diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09f51b33..028d9f3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [v1.9.0] - perhaps christmas 2019?
+## [v1.9.0] - December 2019
+
+- changed compatibility versions in Project.toml
 
 ### Added
 
-- Bezier `arrow()`s can also be defined by height now
+- Bezier `arrow()`s can also be defined by height of box
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 62e17aca..4544b3f7 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Luxor"
 uuid = "ae8d54c2-7ccd-5906-9d76-62fc9837b5bc"
 authors = ["cormullion <cormullion@mac.com>"]
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.9.0"
 
 [deps]
 Cairo = "159f3aea-2a34-519c-b102-8c37f9878175"
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ test = ["Test"]
 
 [compat]
 julia         = "1"
-Cairo         = "0.5.6, 0.6, 0.7"
-Colors        = "0.9"
-FileIO        = "1"
-ImageMagick   = "0.7.3"
-Juno          = "0.5.3, 0.7"
-QuartzImageIO = "0.6"
+Cairo         = "0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0"
+Colors        = "0.6, 0.9, 1.0"
+FileIO        = "^1.0"
+ImageMagick   = "^0.7"
+Juno          = "^0.7"
+QuartzImageIO = "^0.6"
diff --git a/src/bars.jl b/src/bars.jl
index 7f921612..2494f105 100644
--- a/src/bars.jl
+++ b/src/bars.jl
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ will fit in a box `yheight` high (even if there are negative values).
 To control the drawing of the text and bars, define functions that process the
 end points:
 
-`mybarfunction(bottom::Point, top::Point, value; extremes=[a, b], barnumber=0,
+`mybarfunction(bottom::Point, top::Point, value; extremes=[a, b], barnumber=1,
 bartotal=0)`
 
-`mylabelfunction(bottom::Point, top::Point, value; extremes=[a, b], barnumber=0,
+`mylabelfunction(bottom::Point, top::Point, value; extremes=[a, b], barnumber=1,
 bartotal=0)`
 
 and pass them like this:
@@ -29,7 +29,28 @@ bars(v, xwidth=15, yheight=10, labelfunction=mylabelfunction)
 or:
 
 ```
-bars(v, labelfunction = (args...; extremes=[], barnumber=0, bartotal=0) ->  setgray(rand()))
+bars(v, labelfunction = (args...; extremes=[], barnumber=1, bartotal=0) ->  setgray(rand()))
+```
+
+Draw some Fibonacci sequence numbers:
+
+```
+fib(n) = n > 2 ? fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2) : 1
+fibs = fib.(1:15)
+@draw begin
+    fontsize(12)
+    fontface("JuliaMono")
+    setline(20)
+    translate(boxbottomleft(BoundingBox() * 0.9))
+    bars(fibs,
+        barfunction = (b, t, v; kwargs...) -> line(b, t, :stroke),
+        labelfunction = (b, t, v; extremes=[], barnumber=1, bartotal=1) ->
+            begin
+                text(string(fibs[barnumber]), t + (0, -20), halign=:center)
+                text(string(barnumber), b + (0, 20), halign=:center)
+            end,
+        xwidth=35)
+end
 ```
 
 To suppress the text labels, use optional keyword `labels=false`.
@@ -37,14 +58,17 @@ To suppress the text labels, use optional keyword `labels=false`.
 function bars(values::Array;
     yheight = 200,
     xwidth = 25,
+
     barfunction   = (bottom::Point, top::Point, value;
-        extremes=extrema(values), barnumber=0, bartotal=0) -> begin
+        extremes=extrema(values), barnumber=1, bartotal=0) -> begin
                 setline(xwidth)
                 line(bottom, top, :stroke)
             end,
+
     labels::Bool=true,
+
     labelfunction = (bottom::Point, top::Point, value;
-        extremes=extrema(values), barnumber=0, bartotal=0) -> begin
+        extremes=extrema(values), barnumber=1, bartotal=0) -> begin
             t = string(round(value, digits=2))
             textoffset = textextents(t)[4]
             fontsize(10)
@@ -55,7 +79,7 @@ function bars(values::Array;
             end
             text(t, tp, halign=:center, valign=:middle)
         end)
-
+    # end keyword args
     x = O.x
     mn, mx = extrema(values)
     isapprox(mn, mx, atol=0.00001) && (mx = mn + 100) # better show something than nothing
diff --git a/src/graphlayout.jl b/src/graphlayout.jl
index e9aa5bbb..fc3bee09 100644
--- a/src/graphlayout.jl
+++ b/src/graphlayout.jl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function layout_spring(adjmatrix::Array{T,2} where T;
     densityconstant = 2.0,
     maxiterations = 100,
     initialtemperature = 2.0,
-    boundingbox = BoundingBox() * 0.9)
+    boundingbox =  BoundingBox(O - (250, 250), O + (250, 250)))
 
     N = size(adjmatrix, 1)
     if N != size(adjmatrix, 2)