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zayac

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From: Dolgoprudny

Registered: 2009-03-20

Posts: 25

[SOLVED] Can't configure XTerm font

Hi!
I used gnome for a long time and used gnome-terminal there. Now I switch to wmii and I configure fonts in xterm there. Actually I want them to be bigger than they are now. As I understood, Xdefaults has to be configured. It looks like this: http://pastebin.com/3z5mdiH6, however, it doesn't make sense.

What should I do to set a proper font size?

Last edited by zayac (2011-08-25 21:57:49)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Can't configure XTerm font

Try

printf '\33]50;%s\007' xft:terminus:pixelsize=32

zayac

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From: Dolgoprudny

Registered: 2009-03-20

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] Can't configure XTerm font

I fear it remained the same...

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Can't configure XTerm font

I fear it remained the same...

Interesting. Do you have terminus font installed?

Rename .Xdefaults (so X doesn't use those settings), restart X and try again.

zayac

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From: Dolgoprudny

Registered: 2009-03-20

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] Can't configure XTerm font

Actually, it was making sense. Although I was expected that changing font size value should definitely change the appearance of the font, with terminus font font values from 8 to 14 all look the same. At least, in my case. However, have no idea why it didn't change when you suggested command with 32 font value.