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diff --git a/scripts/bench-staxi-title.sh b/scripts/bench-staxi-title.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0bdc138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bench-staxi-title.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# bench-staxi-title.sh - Space Taxi title-screen logo cadence measurement
+# (the PERF-AUDIT #3 acceptance test: the logo repaints via 103
+# jlTilePasteMono calls, intended every 4th frame -- stRender.c
+# titleAnimateLogo's `& 3u` divider mirroring the C64 original).
+#
+# Boots GS/OS under headless MAME with a WORK COPY of joey.2mg (must
+# contain STAXI + its DATA tree; build with
+#   JOEY_DISK_EXAMPLES="STAXI" scripts/make-iigs-disk.sh),
+# launches STAXI via the standard Finder keystroke timeline, then
+# samples 8 known logo tile cells from the SHR framebuffer EVERY frame.
+# Each frame the sampled 256 bytes fold into a rolling hash; a hash
+# change means the logo visibly changed on screen (the flip-book tile
+# differs on every 4-frame step, so a healthy title changes every 4
+# frames; a slow repaint stretches the observed period).
+#
+# Emits "STAXI-CHG frame=N sum=XXXXXX" per change, heartbeats, and a
+# final verify-style summary. Post-process the change frames into
+# periods with the analysis snippet in the acceptance report.
+#
+# Usage:   scripts/bench-staxi-title.sh [label]
+#   MAME_ROMPATH        override ROM dir (default ~/.mame/roms)
+#   STAXI_MAX_FRAMES    frame cap (default 15000)
+#   STAXI_MAX_CHANGES   stop after this many logo changes (default 80)
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)
+: "${LLVM816_ROOT:?bench-staxi-title.sh: source toolchains/env.sh first}"
+CADIUS="${CADIUS:-$LLVM816_ROOT/tools/cadius/cadius}"
+
+sys_disk=$repo/toolchains/emulators/support/gsos-system.po
+data_disk=$repo/build/iigs/bin/joey.2mg
+rompath="${MAME_ROMPATH:-$HOME/.mame/roms}"
+maxFrames="${STAXI_MAX_FRAMES:-15000}"
+maxChanges="${STAXI_MAX_CHANGES:-80}"
+label="${1:-run}"
+
+for f in "$sys_disk" "$data_disk"; do
+    [ -f "$f" ] || { echo "bench-staxi-title: missing $f" >&2; exit 2; }
+done
+if ! "$CADIUS" CATALOG "$data_disk" 2>/dev/null | grep -qE '^  STAXI +S16'; then
+    echo "bench-staxi-title: STAXI not on joey.2mg (JOEY_DISK_EXAMPLES=\"STAXI\" scripts/make-iigs-disk.sh)" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+work=$(mktemp -d -t joeylib-staxi.XXXXXX)
+trap 'rm -rf "$work"' EXIT
+cp "$sys_disk"  "$work/boot.po"
+cp "$data_disk" "$work/joey.2mg"
+
+cat > "$work/staxi.lua" <<LUA
+local cpu = manager.machine.devices[":maincpu"]
+local mem = cpu.spaces["program"]
+local nat = manager.machine.natkeyboard
+local frame = 0
+local idx = 1
+
+local function field(port, name)
+    local p = manager.machine.ioport.ports[port]
+    if p == nil then return nil end
+    return p.fields[name]
+end
+local key_cmd = field(":macadb:KEY3", "Command / Open Apple")
+local function press(f)   if f then f:set_value(1) end end
+local function release(f) if f then f:set_value(0) end end
+
+-- 8 logo tile cells (bx,by) chosen from title.dat's 0x84 map: byte
+-- offset in SHR = 0xE12000 + (by*8 + r)*160 + bx*4, 4 bytes per row.
+-- Every repaint pastes a different flip tile into these cells, so
+-- their content changes on every animation step.
