On 03/05/2017 06:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Corbin Bird <corbinb...@charter.net> writes: > >> >> Have you tried : xterm -fa "9x15B-ISO8859-1"? > > I mentioned that the -fa switch was not working at all. > > I've since discovered that the xterms I had were compiled with useflag > truetype disabled .. so `-truetype' Which meant xterm was compiled > without support for -fa > >> Note : that works on XTerm v325 ( tested ). > > I've recompiled xterm with useflag truetype enabled and now I have the > -fa flag so I can run the command you mentioned above now. > > That is a nice looking font... a little big on my view but > > I see something a bit off here... trying to get a smaller font of the > same type I went clear down to 4x6... but those all look just like > the "9x15B-ISO8859-1" > > xterm -fa 4x6-ISO8859-1 > > Does not say anything by way of error or explanation just shows a > terminal with the same font displayed as "9x15B-ISO8859-1" > > That can't be a desirable outcome. > > It must just be displaying the same size from 9x 8x 7x 6x 5x 4x. and > doing so silently. > > I'm not running a font server. > >> The Xorg Xft font server docs specifically show how to set the "default" >> font in Xterm. Look for the section 'Configuring applications' >> >> Reference Link : >> >>> https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/xorg-docs/fonts/fonts.html > > Thanks for the link... much as I been googling I'm surprised I did not > see that one already... it looks quite thorough. > >
The Xft server is really 'fontconfig'. No daemon running at all. --- Compile with both USE flags "truetype unicode" and the local USE flag "toolbar". That will give you control of the font size. ( xterm -> VT Fonts, uxterm -> Unicode Fonts ) --- Reference Links : ( Use flags ) https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-terms/xterm ( XTerm FAQ ) http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html ( Frequent problems ) http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#frequent_problems ( Scaled Fonts ) http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#scaled_font Corbin
