Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!shamash!com50!pai!erc From: erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: need font Summary: Setting Fonts: Try xterm -fn FontName Message-ID: <634@pai.UUCP> Date: 18 Aug 89 13:22:55 GMT References: <8908171641.AA25084@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> Organization: Prime Automation, Inc., Burnsville, MN Lines: 57 In article <8908171641.AA25084@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>, Jay.Libove@IUS3.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU writes: > On a Sun workstation (Sun 3 and Sun 4) with an oversized monitor > (extra high resolution) the default font is so small that it is > difficult to see. > > Can someone recommend both a particular font (even a home grown > one that I could FTP) and method of getting xterm windows to use > the font so that my eyes won't be so hard pressed by my screen? > > This is for X11 R2 on the Sun 3s and X11 R3 on the Sun 4s, by > the way. > > Thanks! > Jay Libove ARPA: jl42@andrew.cmu.edu, libove@cs.cmu.edu > 5731 Centre Avenue, Apt 3 BITNET: jl42@andrew > Pittsburgh, PA 15206 UUCP: uunet!nfsun!libove!libove > (412) 362-8983 UUCP: psuvax1!pitt!darth!libove!libove Hope this helps: 1) Look in the xterm, et. al. man pages. 2) I believe you can specify a font to xterm by using the -fn FontName command-line argument: % xterm -fn 9x15 for example. The 9x15 font is larger than the normal default X font. This font should be installed on your system. 3) To find out which fonts are installed on any X system, use the program xlsfonts. xlsfonts will list out all the font names. If you have a generic MIT release, you may see a lot of adobe and bitstream fonts--most, though, are proportionally spaced--which doesn't make for a good xterm font. 4) To see what any font looks like, use the xfd program: % xfd FontName 5) Many x clients (applications) will take a -fn or -font command-line argument to specify the font name. Try it out. 6) When all else fails, read the man pages or documentation associated with the programs you want to set the fonts for. In summary, you probably already have plenty of good larger-sized fonts. Try xterm -fn FontName to test them out. Good luck, -Eric -- Eric F. Johnson, Prime Automation, Inc. 415 W. Travelers Trail, Burnsville, MN 55337 USA. Phone: +1 612-894-0313. erc@pai.mn.org - or - sun!tundra!pai!erc - or - bungia!pai!erc (We have a very dumb mailer, so please send a bang-!-style return address.)