On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 01:26:37PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:39:39AM -0800, Mike McClain wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 02:56:42AM -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
> > 
> >     uxterm -fn -misc-fixed-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> > I've looked at the man pages for xterm and uxterm and can see that
> > '-fn' sets the font but have yet to find the explaination for the
> > '-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' part of that line. 
> > 
> I got that from xfontsel.  I'm not an expert, so there may be a better
> way of describing the font.
 
man X and search for FONT NAMES.  This gives a simple introduction.

Cheers,
David


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