+local cells = { {6,1},{11,1},{24,1},{29,1},{12,7},{16,8},{12,9},{15,10} }
+local function logoSum()
+    local sum = 0
+    for _, c in ipairs(cells) do
+        local base = 0xE12000 + (c[2] * 8) * 160 + c[1] * 4
+        for r = 0, 7 do
+            local off = base + r * 160
+            for b = 0, 3 do
+                sum = (sum * 33 + mem:read_u8(off + b)) % 16777213
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    return sum
+end
+
+local steps = {
+    {3000, function() nat:post("J") end},
+    {3120, function() press(key_cmd) end},
+    {3126, function() nat:post("o") end},
+    {3180, function() release(key_cmd) end},
+    {3540, function() nat:post("STAXI") end},
+    {3660, function() press(key_cmd) end},
+    {3666, function() nat:post("o") end},
+    {3720, function() release(key_cmd) end},
+}
+
+local prevSum = -1
+local nChanges = 0
+
+local function summary(tag)
+    local distinct = {}
+    local nonzero = 0
+    local checksum = 0
+    for i = 0, 31999 do
+        local b = mem:read_u8(0xE12000 + i)
+        if b ~= 0 then nonzero = nonzero + 1 end
+        distinct[b & 0x0F] = true
+        distinct[(b >> 4) & 0x0F] = true
+        checksum = (checksum + b) & 0xFFFFFF
+    end
+    local n = 0
+    for _ in pairs(distinct) do n = n + 1 end
+    io.write(string.format("STAXI-%s label=$label frame=%d changes=%d distinctNibbles=%d nonZeroBytes=%d checksum=%06X\n",
+        tag, frame, nChanges, n, nonzero, checksum))
+    io.flush()
+end
+
+emu.register_frame_done(function()
+    frame = frame + 1
+    while idx <= #steps and frame >= steps[idx][1] do
+        steps[idx][2]()
+        idx = idx + 1
+    end
+    if frame >= 3800 then
+        local s = logoSum()
+        if s ~= prevSum then
+            io.write(string.format("STAXI-CHG frame=%d sum=%06X\n", frame, s))
+            io.flush()
+            prevSum = s
+            nChanges = nChanges + 1
+            if nChanges >= $maxChanges then
+                summary("DONE")
+                manager.machine:exit()
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    if frame % 1500 == 0 then
+        io.write(string.format("STAXI-HEART frame=%d changes=%d\n", frame, nChanges))
+        io.flush()
+    end
+    if frame >= $maxFrames then
+        summary("TIMEOUT")
+        manager.machine:exit()
+    end
+end)
+LUA
+
+echo "bench-staxi-title[$label]: running STAXI headless under MAME (cap $maxFrames frames, $maxChanges changes)..." >&2
+cd "$work"
+out=$(QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen SDL_VIDEODRIVER=dummy SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dummy \
+    timeout "${STAXI_WALL_TIMEOUT:-900}" mame apple2gs \
+        -rompath "$rompath" \
+        -flop3 "$work/boot.po" -flop4 "$work/joey.2mg" \
+        -video none -sound none -nothrottle \
+        -autoboot_script "$work/staxi.lua" </dev/null 2>&1) || true
+
+echo "$out" | grep -E '^STAXI-(CHG|HEART|DONE|TIMEOUT)' > "$repo/build/iigs/bin/staxi-title-$label.log" || true
+tail -3 "$repo/build/iigs/bin/staxi-title-$label.log" >&2
+lines=$(grep -c '^STAXI-CHG' "$repo/build/iigs/bin/staxi-title-$label.log" || true)
+echo "bench-staxi-title[$label]: $lines change events -> build/iigs/bin/staxi-title-$label.log" >&2
diff --git a/scripts/diag-staxi-screen.sh b/scripts/diag-staxi-screen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0e63232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/diag-staxi-screen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# diag-staxi-screen.sh - one-off diagnostic for the STAXI title test:
+# boot + launch STAXI, dump the full SHR framebuffer + palettes as hex
+# at a target frame, then extract JOEYLOG.TXT from the work disk so the
+# game's own init/asset-load log is visible. Outputs land in
+# build/iigs/bin/ (staxi-shr.hex, staxi-joeylog.txt).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)
