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Re: changing font
- From: Reid Thompson <reid dot thompson at ateb dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Cc: Reid Thompson <reid dot thompson at ateb dot com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:33:14 -0400
- Subject: Re: changing font
- References: <AANLkTimV8oajGRvGKIeuAlfdcuS67NSsoQnpETLAEbet@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: Reid Thompson <reid dot thompson at ateb dot com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 04:59:11PM -0400, matias kaukonen wrote:
> 1. Could someone pls post instructions about how to reply to an existing post.
> 2. I have a font I'd like to use and its located at
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF with
> administrator permissions.
> 3. How can I make this font the default for an xterm? Do I have to
> set the path in
> some manner?
lookup the xlsfonts and xfontsel packages and how to use them to get a
font.
i.e.
$ xlsfonts |grep -i terminus|grep medium
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-iso8859-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-iso8859-13
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-iso8859-15
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-iso8859-16
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-iso8859-2
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-iso8859-5
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-iso8859-7
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-iso8859-9
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-koi8-r
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-koi8-u
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-microsoft-cp1251
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-paratype-pt154
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-13
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-15
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-16
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-2
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-5
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-7
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-9
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-koi8-r
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-koi8-u
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-microsoft-cp1251
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-paratype-pt154
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso8859-1
....snip....
$ grep -i termin .Xdefaults
aterm*font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal-*-12-120-72-72-c-60-iso10646-1
Xterm.font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal-*-12-120-72-72-c-60-iso10646-1
urxvt*font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
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