>> On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 07:42:30AM -0500, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Might be time for a new font. I like Inconsolata, but l1I!
> should never look similar, nor O0@ or S$.
My eyesight sucks like a black hole with daddy issues, so I like fonts
that are a bit larger than most. My favorites on xterm:
* xft:Menlo-Regular:pixelsize=20:bold
* xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=21:bold
* xft:Cascadia:pixelsize=22:bold
* xft:FiraMono-Regular:pixelsize=22
Your examples above are very readable with Menlo. These aren't bad:
* xft:Edlo:pixelsize=21:bold
* xft:Inconsolata-Bold:pixelsize=25:bold
* xft:Meslo LG S:pixelsize=20:bold
* xft:Meslo LG S:pixelsize=21:bold
* xft:UbuntuMono-B:pixelsize=25:bold
I run two xterms side-by-side on a 23-inch monitor:
/usr/local/bin/xterm -geometry 80x40-0+0 -j -b 10 -sb \
-si -sk -ls -u8 -sl 4000 -cr blue -bd black -bg white \
-fa xft:Menlo-Regular:pixelsize=20:bold -title Remote
For browsing (Firefox), my "prefs.js" file holds:
user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
user_pref("font.default.x-western", "sans-serif");
user_pref("font.internaluseonly.changed", false);
user_pref("font.minimum-size.x-western", 18);
user_pref("font.name.monospace.x-western", "DejaVu Sans");
user_pref("font.name.sans-serif.x-western", "sans-serif");
user_pref("font.name.serif.x-western", "DejaVu Serif");
user_pref("font.size.fixed.x-western", 18);
user_pref("font.size.variable.x-western", 18);
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