+: "${LLVM816_ROOT:?diag-staxi-screen.sh: source toolchains/env.sh first}"
+CADIUS="${CADIUS:-$LLVM816_ROOT/tools/cadius/cadius}"
+
+sys_disk=$repo/toolchains/emulators/support/gsos-system.po
+data_disk=$repo/build/iigs/bin/joey.2mg
+rompath="${MAME_ROMPATH:-$HOME/.mame/roms}"
+dumpFrame="${STAXI_DUMP_FRAME:-9000}"
+
+work=$(mktemp -d -t joeylib-staxidiag.XXXXXX)
+trap 'rm -rf "$work"' EXIT
+cp "$sys_disk"  "$work/boot.po"
+cp "$data_disk" "$work/joey.2mg"
+
+cat > "$work/diag.lua" <<LUA
+local cpu = manager.machine.devices[":maincpu"]
+local mem = cpu.spaces["program"]
+local nat = manager.machine.natkeyboard
+local frame = 0
+local idx = 1
+
+local function field(port, name)
+    local p = manager.machine.ioport.ports[port]
+    if p == nil then return nil end
+    return p.fields[name]
+end
+local key_cmd = field(":macadb:KEY3", "Command / Open Apple")
+local function press(f)   if f then f:set_value(1) end end
+local function release(f) if f then f:set_value(0) end end
+
+local steps = {
+    {3000, function() nat:post("J") end},
+    {3120, function() press(key_cmd) end},
+    {3126, function() nat:post("o") end},
+    {3180, function() release(key_cmd) end},
+    {3540, function() nat:post("STAXI") end},
+    {3660, function() press(key_cmd) end},
+    {3666, function() nat:post("o") end},
+    {3720, function() release(key_cmd) end},
+}
+local pcs = {}
+
+emu.register_frame_done(function()
+    frame = frame + 1
+    while idx <= #steps and frame >= steps[idx][1] do
+        steps[idx][2]()
+        idx = idx + 1
+    end
+    -- Hang localization: sample the PC over 60 frames before the dump,
+    -- and probe NEWVIDEO (0xE0C029: bit7 = SHR on -> jlpInit ran).
+    if frame == $dumpFrame - 120 then
+        io.write(string.format("SHRPROBE newvideo=%02X shadow=%02X\n",
+            mem:read_u8(0xE0C029), mem:read_u8(0xE0C035)))
+        io.flush()
+    end
+    if frame >= $dumpFrame - 100 and frame < $dumpFrame - 40 then
+        local pc = cpu.state["PC"].value
+        local k = string.format("%06X", pc)
+        pcs[k] = (pcs[k] or 0) + 1
+    end
+    if frame == $dumpFrame - 40 then
+        for k, v in pairs(pcs) do
+            io.write(string.format("SHRPC %s count=%d\n", k, v))
+        end
+        io.flush()
+    end
+    if frame == $dumpFrame - 20 then
+        -- Locate the jlLog RAM ring without UBER's mailbox: bulk-read every
+        -- RAM bank and emit it as hex; the host greps for the build-stamp
+        -- text. read_range failures are reported, not swallowed.
+        local banks = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,0xE0,0xE1}
+        for _, bank in ipairs(banks) do
+            local base = bank * 65536
+            local ok, buf = pcall(function() return mem:read_range(base, base + 65535, 8) end)
+            if ok and buf ~= nil then
+                for off = 0, 65535, 256 do
+                    local chunk = string.sub(buf, off + 1, off + 256)
+                    local hex = {}
+                    for i = 1, #chunk do
+                        hex[#hex + 1] = string.format("%02X", string.byte(chunk, i))
+                    end
+                    io.write(string.format("SHRMEM %02X%04X %s\n", bank, off, table.concat(hex)))
+                end
+            else
+                io.write(string.format("SHRMEM-FAIL bank=%02X err=%s\n", bank, tostring(buf)))
+            end
+        end
+        io.flush()
+    end
+    if frame == $dumpFrame then
+        -- SHR pixel dump: 200 rows x 160 bytes as hex lines.
+        for row = 0, 199 do
+            local parts = {}
+            for b = 0, 159 do
+                parts[#parts + 1] = string.format("%02X", mem:read_u8(0xE12000 + row * 160 + b))
+            end
+            io.write("SHRROW " .. table.concat(parts) .. "\n")
+        end
+        -- SCBs + palettes.
