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From: Richard Lyon <rlyon@oznet02.ozemail.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Fonts
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On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Jason Wells wrote:

> How does one set display fonts for an xterm? I have tried to use "xterm
> -fn fontname" but it seems that none of the standard fonts can be found.

The usual command is something like
        xterm -fn 7x13bold




> The fonts that are listed in my fontpath are all zipped. Do I need to
> unzip them? It seems that this should not be necessary.
> 

Don't do this

> "xfd" will not display a single font for me. It says something about
> "unable to convert to type FontStruct." 
>

Try 
    xlsfonts > ./fonts.list

also
   xfontsel &

is good for looking at the font choice.

 
> Any other font related general info or redirection to the correct
> resources would be appreciated.

just experiment.


Regards ....