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n0stradamus

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Registered: 2010-11-08

Posts: 94

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Xdefaults font setting

Hi!

In my Xdefaults, I use the following to set the font for urxvt:

xft:Inconsolata:pixelsize=17:antialias=true

To set the font that i3bar (a program similar to a statusbar) uses, I pass the following however:

-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

I've been searching the web for a while now and haven't come up with a decent explanation for the difference.
A reason could be that I did not fully comprehend the syntax of "-xos4-terminus-r-..."
If anyone can give me a lead, I'd be happy to hear.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Xdefaults font setting

Install xorg-xfontsel and run xfontsel. Pick and configure a font to see the -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* change to e.g. -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*