diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index f6e9bbf..c331d72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ jobs:
           pip install -U pip
           pip install .[dev]
       - name: Run tests
-        run: pytest --mpl --verbose
+        run: pytest --mpl --verbose --mpl-generate-summary=html --mpl-results-path=./results
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          name: pytest-mpl-results-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          path: ./results
       - name: Run coverage
         if: contains(env.USING_COVERAGE, matrix.python-version)
         run: |
diff --git a/mpl_template/__init__.py b/mpl_template/__init__.py
index 5f1e9e7..6c31635 100644
--- a/mpl_template/__init__.py
+++ b/mpl_template/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from .template import Template, insert_image
 
-__version__ = "0.5.0"
+__version__ = "0.5.1a"
 
 __all__ = ["insert_image", "Template"]
diff --git a/mpl_template/template.py b/mpl_template/template.py
index 0d3fef4..5f8a2f1 100644
--- a/mpl_template/template.py
+++ b/mpl_template/template.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def insert_image(
         relative to the given matplotlib.Axes object.
         scale = 0.5 will scale the image to half of the
         given matplotlib.Axes object.
-    dpi : int, optonal (default=300)
+    dpi : int, optional (default=300)
         The Dots (pixel) Per Inch of the image.
     expand : bool, optional (default=False)
         If true, the image will expand to fill the axes
@@ -231,12 +231,7 @@ def insert_image(
     if TAGS is None or Image is None:  # pragma: no cover
         raise ImportError("The `pillow` library is required to manipulate images.")
 
-    if "xticks" not in kwargs:
-        kwargs["xticks"] = []
-    if "yticks" not in kwargs:
-        kwargs["yticks"] = []
-    if "zorder" not in kwargs:
-        kwargs["zorder"] = 1
+    kwargs = {"xticks": [], "yticks": [], "zorder": 1} | kwargs
 
     imgaxes = ax.figure.add_axes(ax.get_position(), **kwargs)
     bbox = ax.get_window_extent().transformed(
@@ -579,7 +574,7 @@ def add_watermark(self, text=None):
             text,
             fontsize=24,
             color="r",
-            fontname="Arial",
+            fontname="sans-serif",
             fontweight="bold",
             zorder=1000,
             horizontalalignment="left",
@@ -685,16 +680,18 @@ def setup_figure(self) -> figure.Figure:
 
         return self.fig
 
-    def blank(self) -> figure.Figure:
+    def blank(self, with_labels=True) -> figure.Figure:
         self.add_frame()
-        for ax in self.add_titleblock():
-            ax.text(
-                0.5,
-                0.5,
-                '"{}"'.format(ax.get_label()),
-                va="center",
-                ha="center",
-                size=12,
-            )
+        axes = self.add_titleblock()
+        if with_labels:
+            for ax in axes:
+                ax.text(
+                    0.5,
+                    0.5,
+                    '"{}"'.format(ax.get_label()),
+                    va="center",
+                    ha="center",
+                    size=12,
+                )
         self.watermark.remove()
         return self.fig
diff --git a/mpl_template/tests/baseline_images/test_blank.png b/mpl_template/tests/baseline_images/test_blank.png
index d64b934..a17bf00 100644
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index 0bcbc6c..4af8c4c 100644
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index 644553c..e854404 100644
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index 3794e32..3922dda 100644
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index 9c882f4..0d77e33 100644
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index ecc331d..fb5a892 100644
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index 9c882f4..0d77e33 100644
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index ecc331d..fb5a892 100644
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diff --git a/mpl_template/tests/baseline_images/test_titleblock_on_left.png b/mpl_template/tests/baseline_images/test_titleblock_on_left.png
index 9699c09..c8f2a68 100644
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diff --git a/mpl_template/tests/baseline_images/test_zero_margins.png b/mpl_template/tests/baseline_images/test_zero_margins.png
index d313be0..f26b7ed 100644
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diff --git a/mpl_template/tests/test_template.py b/mpl_template/tests/test_template.py
index 3a3c1c0..b9fdd34 100644
--- a/mpl_template/tests/test_template.py
+++ b/mpl_template/tests/test_template.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 DEMO_PNG_URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/austinorr/mpl-template/14496e1965e8b360093e0a559ae3f9aba6205a56/template/tests/img/polar_bar_demo.png"
 DEMO_PNG_FILE = str(files("mpl_template.tests.img") / "polar_bar_demo.png")
-IMG_TOL = 10
 BASELINE_DIR = "baseline_images"
 SCRIPTNAME = str(Path("mpl_template") / "tests" / "test_template.py")
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ def test_calc_extents(size, scale, expected):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("i", range(4))
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(
     baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR,
-    tolerance=IMG_TOL,
+    tolerance=3,
     filename="grace_hopper.png",
     savefig_kwargs={"dpi": 96},
 )
@@ -47,16 +46,19 @@ def test__apply_exif_rotation(i):
     return fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(
+    baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR,
+    tolerance=4,  # higher tolerance since this one includes freetype text
+)
 def test_blank():
-    testfig = template.Template(figsize=(8.5, 11), scriptname="")
+    testfig = template.Template(figsize=(5, 3), scriptname="")
     testfig.path_text = SCRIPTNAME
     _ = testfig.blank()
 
