In days of yore (Wed, 01 May 2024), Richmond thus quoth: > I am puzzled by the zutty terminal emulator. I have tried: > > 1186 zutty -fontpath /usr/share/fonts/X11/ -fontsize 20 > 1187 zutty -fontpath /usr/share/fonts/X11/ -font adobe > 1190 zutty -fontpath /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/ -fontsize 20 > 1191 zutty -fontpath /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/ -fontsize 24 > 1192 zutty -fontpath /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/ -fontsize 12 > 1193 zutty -font 9x20 > 1198 zutty -fontsize 10x20 > 1199 zutty -fontpath /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/ -fontsize 10x20 > 1200 zutty -font 10x20 > > I clearly have fonts: > > find /usr/share/fonts -print|grep "x20" > /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/10x20-ISO8859-9.pcf.gz > /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/10x20-ISO8859-3.pcf.gz > /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/10x20-ISO8859-11.pcf.gz
Use 'xlsfonts' to see what fonts are available and use those names. I can get it working with "zutty -font 12x24" and other numerically named fonts. Trying with something like 'lucidasans-24' will make it dump core however. Maybe it respects what you tell it via .Xresources or what the file used to be called, when you had to configure fonts by sitting with xfontsel and try and work out what would look decent. The manual pages for xterm should have enough clues for how to configure that - I have already forgotten all that stuff as it no longer is required with the more modern terminal emulators. > Nothing I have tried works, zutty always uses the same rather small > font. > > https://tomscii.sig7.se/zutty/doc/USAGE.html#Font%20selection > > Has this package been implemented correctly? > > aptitude show zutty > Package: zutty > Version: 0.14.0.20230218+dfsg1-1 > > cat /etc/issue > Debian GNU/Linux 12 \n \l zutty is kind of only necessary when you want something *really* lightweight and you do not need to worry about UTF-8. Just writing this means a trip down memory lane and back to configuring CTWM on old Sun 5 workstations back in the 90's. If Debian still packages it, look for rxvt instead, or use xterm. Both are well tried and well tested for when you want something .. dated. ;) -- Kind regards, /S
