xlsfonts, xfontsel and -fn option did the trick. All I want is to increase the fonts on xterm, and the pre-existing fonts are suitable.
Tks for your help. pl >On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to setup my xterm with the -fn -fs option in order to >> increase the font size. I just can't figure out how and which fonts to >> select, and therefore it always defaults to "fixed". Does anybody have a >> font primer? I'm looking for things such as which directory to >> uncompress fonts, what names to use and how to link them? >> >> tks, >> Paul Laboiss >Umm, line wrapping would be nice... > >That aside, are you trying to specify some existing font for the xterm, or >add your own fonts? If the former, xlsfonts and xfontsel are your >friends. Make sure you specify either a complete alias, or enough >properties to uniquely identify the font (xfontsel won't show aliases, >IIRC). > >If the latter (add new fonts), there are a few steps which I don't recall >at the moment and won't dig for unless that's what you wanted, so let me >know. FWIW, you can do similar things to add a font alias, which might >make the font specification in the previous paragraph easier. > Igor >P.S. You only need the '-fn' option. >-- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] >ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > >"I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route >to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Access from the Netscape Internet Service. Beta test the new Netscape Internet Service for only $1.00 per month until 3/1/04. Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need.