[SOLVED] Urxvt Font Spacing

rednano12 · 2010-07-09 16:14:25

Hello all!
I'm trying to get the artwiz-edges font working in Urxvt. Here's the line in my .Xdefaults:

URxvt.font:xft:artwiz-edges-medium-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

Issue is, when I restart and run Urxvt, the font is spaced apart very widely. Can someone please explain to me how to fix this?

Last edited by rednano12 (2010-07-09 20:07:27)

archman-cro · 2010-07-09 16:26:44

I've been seeking for help all around the web for this, and there's still no solution I've found. A fix would be nice.

Foucault · 2010-07-09 16:58:12

Is artwiz edges really a truetype font? If it is then you maybe the format of the URxvt.font argument is wrong and should be something like URxvt.font: xft:Artwiz Edges:size=11. If it's not maybe you should drop the "xft" from the argument. And don't forget to remerge your .Xresources or .Xdefaults (xrdb -merge .Xresources).

Last edited by Foucault (2010-07-09 17:00:53)

rednano12 · 2010-07-09 17:38:19

The fonts are pcf fonts. However, if I drop the xft, I get an error. I tried the merge command you gave, and no dice. Still obnoxiously wide.

Last edited by rednano12 (2010-07-09 17:39:55)

Foucault · 2010-07-09 18:24:27

Well, supposing the artwiz fonts are in the FontPath (I believe it should be /usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts) the correct entry should be something like

URxvt.font:-artwiz-edges-medium-r-normal--12-*-75-75-m-0-iso8859-1

Last edited by Foucault (2010-07-09 18:24:57)

rednano12 · 2010-07-09 20:07:13

That worked! I just had to change the size from 10 to 12, and it looks great. Thanks for the help!

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#1 2010-07-09 16:14:25

[SOLVED] Urxvt Font Spacing

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