first things i'm noticing:
- fonts actually draw at the right goddamn size
- fallbacks seem to draw from fontconfig, so i dont have to piss about setting like 3 different fallback fonts just to get all the characters i need
- text colours dont get all fucked up when im typing in hiragana mode so i can actually read the characters im putting in(!)
i suspect these are just things common to all vte -based terminals but it's a huge fuckin deal to me after using rxvt for like 5+ years