diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 86a5aa4..bae82ae 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@
   "Reindent the current buffer."
   (interactive)
   (indent-region (point-min) (point-max)))
+(defun set-face-attributes (list-of-lists)
+  "For each sublist of LIST-OF-LISTS, apply the attributes specified in
+the cdr to the face specified by the car.
+
+That is, the call:
+
+  (set-face-attributes '((font-lock-comment-face :slant italic)))
+
+will set the `:slant' attribute of `font-lock-comment-face' to the
+value `italic'."
+  (mapc #'(lambda (l)
+            (apply #'set-face-attribute
+                   `(,(car l) t ,@(cdr l))))
+        list-of-lists))
 
 ;; other key binds
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-c e r") 'reindent-buffer)
@@ -200,20 +214,24 @@
 (package-install 'magit)
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-c b") 'magit-blame)
 
-;; fonts
+;; faces
 (let
-    ((font-fixed "Roboto Mono")
-     (font-varpt "Roboto"))
-  (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "Roboto Mono"))
-  (set-face-attribute 'default t :height 140)
-  (set-face-attribute 'fixed-pitch t :family font-fixed)
-  (set-face-attribute 'variable-pitch t :family font-varpt)
-  (set-face-attribute 'fixed-pitch-serif t
-   :family font-fixed
-   :weight 'regular))
-;; make comments italic
-(set-face-attribute 'font-lock-comment-face t :slant 'italic)
-(set-face-attribute 'font-lock-keyword-face t :slant 'italic)
+    ((fixedpt "Roboto Mono")
+     (  varpt "Roboto"))
+  (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist (cons 'font fixedpt))
+  (set-face-attributes
+   '((default :height 140)
+     (fixed-pitch :family fixedpt)
+     (variable-pitch :family varpt)
+     (fixed-pitch :family fixedpt :weight regular)
+     (font-lock-comment-face :slant italic)
+     (font-lock-keyword-face :slant italic)
+     (help-key-binding
+      :family fixedpt
+      :background "#181825"
+      :foreground "#89b4fa"
+      :box (:line-width (-1 . -1) :color "#11111b" :style nil))
+     (anzu-mode-line :foreground "#89b4fa"))))
 
 ;; custom
 (setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom.el")