diff --git a/examples/dune b/examples/dune
index db36df4..0e287fd 100644
--- a/examples/dune
+++ b/examples/dune
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 (executable
  (name icat)
+ (modules icat)
  (libraries kittyimg stb_image))
+
+(executable
+  (name nottycat)
+  (modules nottycat)
+  (libraries notty notty.unix kittyimg.notty stb_image))
diff --git a/examples/nottycat.ml b/examples/nottycat.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a1a99a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nottycat.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+let icat filename =
+  let img = Result.get_ok (Stb_image.load ~channels:4 filename) in
+  let img_s = Kittyimg.string_of_bytes_ba img.Stb_image.data in
+  let img =
+    Nottyimg.of_string ~w:img.Stb_image.width ~h:img.Stb_image.height
+      ~format:`RGBA img_s
+  in
+  let open Notty in
+  let blanks n = I.(vcat @@ List.init n (fun _ -> string A.empty "")) in
+  I.((img <-> blanks 2 <-> string A.empty "Woop woop!") <|> (blanks 4 <-> img))
+  |> Notty_unix.output_image
+
+let () =
+  match Array.to_list Sys.argv |> List.tl with
+  | [ filename ] -> icat filename
+  | _ ->
+    Printf.eprintf "usage: %s <imagefile>\n" Sys.argv.(0); exit 1
diff --git a/lib/dune b/lib/dune
index 17d757e..f64ee23 100644
--- a/lib/dune
+++ b/lib/dune
@@ -1,4 +1,30 @@
 (library
  (libraries base64)
  (name kittyimg)
- (public_name kittyimg))
+ (public_name kittyimg)
+ (modules kittyimg))
+
+(library
+  (libraries kittyimg notty unix)
+  (name nottyimg)
+  (public_name kittyimg.notty)
+  (modules :standard \ kittyimg)
+  (foreign_stubs (language c) (names more_winsize)))
+
+(rule
+  (target rowcolumn-diacritics.txt)
+  (action
+    (with-stdout-to
+      %{target}
+      (bash "curl https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/_downloads/f0a0de9ec8d9ff4456206db8e0814937/rowcolumn-diacritics.txt"))))
+
+(rule
+  (target rowcolumns.ml)
+  (deps rowcolumn-diacritics.txt)
+  (action
+    (with-stdout-to
+      %{target}
+      (progn
+        (echo "let diacritics = [|\n")
+        (bash "tail -n +14 %{deps} | less | cut -d';' -f1 | sed 's/.*/  Uchar.of_int 0x\\0;/g'")
+        (echo "|]")))))
diff --git a/lib/kittyimg.ml b/lib/kittyimg.ml
index b968e6d..7c0a8bc 100644
--- a/lib/kittyimg.ml
+++ b/lib/kittyimg.ml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ end
 
 type display_opts = {
   placement : Placement.t option;
+  virtual_placement : unit option;
   (* source rectangle *)
   x : int option;
   y : int option;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ type display_opts = {
 }
 
 let display_opts
-    ?placement
+    ?placement ?virtual_placement
     ?x ?y ?w ?h
     ?xoff ?yoff
     ?cstretch ?rstretch
@@ -71,12 +72,13 @@ let display_opts
     ?quiet
     ()
   =
-  { placement; x; y; w; h; xoff; yoff;
+  { placement; virtual_placement; x; y; w; h; xoff; yoff;
     cstretch; rstretch; move_cursor; zindex; quiet }
 
 let items_of_display_opts opts =
   [
     'p', (opts.placement :> int option);
+    'U', Option.map (fun () -> 1) opts.virtual_placement;
     'x', opts.x;
     'y', opts.y;
     'w', opts.w;
diff --git a/lib/kittyimg.mli b/lib/kittyimg.mli
index 1d2cdca..10a06ef 100644
--- a/lib/kittyimg.mli
+++ b/lib/kittyimg.mli
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type display_opts
 
 val display_opts :
   ?placement:Placement.t ->
+  ?virtual_placement:unit ->
   ?x:int -> ?y:int ->
   ?w:int -> ?h:int ->
   ?xoff:int -> ?yoff:int ->
diff --git a/lib/more_winsize.c b/lib/more_winsize.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24139b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/more_winsize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <caml/mlvalues.h>
+#include <caml/alloc.h>
+#include <caml/fail.h>
+#include <caml/memory.h>
+
+CAMLprim value caml_kittyimg_winsize (value vfd) {
+  CAMLparam1 (vfd);
+
+  int fd = Int_val (vfd);
+  struct winsize w;
+
+  if (ioctl (fd, TIOCGWINSZ, &w) >= 0) {
+    CAMLlocal1 (result);
+    result = caml_alloc_tuple(4);
+
+    Store_field (result, 0, Val_int (w.ws_col));
+    Store_field (result, 1, Val_int (w.ws_row));
+    Store_field (result, 2, Val_int (w.ws_xpixel));
+    Store_field (result, 3, Val_int (w.ws_ypixel));
+
+    CAMLreturn (result);
+  }
+
+  caml_failwith("couldn't get winsize\0");
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/nottyimg.ml b/lib/nottyimg.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d83063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nottyimg.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+module K = Kittyimg
+module RC = Rowcolumns
+
+exception Too_many_images
+
+module Ids = struct
+  type t = Notty.A.color
+
+  let state = ref (0,0,0)
+
+  let incr () =
+    let (r,g,b) = !state in
+    let b,g = if b = 5 then 0, g + 1 else b + 1, g in
+    let g,r = if g > 5 then 0, r + 1 else g, r in
+    if r > 5 then
+      raise Too_many_images
+    else
+      state := (r,g,b)
+
+  let fresh () =
+    let (r,g,b) = !state in
+    let id = Notty.A.rgb ~r ~g ~b in
+    incr ();
+    id
+
+  let to_kittyid i = K.Id.of_int (Obj.magic i land 0xff)
+end
+
+let placeholder = Uchar.of_int 0x10EEEE
+
+external wsize : Unix.file_descr -> int * int * int * int =
+  "caml_kittyimg_winsize"
+
+(* Haaaaacky *)
+let winsize = wsize (Unix.descr_of_out_channel stdout)
+
+let width_to_cols iw =
+  let (c,_,w,_) = winsize in
+  Float.round (float iw /. (float w /. float c))
+  |> Float.to_int
+
+let height_to_rows ih =
+  let (_,r,_,h) = winsize in
+  Float.round (float ih /. (float h /. float r))
+  |> Float.to_int
+
+let of_string ~w ~h ~format data =
+  let id = Ids.fresh () in
+  (* Load image *)
+  K.send_image ~w ~h ~format ~quiet:`OK ~mode:(`Store (Ids.to_kittyid id)) data;
+  (* Create virtual placement *)
+  let c = width_to_cols w in
+  let r = height_to_rows h in
+  let opts =
+    K.display_opts ~virtual_placement:() ~cstretch:c ~rstretch:r
+      ~quiet:`Failure ()
+  in
+  K.display_image ~opts (Ids.to_kittyid id);
+  (* Create placeholder as a notty I.t *)
+  let id_as_attr = Notty.A.fg id in
+  let rows =
+    List.init r (fun row ->
+        let row = RC.diacritics.(row) in
+        let line = Array.make (c * 3) placeholder in
+        for i = 0 to c - 1 do
+          line.(i * 3 + 1) <- row;
+          line.(i * 3 + 2) <- RC.diacritics.(i);
+        done;
+        Notty.I.uchars id_as_attr line
+      )
+  in
+  Notty.I.vcat rows