Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:10:49 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> To: DTD <doug@safeport.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xorg font question Message-ID: <20170413001049.GA31994@vmw-debian7-64.jexium-island.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1704121411180.3673@bucksport.safeport.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1704121411180.3673@bucksport.safeport.com>
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On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 02:21:49PM -0400, DTD wrote:
> I am using:
>=20
> XTerm*faceName: Liberation Mono
> XTerm*faceSize: 8
>=20
> in .Xdefaults. All the size *except* 8 display the underscore '_'.
> Szie 8 prints this as a blank. Is there a fix for this? Liberation
> Mono with 8 as a default works really well with my monitor so I can
> use <ctrl>right-click to choose the other sizes.
>=20
> Is there a fix? What are your favorite fonts. Vera Sans Mono does
> not size well for me. Ideas welcome. What I am using is okay/good
> except when writing python :)
It sounds as if the font is being clipped.
Changing the line-spacing may help.
man xterm -
scaleHeight (class ScaleHeight)
Scale line-height values by the resource value, which is
limited to =E2=80=9C0.9=E2=80=9D to =E2=80=9C1.5=E2=80=9D. =
The default value is =E2=80=9C1.0=E2=80=9D,
--=20
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
http://invisible-island.net
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