diff --git a/assets.h b/assets.h
index 072cb03..5511e7e 100644
--- a/assets.h
+++ b/assets.h
@@ -126,8 +126,18 @@ uint16_t LCR_getFontChar(char c)
     case 'X': case 'x': _F(12,15, 3, 4, 6, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9)
     case 'Y': case 'y': _F(12, 6, 9, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8)
     case ':':           _F( 4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8)
+    case '!':           _F( 1, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8)
+    case '?':           _F( 0, 2, 9, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7)
+    case ';':           _F( 0, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7)
     case '.':           _F( 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8)
     case ',':           _F( 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7)
+    case '-':           _F( 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6)
+    case '\'':          _F( 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5)
+    case '"':           _F( 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5)
+    case '+':           _F( 4, 6, 5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7)
+    case '_':           _F( 8,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10)
+    case '|':           _F( 5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7)
+    case '=':           _F( 4, 6, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2)
     default: return 0; break;
   }
 
diff --git a/game.h b/game.h
index 6d5ca53..791a185 100644
--- a/game.h
+++ b/game.h
@@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ void LCR_gameSetState(uint8_t state)
   LCR_game.stateStartTime = LCR_game.time;
 }
 
+LCR_GameUnit LCR_carSpeedKMH(void)
+{
+  return // we use 28/8 as an approximation of 3.6 to convers MPS to KMH
+    (28 * LCR_SETTING_METERS_PER_BLOCK * LCR_racingGetCarSpeedUnsigned() *
+    LCR_RACING_FPS) / (8 * LCR_GAME_UNIT);
+}
+
 void LCR_gameResetRun(void)
 {
   LCR_LOG0("resetting run");
@@ -233,14 +240,6 @@ uint8_t LCR_gameStep(uint32_t time)
     LCR_keyStates[i] = LCR_keyPressed(i) ?
       (LCR_keyStates[i] < 255 ? LCR_keyStates[i] + 1 : 255) : 0;
 
-//S3L_logTransform3D(LCR_renderer.scene.camera.transform);
-
-if ((LCR_racing.tick % 32) == 0)
-{
-  printf("speed: %d\n",LCR_racingGetCarSpeedSigned());
-
-}
-
   uint32_t sleep = 0;
 
   if (LCR_keyStates[LCR_KEY_B] == 1)
@@ -365,7 +364,34 @@ LCR_GameUnit physicsInterpolationParam = LCR_GAME_UNIT -
 
     LCR_rendererDraw();
 
-LCR_rendererDrawText("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz",10,20,0,2);
+    int val = LCR_carSpeedKMH();
+
+    if (val < 5) // don't show tiny oscillations when still
+      val = 0;
+
+    char str[6];
+
+    str[0] = val >= 100 ? '0' + (val / 100) % 10  : ' ';
+    str[1] = val >= 10 ? '0' + (val / 10) % 10  : ' ';
+    str[2] = '0' + val % 10;
+    str[3] = 0;
+
+    LCR_rendererDrawText(str,
+      LCR_EFFECTIVE_RESOLUTION_X -
+      LCR_rendererComputeTextWidth(str,2) - 20,
+      LCR_EFFECTIVE_RESOLUTION_Y -
+      LCR_rendererComputeTextHeight(2) - 20,0,2);
+
+str[0] = '1'; // TODO
+str[1] = '2';
+str[2] = '\'';
+str[3] = '3';
+str[4] = '4';
+str[5] = 0;
+
+    LCR_rendererDrawText(str,20,
+      LCR_EFFECTIVE_RESOLUTION_Y -
+      LCR_rendererComputeTextHeight(2) - 20,0,2);
 
     if (LCR_game.debugDraw)
     {
diff --git a/racing.h b/racing.h
index 5960e50..170172e 100644
--- a/racing.h
+++ b/racing.h
@@ -80,10 +80,13 @@ struct
 
 
 
-  LCR_GameUnit carSpeed; ///* Signed speed (negative if backwards)
+  LCR_GameUnit carSpeed;    /**< Signed speed in game units per tick (negative
+                                 if backwards) */
 } LCR_racing;
 
 
+
+
 TPE_Vec3 _LCR_TPE_vec3DividePlain(TPE_Vec3 v, TPE_Unit d)
 {
   v.x /= d; v.y /= d; v.z /= d;
@@ -974,7 +977,6 @@ uint32_t LCR_racingStep(unsigned int input)
   LCR_racing.carSpeed = (TPE_vec3Len(carVel) * LCR_GAME_UNIT)
     / LCR_PHYSICS_UNIT;
 
-
 if (TPE_vec3Dot(carVel,carForw) < 0)
   LCR_racing.carSpeed *= -1;
 
diff --git a/renderer.h b/renderer.h
index 586ba41..d8d05ba 100644
--- a/renderer.h
+++ b/renderer.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #define LCR_RENDERER_MODEL_COUNT 10
 #define LCR_RENDERER_CAR_SCALE (LCR_RENDERER_UNIT / 4)
 
-#define LCR_RENDERER_FONT_SEGMENT_SIZE 4
+#define LCR_RENDERER_FONT_SEGMENT_SIZE (2 + LCR_EFFECTIVE_RESOLUTION_X / 512)
 
 /** For some reason the map model is a bit misaligned with physics world, this
   kinda hotfixes it -- later try to discover source of this bug. TODO */
@@ -128,6 +128,28 @@ void _LCR_rendererDrawFontPixel(int x, int y, uint16_t color)
 #endif
 }
 
+int LCR_rendererComputeTextWidth(const char *text, int size)
+{
+  int r = 0;
+  size *= LCR_RENDERER_FONT_SEGMENT_SIZE;
+
+  while (*text)
+  {
+    text++;
+    r += 2 * size;
+
+    if (text[1])
+     r += 3 * size / 4;
+  }
+
+  return r + LCR_FONT_PIXEL_SIZE - 1;
+}
+
+int LCR_rendererComputeTextHeight(int size)
+{
+  return 2 * size * LCR_RENDERER_FONT_SEGMENT_SIZE + LCR_FONT_PIXEL_SIZE - 1;
+}
+
 void LCR_rendererDrawText(const char *text, int x, int y, uint16_t color,
   int size)
 {
diff --git a/settings.h b/settings.h
index 5ea3b76..cc1d6cd 100644
--- a/settings.h
+++ b/settings.h
@@ -153,4 +153,10 @@
   #define LCR_SETTING_LOG_LEVEL 1
 #endif
 
+#ifndef LCR_SETTING_METERS_PER_BLOCK
+  /** How many meters one game block is considered to measure (horizontally).
+    This is for calculating speed etc. */
+  #define LCR_SETTING_METERS_PER_BLOCK 4
+#endif
+
 #endif // guard