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RedScare

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Registered: 2009-03-28

Posts: 91

Terminus bold font

I love Terminus the font, but I make heavy use of bolding in my vim highlighting files. Is there any way to get bold working for Terminus sizes under 14px (specifically for the 12px)?

Thanks in advance.

My .Xdefaults:

urxvt*transparent:true
urxvt*shading:25
urxvt*background: black
urxvt*foreground: green
urxvt*scrollBar: false
urxvt*font: xft:terminus:pixelsize=12
urxvt*boldFont: xft:terminus:bold:antialias=true:autohinting=true:pixelsize=12

Last edited by RedScare (2010-04-13 03:29:10)

n0dix

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 956

Re: Terminus bold font

You can try with the Terminus bold font in this link.

RedScare

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Registered: 2009-03-28

Posts: 91

Re: Terminus bold font

Thanks, but that still only provides readable bold for over 12px; I need that for 12px or under. Is there another similar font that provides this?

keenerd

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Registered: 2007-02-22

Posts: 647

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Re: Terminus bold font

Terminus comes with bold for 10, 11, and 12.  Nine or less, not so much.  But I am using a VTE term, and it is very easy to tweak the font.

Oh, and experiment with fonts.  Once again, dirt easy in the "luxury" VTE terms like Terminal/Roxterm/Lilyterm.  Just a drop down.  The first font I tried (Profont) has bold even at 6.  Probably a few more.

n0dix

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 956

Re: Terminus bold font

Well, you can try with Dina (Official Repo) or Envy Code R (AUR) fonts.

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: Terminus bold font

readable bold... 12px or under.

If it's a non-bitmap font, then turn autohint off, and play with fontconfig's settings. See my ~/.fonts.conf

hut

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From: Hanover, Germany

Registered: 2010-03-12

Posts: 569

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Re: Terminus bold font

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but this is the #1 google search result on "terminus bold" and there is no solution... so here's mine:

~/.Xdefaults

urxvt*font:xft:Terminus:pixelsize=12

~/.fonts.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <match target="font">
    <test name="family">
      <string>Terminus</string>
    </test>
    <test target="pattern" name="weight" compare="more">
      <const>medium</const>
    </test>
    <edit name="embolden" mode="assign">
      <bool>true</bool>
    </edit>
    <edit name="weight" mode="assign">
      <const>bold</const>
    </edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>

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stlarch

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From: hell

Registered: 2010-12-25

Posts: 1,265

Re: Terminus bold font

Or you could try terminusmod (shameless self plug) in the aur. I made a bold for the 12 pt. I also made a version of the 12 pt with status icons.

Last edited by stlarch (2011-12-12 06:10:34)