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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: need font
Message-ID: <3645@helios.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 19 Aug 89 20:02:13 GMT
References: <8908171641.AA25084@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> <634@pai.UUCP>
Reply-To: envbvs@epb2 (Brian V. Smith)
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley
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< 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?
< > 

In article <634@pai.UUCP> erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) writes:
< Hope this helps:
< 
...
< 
< 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.
< 
more ....
< 
< In summary, you probably already have plenty of good larger-sized fonts.
< Try xterm -fn FontName to test them out.  
< 

Unfortunately, 9x15 seems to be the largest "clean looking" font that is 
usable for xterm.  There are other, larger fixed-spacing fonts (variable spacing
fonts just don't work at all in xterm), but they just look "strange" (figure
that one out 8-} )

It would be nice if there were, say a 11x17 or something that size that
had the same "style" as the 8x13 and 9x15 fonts.   Anyone feel ambitious?

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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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