John Eikenberry wrote: [Mon Aug 04 2008, 08:31:32PM EDT]
> Aron Griffis wrote:
>
> > I've just started using rxvt after years of using xterms. One of
> > the first things I've noticed is that xft horizontal spacing is
> > different:
> >
> > http://agriffis.n01se.net/misc/rxvt-monospace-9.png
> > http://agriffis.n01se.net/misc/xterm-monospace-9.png
> >
> > Personally I like xterm's tighter spacing better, and it matches
> > what I see in other applications (gvim, gnome-terminal). Can
> > anybody explain this oddity, and if there's a way to change it to
> > my liking?
>
> Are you sure you are using the same font and font settings?
I believe so. Here are my settings:
xftRxvt.font: xft:Monospace:size=9
xftRxvt.boldFont: xft:Monospace:bold:size=9
xftXTerm.vt100.renderFont: true
xftXTerm.vt100.faceName: Monospace
xftXTerm.vt100.faceSize: 9
and I start them as:
rxvt -name xftRxvt
xterm -name xftXTerm
> Using the
> terminus font both xterm and urxvt displayed the font identically at
> various sizes.
I find that if I use terminus, either with or without xft, then
the horizontal spacing is correct. I suspect there's
a difference between using a bitmapped font and a scalable font.
In my case Monospace maps to either Bitstream Vera Sans Mono or
DejaVu Sans Mono, I'm not sure which (and I don't think it
matters).
I use terminus in some configurations and I agree it's not
a problem there. But in this case I'd like to use a scalable
font with antialiasing.
Thanks,
Aron
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