Hi, On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 16:02:08 -0400 (EDT) Bob Bernstein <poo...@ruptured-duck.com> wrote:
> Thanks to those who chimed in! > > My focus today is on those lines in ~/.icewm/preferences that > specify fonts for the task bar. I have in mind such statements > as: > > NormalTaskBarFontNameXft="DejaVuSans-Bold,sans-serif:size=18" > ActiveTaskBarFontNameXft="DejaVuSans-Bold,sans-serif:size=18" > > I suspect the syntax of my lines does not represent actual fonts > that are available on this machine. > > Can anyone provide a critique of that syntax? according to https://ice-wm.org/man/icewm-preferences the syntax for using a bold font should rather be: ActiveTaskBarFontNameXft=”sans-serif:size=12:bold” . That comma-separated font list thing does not seem to work (at least not with the IceWM version from Buster); since I suspect that "DejaVuSans" and "sans-serif" might be equivalent here, I tried with a different font here: NormalTaskBarFontNameXft="Akkadian,sans-serif:size=11:bold" This gives me the Akkadian font with normal (or medium) weight. Changing the first font name to one that does not exist, like NormalTaskBarFontNameXft="Akadian,sans-serif:size=11:bold" gives me a normal weight default/fallback font. Likewise NormalTaskBarFontNameXft="Akkadian:size=11:bold,sans-serif:size=11:bold" resp. NormalTaskBarFontNameXft="Akadian:size=11:bold,sans-serif:size=11:bold" gives me a bold Akkadian font resp. that same normal weight default fallback font as above. I have some doubt though, that this has anything to do with your original problem. Best regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. It is necessary to have purpose. -- Alice #1, "I, Mudd", stardate 4513.3
