Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:43:28 -0400 (EDT) From: DTD <doug@safeport.com> To: Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xorg font question Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1704131738070.3673@bucksport.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <20170413001049.GA31994@vmw-debian7-64.jexium-island.net> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1704121411180.3673@bucksport.safeport.com> <20170413001049.GA31994@vmw-debian7-64.jexium-island.net>
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2017, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 02:21:49PM -0400, DTD wrote: >> I am using: >> >> XTerm*faceName: Liberation Mono >> XTerm*faceSize: 8 >> >> 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. >> >> 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 ?0.9? to ?1.5?. The default value is ?1.0?, > > -- > Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> > http://invisible-island.net > ftp://invisible-island.net Wow - thanks "xterm -sh 1.01" works and the vertical size increase is not a problem. Thank you very much. _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277
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