Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 21:49:59 +1100 (EST) From: Richard Lyon <rlyon@oznet02.ozemail.com.au> To: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fonts Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970312214151.206B-100000@rlyon.mynet.au> In-Reply-To: <33257665.41C67EA6@u.washington.edu>
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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 ....
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