Tom Naujokas schreef:
> On Mon, 2005-15-08 at 22:09 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>
>
>> The one part I haven't figured out is xterm. If I {ALT-RIGHT-CLICK}
>>in an xterm, I get a menu that will alter font sizes. How do I change
>>the default font size that xterm comes up with?
>
>
> You can control xterm fonts with either command line options or with
> Xtoolkit resources. "man xterm" shows the option:
>
> -fn font This option specifies the font to be used for displaying
> normal text. The default is fixed.
>
> and for a resource:
>
> font (class Font) Specifies the name of the normal font. The
> default is ``fixed.''
>
> Reviewing the rest of the man file, there are many other options and
> resources for controlling fonts. Far more than I remember from the
> last time I looked at this particular man file. Looks like some
> experimentation would be in order to determine what works best for
> you.
>
The 'simplest' way to control xterm fonts is to edit your ~/.Xresources
file to specify the font, or font size, or font encoding, that you want
xterm (or terms based on xterm, like aterm or mrxvt) to use, although
gnome-terminal and konsole can edit such settings directly in the GUI.
HTH,
Holly
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