Re: XTerm default with wide Unicode glyph coverage

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2025, Van Ly wrote:

> That hints at the settings in .ctwmrc and .xsession for fonts have wider Unicode glyph coverage.
>
> Unicode 17 is released and the chance is good that NOTO fonts will include the new emojis.

Well, you _can_ technically use TTF fonts as bitmap fonts--even (b&w) emojis--
but, the result is not pretty, I've found. The reverse, using bitmap fonts as
pseudo TTF is as bad to look at, and I go out of my way to keep things separate
in my default install.

In any case, if you want colour emojis in xterm, you'll either have to compile
it yourself, or use the pkgsrc version, linking against a libfreetype which's
been compiled with libpng and brotli (for all them pretty pictures inside
the emoji ttf files).

> What about setting app-defaults/XTerm to use NOTO utf8Fonts?

You mean NetBSD should do this for users; or Xorg should? Both are unlikely:

1. Noto fonts've a different license.

2. They're HUGE.

-RVP