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ChrisODonnell

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Registered: 2010-03-06

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[Solved] .Xdefault font string meaning?

I've seen a bunch of examples of font strings in .Xdefaults files, like the one
in the .Xdefaults wiki article:

xscreensaver.Dialog.headingFont: -*-fixed-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

However, I haven't been able to find an explanation of what the various fields mean. As far as I can tell, the second indicates the font, the third indicates the font style (bold, italic?), and the second to last indicates the keyboard layout. Can any give an explanation of what each field means?

Thanks,
Chris

Last edited by ChrisODonnell (2010-03-10 15:36:32)

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

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Re: [Solved] .Xdefault font string meaning?

Run "xfontsel" and you'll get a font-picking GUI where each of these fields happen to have headers identifying them.

bernarcher

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Registered: 2009-02-17

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Re: [Solved] .Xdefault font string meaning?

There is also a Wikipedia article: X logical font description.

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ChrisODonnell

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Registered: 2010-03-06

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Re: [Solved] .Xdefault font string meaning?

Thanks a bunch, that was really helpful.