diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d55e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.ttf
+fonts/pixel_operator/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/fonts/pixel_operator/build_reduced_ttf.sh b/fonts/pixel_operator/build_reduced_ttf.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dadb17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fonts/pixel_operator/build_reduced_ttf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Reduces ttf files to a subset of their original size to reduce the bandwidth
+# usage.
+
+pyftsubset PixelOperator-Bold.ttf --output-file=PixelOperator-Bold_reduced.ttf --text-file=header_text.txt
+pyftsubset PixelOperator.ttf --output-file=PixelOperator_reduced.ttf --unicodes="U+0020-007E"
diff --git a/fonts/pixel_operator/header_text.txt b/fonts/pixel_operator/header_text.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3650ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fonts/pixel_operator/header_text.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Welcome to My Small Corner of ~town
+My Things
+Other People's Things
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5b0baf4..17b786f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1">
 <style>
   @font-face {
-    font-family: "PixelOperator";
-    src: url("./fonts/PixelOperator-Bold.ttf");
+    font-family: "PixelOperator_reduced";
+    src: url("./fonts/pixel_operator/PixelOperator_reduced.ttf");
+  }
+
+  @font-face {
+    font-family: "PixelOperator_reduced";
+    font-weight: bold;
+    src: url("./fonts/pixel_operator/PixelOperator-Bold_reduced.ttf");
   }
 
   html {
@@ -18,7 +24,7 @@
     background: repeating-linear-gradient(rgb(0,0,170), rgb(0,0,170) 20px, rgb(0,170,170) 20px, rgb(0,170,170) 40px);
     min-height: 100%;
     margin: 0;
-    font-family: PixelOperator, monospace, fixed;
+    font-family: PixelOperator_reduced, monospace, fixed;
     font-size: 14pt;
   }