=0.2.0')
 optdepends=('xcb-util-errors: better X error messages')
 source=()
 
diff --git a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
index 72700f5..ed2867d 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
+++ b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ url=https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar
 license=(mit)
 conflicts=('yambar')
 provides=('yambar')
-makedepends=('meson' 'ninja' 'scdoc')
+makedepends=('meson' 'ninja' 'scdoc' 'tllist>=1.0.0')
 depends=(
   'wayland' 'wlroots'
   'pixman'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ depends=(
   'libudev.so'
   'json-c'
   'libmpdclient'
-  'tllist>=1.0.0' 'fcft>=0.1.0')
+  'fcft>=0.2.0')
 source=()
 
 pkgver() {
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 23cc39c..fb8e6b7 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -67,13 +67,7 @@ conf_to_color(const struct yml_node *node)
 struct font *
 conf_to_font(const struct yml_node *node)
 {
-    font_list_t font_list = tll_init();
-    tll_push_back(font_list, yml_value_as_string(node));
-
-    struct font *font = font_from_name(font_list, NULL);
-
-    tll_free(font_list);
-    return font;
+    return font_from_name(&(const char *){yml_value_as_string(node)}, 1, NULL);
 }
 
 struct deco *
@@ -269,11 +263,7 @@ conf_to_bar(const struct yml_node *bar, enum bar_backend backend)
      * and particles. This allows us to specify a default font and
      * foreground color at top-level.
      */
-    font_list_t font_list = tll_init();
-    tll_push_back(font_list, "sans");
-    struct font *font = font_from_name(font_list, NULL);
-    tll_free(font_list);
-
+    struct font *font = font_from_name(&(const char *){"sans"}, 1, NULL);
     pixman_color_t foreground = {0xffff, 0xffff, 0xffff, 0xffff}; /* White */
 
     const struct yml_node *font_node = yml_get_value(bar, "font");
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e474cee..c436234 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ backend_wayland = wayland_client.found() and wayland_cursor.found() and wlroots.
 
 # "My" dependencies, fallback to subproject
 tllist = dependency('tllist', version: '>=1.0.0', fallback: ['tllist', 'tllist'])
-fcft = dependency('fcft', version: ['>=0.1.0', '<0.2.0'], fallback: ['fcft', 'fcft'])
+fcft = dependency('fcft', version: ['>=0.2.0', '<0.3.0'], fallback: ['fcft', 'fcft'])
 
 add_project_arguments(
   ['-D_GNU_SOURCE'] +
diff --git a/particles/string.c b/particles/string.c
index f7b9085..eb3ac4f 100644
--- a/particles/string.c
+++ b/particles/string.c
@@ -38,13 +38,8 @@ static int
 begin_expose(struct exposable *exposable)
 {
     struct eprivate *e = exposable->private;
-
     struct font *font = exposable->particle->font;
 
-    LOG_DBG("%s: ascent=%f, descent=%f, height=%f",
-            font->name, font->fextents.ascent,
-            font->fextents.descent, font->fextents.height);
-
     e->glyphs = NULL;
     e->num_glyphs = 0;
 
diff --git a/subprojects/fcft b/subprojects/fcft
index 97ded50..e4352f2 160000
--- a/subprojects/fcft
+++ b/subprojects/fcft
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 97ded50d8f14e1fd55aac1f2ff1b46bc56c6fd8b
+Subproject commit e4352f2c4c6b301b42c15e13ef34f1d734598ce7