Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:45:37 +0700
From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: Clay Daniels <clays.shell%SDF.ORG@localhost>
Cc: netbsd-users <netbsd-users%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: How to set font size of xterm
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 04:32:38 +0000 (UTC)
From: Clay Daniels <clays.shell%SDF.ORG@localhost>
Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.21.2004160416090.18156%sdf.lonestar.org@localhost>
| I kind of like the simplicity of xterm, and it comes with the basic twm
| window manager I use. My problem is the small font size, but I can't
| seem to figure out how to set the xterm font size. Any clues?
Like all good X applications - via your X resources.
I have (amongst unrelated to fonts settings)
XTerm*VT100.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
XTerm*VT100.boldFont: -*-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*
XTerm*VT100.font2: -dec-terminal-medium-r-normal-*-6-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
XTerm*VT100.font3: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-8-60-100-100-*-*-*-*
XTerm*VT100.font4: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
XTerm*VT100.font5: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
XTerm*VT100.font6: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
Obviously you'll want to choose your own fonts (I use xfontsel for that).
Do test them in an xterm
xterm -fn 'font-name'
as some fonts just don't work (you'll want fixed width fonts for sure).
xterm can use other methods to select fonts, read its man page, there is a
lot of info there.
kre