> I've found the reason why xfonts-100dpi wasn't working for me: > on startup, the X server removes unexisting directories from the > default FontPath
AHA! That explains it! Thanks for figuring that out. After installing both xfonts-100dpi and gsfonts-x11 and restarting X, I get: xset q | grep font /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,built-ins And after that, having •either* xfonts-100dpi or gsfonts-x11 installed makes both xterm and xscreensaver have correct fonts. -- Jamie Zawinski https://www.jwz.org/ https://www.dnalounge.com/