On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 03:07:13PM -0700, Paul Rogers wrote: > > Specitically, it seems this is the one with the ancient bitmapped PCF > fonts rxvt wants: > > > c88eb44b3b903d79fb44b860a213e623 font-misc-misc-1.1.2.tar.bz2 > > > > I use the last set because I don't like warnings in /var/lob/Xorg.0.log. > > Perhaps one of the fonts in the last group is what you need. > > > > -- Bruce > > Yes, I certainly COULD do that too, even just the 8859-1 that rxvt > wants as opposed to all 8MB of the whole thing, but I'm hoping I only > have to use that as a last resort. Maybe the better path in the long > run is to replace this legacy package. The book uses urxvt. It appears > to me that perhaps I have something misconfigured or misinstalled with > xft to produce this wierd l e t t e r s p a c i n g, which certainly > suggest two bytes being used. Probably better to fix my error, I don't > see many others with this problem. I'm hoping somebody here recognizes > it and knows what to do. > These comments are specifically for rxvt-unicode (urxvt).
I'm sure that the urxvt maintainers regard me as a heretic, because I prefer TrueType and OpenType fonts. I limit its configuration to using fonts which I like. But I can recall occasions where spacing for some characters (particularly chinese) was wide and the glyphs were small - for that I use a larger size for that particular font. In the urxvt manual, search for -fn : the first font in the list determines the size, others can be larger. So sometimes I specify larger sizes as noted above (or so that "missing" glyphs, typically uncommon precomposed accented letters, are of a similar size to common letters, even though the shape might differ). And in particular, ensure you set resources for URxvt.font (I use ~/.Xresources - and you need to load that in startx). The book has some details, but not necessarily an example of the fonts and sizes I currently use. I've forgotten everything I used to know about the old fonts, so I can't offer any guidance on what to specify. But google for urxvt font : for me a top match is the Arch wiki which has some detail on 9x15. And there I also see "URxvt.letterSpace: -1" to reduce the spacing (not necessary in my experience with xft fonts, but maybe what you are looking for). You can also, from one term, try opening a new term with a different font to test it, e.g (TrueType) urxvt -fn 'xft:dejavusansmono:pixelsize=11' urxvt -fn "xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:pixelsize=11" (the same font) For a list of the fixed (i.e. monospace) XFree86 fonts, see https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs-fonts.html - I would hope that the legacy fonts in the book include some of those. There are links to Marcus's packaging on that page, those links still appear to work. HTH ĸen -- Entropy not found, thump keyboard to continue -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