+        local scb = {}
+        for i = 0, 15 do scb[#scb + 1] = string.format("%02X", mem:read_u8(0xE19D00 + i)) end
+        io.write("SHRSCB " .. table.concat(scb, " ") .. "\n")
+        local pal = {}
+        for i = 0, 31 do pal[#pal + 1] = string.format("%02X", mem:read_u8(0xE19E00 + i)) end
+        io.write("SHRPAL " .. table.concat(pal, " ") .. "\n")
+        io.flush()
+        manager.machine:exit()
+    end
+end)
+LUA
+
+echo "diag-staxi: dumping SHR at frame $dumpFrame..." >&2
+cd "$work"
+out=$(QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen SDL_VIDEODRIVER=dummy SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dummy \
+    timeout 900 mame apple2gs \
+        -rompath "$rompath" \
+        -flop3 "$work/boot.po" -flop4 "$work/joey.2mg" \
+        -video none -sound none -nothrottle \
+        -autoboot_script "$work/diag.lua" </dev/null 2>&1) || true
+
+echo "$out" | grep -E '^SHR(PROBE|PC)|^SHRMEM-FAIL' | sed 's/^/diag-staxi: /' >&2
+echo "$out" | grep -E '^SHRMEM ' > "$repo/build/iigs/bin/staxi-mem.hex" || true
+echo "$out" | grep -E '^SHR(ROW|SCB|PAL)' > "$repo/build/iigs/bin/staxi-shr.hex"
+wc -l "$repo/build/iigs/bin/staxi-shr.hex" >&2
+
+# The game flushed its log to the volume root; pull it off the WORK copy.
+rm -f "$repo/build/iigs/bin/staxi-joeylog.txt" "$work/JOEYLOG.TXT"* 2>/dev/null || true
+"$CADIUS" EXTRACTFILE "$work/joey.2mg" "/JOEYLIB/JOEYLOG.TXT" "$work/" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+found=$(ls "$work"/JOEYLOG.TXT* 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+if [ -n "$found" ]; then
+    tr -d '\r' < "$found" > "$repo/build/iigs/bin/staxi-joeylog.txt"
+    echo "diag-staxi: extracted JOEYLOG.TXT:" >&2
+else
+    echo "diag-staxi: no JOEYLOG.TXT on work disk (flush never ran?)" >&2
+fi
diff --git a/stRender.c b/stRender.c
index c0fd1aa..bdab0cf 100644
--- a/stRender.c
+++ b/stRender.c
@@ -1139,42 +1139,34 @@ static void destroySprites(void) {
 }
 
 
+// The 1000-glyph font streams straight onto the font surface via
+// jlTileBankLoadToSurface -- no 32KB staging buffer. The old
+// malloc(32000) was lethal on IIgs (the clang libc heap is ~665
+// bytes and malloc returns 1, not NULL, at exhaustion -- LLVM816-ASKS
+// item 4 -- so jlTileBankLoad fread the payload through pointer 1 and
+// shredded bank 0 before the first present), and a 32KB static blows
+// the bank-0 BSS ceiling. The streaming loader exists for exactly
+// this case; its block grid matches ST_FONT_COLS row-major layout.
 static bool loadFontSheet(jlSurfaceT *stage) {
-    jlTileT  *fontTiles;
-    uint16_t  count;
-    uint16_t  i;
-    uint16_t  palette[16];
+    uint16_t count;
+    uint16_t palette[16];
 
     (void)stage;
-    // Load font.tbk into a temp tile array, then paste each glyph
-    // into a regular surface that jlDrawText can sample. ~32 KB of
-    // temp memory for the 1000-tile font; freed before returning.
-    fontTiles = (jlTileT *)malloc(sizeof(jlTileT) * ST_FONT_TILES_MAX);
-    if (fontTiles == NULL) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    count = jlTileBankLoad(ST_FONT_PATH, fontTiles, ST_FONT_TILES_MAX,
-                           NULL, palette);
-    if (count == 0u) {
-        free(fontTiles);
-        return false;
-    }
     gRender.fontSurface = jlSurfaceCreate();
     if (gRender.fontSurface == NULL) {
-        free(fontTiles);
+        return false;
+    }
+    count = jlTileBankLoadToSurface(ST_FONT_PATH, gRender.fontSurface, palette);
+    if (count == 0u) {
+        jlSurfaceDestroy(gRender.fontSurface);
+        gRender.fontSurface = NULL;
         return false;
     }
     // Font palette is authoritative for the font surface so jlDrawText
     // reads back the authored colors. Stage palette is untouched.
     jlPaletteSet(gRender.fontSurface, 0u, palette);
     jlScbSetRange(gRender.fontSurface, 0, SURFACE_HEIGHT - 1, 0);
-    for (i = 0u; i < count; i++) {
-        uint8_t bx = (uint8_t)(i % ST_FONT_COLS);
-        uint8_t by = (uint8_t)(i / ST_FONT_COLS);
-        jlTilePaste(gRender.fontSurface, bx, by, &fontTiles[i]);
-    }
     gRender.fontReady = true;
-    free(fontTiles);
     return true;
 }