Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!helios.ee.lbl.gov!epb2!envbvs 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 Lines: 41 < 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? _____________________________________ Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory We don't need no signatures!