     return testfig.fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, remove_text=True)
 def test_insert_image_from_url():
     url = DEMO_PNG_URL
     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 9))
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ def test_insert_svg_image_from_url():
         _ = template.insert_image(ax, url, scale=1)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, remove_text=True)
 def test_insert_image_from_url_shrink_half():
     url = DEMO_PNG_URL
     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 9))
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ def test_insert_image_from_url_shrink_half():
     return fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, remove_text=True)
 def test_insert_image_from_url_zoom_10x():
     url = DEMO_PNG_URL
     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 9))
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ def test_insert_image_from_url_zoom_10x():
     return fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, remove_text=True)
 def test_insert_image_from_url_zoom_10x_expand():
     url = DEMO_PNG_URL
     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 9))
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ def test_insert_image_from_url_zoom_10x_expand():
     return fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, remove_text=True)
 def test_insert_image_from_file():
     file = DEMO_PNG_FILE
 
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ def test_insert_image_from_file():
     return fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, remove_text=True)
 def test_insert_image_from_file_shrink_half():
     file = DEMO_PNG_FILE
 
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ def test_insert_image_from_file_shrink_half():
     return fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, remove_text=True)
 def test_insert_image_from_file_zoom_10x():
     file = DEMO_PNG_FILE
 
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ def test_insert_image_from_file_zoom_10x():
     return fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, remove_text=True)
 def test_insert_image_from_file_zoom_10x_expand():
     file = DEMO_PNG_FILE
 
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ def test_insert_image_from_file_zoom_10x_expand():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(
-    baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL, filename="test_custom_spans.png"
+    baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, filename="test_custom_spans.png"
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("base", [None, 10])
 def test_custom_spans(base):
@@ -149,13 +151,13 @@ def test_custom_spans(base):
         figsize=(5, 3), scriptname="", titleblock_content=test, base=base
     )
     testfig.path_text = SCRIPTNAME
-    _ = testfig.blank()
+    _ = testfig.blank(with_labels=False)
 
     return testfig.fig
 
 
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(
-    baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL, filename="test_custom_spans.png"
+    baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, filename="test_custom_spans.png"
 )
 def test_custom_spans_100():
     test = [
@@ -171,14 +173,13 @@ def test_custom_spans_100():
         figsize=(5, 3), scriptname="", titleblock_content=test, base=100
     )
     testfig.path_text = SCRIPTNAME
-    _ = testfig.blank()
+    _ = testfig.blank(with_labels=False)
 
     return testfig.fig
 
 
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(
     baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR,
-    tolerance=IMG_TOL,
     filename="test_titleblock_on_left.png",
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("base", [None, 10, 100])
@@ -186,21 +187,21 @@ def test_titleblock_on_left(base):
     testfig = template.Template(figsize=(8.5, 11), scriptname="", base=base)
     testfig.gstitleblock = testfig.gsfig[
         -(testfig.bottom + testfig.t_h) or None : -testfig.bottom or None,
-        (testfig.left) or None : -(testfig.left + testfig.t_w) or None,
+        (testfig.left) or None : (testfig.left + testfig.t_w) or None,
     ]
 
-    _ = testfig.blank()
+    _ = testfig.blank(with_labels=False)
 
     return testfig.fig
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR)
 def test_zero_margins():
     testfig = template.Template(
-        figsize=(8.5, 11), scriptname="tests.py", margins=(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        figsize=(5, 3), scriptname="tests.py", margins=(0, 0, 0, 0)
     )
 
-    _ = testfig.blank()
+    _ = testfig.blank(with_labels=False)
 
     return testfig.fig
 
@@ -219,7 +220,10 @@ def test_bad_margins(bad_margin):
         )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR, tolerance=IMG_TOL)
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(
+    baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR,
+    tolerance=8,  # increase tolerance for fonts
+)
 def test_custom_titleblock():
     custom = [
         {
@@ -267,7 +271,7 @@ def test_custom_titleblock():
     ]
 
     testfig = template.Template(
-        figsize=(8.5, 11), scriptname="", titleblock_content=custom
+        figsize=(5, 3), scriptname="", titleblock_content=custom
     )
 
     testfig.path_text = SCRIPTNAME
@@ -279,7 +283,7 @@ def test_custom_titleblock():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("base", [None, 10, 100])
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(
     baseline_dir=BASELINE_DIR,
-    tolerance=IMG_TOL,
+    tolerance=8,  # increase tolerance for fonts
     filename="test_fancy_titleblock.png",
 )
 def test_fancy_titleblock(base):
@@ -329,7 +333,7 @@ def test_fancy_titleblock(base):
     ]
 
     testfig = template.Template(
-        figsize=(8.5, 11), scriptname="", titleblock_content=fancy, base=base
+        figsize=(5, 3), scriptname="", titleblock_content=fancy, base=base
     )
     testfig.path_text = SCRIPTNAME
     _ = testfig.setup_figure()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 78bfce8..d159e2e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "mpl_template"
 description = "mpl-template: matplotlib report template constructor"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = { text = "BSD-3-Clause" }
 authors = [{ name = "Austin Orr", email = "austinmartinorr@gmail.com" }]
 classifiers = [
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 all = ["requests", "pillow"]
 dev = [
     "mpl-template[all]",
+    "matplotlib>=3.10,<3.11", # pins mpl & freetype version
     "coverage>=6.0.0",
     "pytest>=7.0.0",
     "pytest-cov>=4.1",