Termsyn Font

stlarch · 2012-05-25 04:11:16

I'm not sure. I can print everything else except for the private use area? Nothing is ever easy. I know lokaltog is having the same problem and there is some discussion on his github here with a possible solution although I haven't tried it. I can't get it to work in xterm either?

stlarch · 2012-05-25 05:58:17

OK, I got it to work in xterm by drawing a couple icons into the iso10646-1 version in the private use area. I don't know why I couldn't get it to work before. So it does appear to be a urxvt issue. Here's a screenshot:

I haven't used xterm in a while. I don't use the urxvt daemon but I always thought urxvt rendered fonts better or something. Xterm is looking pretty good though. In my .Xresources, I have

!xterm
xterm*font:              -*-ohsnapu-medium-r-normal-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
xterm*boldFont:          -*-ohsnapu-bold-r-normal-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
xterm*saveLines:         512
xterm*utf8:              1

I don't use tmux in X either, and don't know much about it. I just use it in the console once in a while so I have a very basic setup.
I don't know how to use two fonts in xterm? Does anyone know?

OK100 · 2012-05-25 17:48:34

I found out why it doesn't work with urxvt from /extra. It must be compiled with --enable-unicode3 flag. I created an AUR package which is also with mouse pointer XC_left_ptr in place of XC_xterm:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=59525
Without mouse pointer patch:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=58252

Here is what I have so far:

Last edited by OK100 (2012-05-25 18:00:00)

stlarch · 2012-05-25 20:10:51

Thanks for doing that. I'll have to play around with it later. So you're using stlarch_font as a fallback in urxvt? I'll have to check out all of your stuff too later. That's an amazing setup.

OK100 · 2012-05-26 14:54:57

stlarch wrote:

So you're using stlarch_font as a fallback in urxvt?

Nope, I did it exactly like you, but I'm using urxvt.

stlarch · 2012-05-29 08:05:33

I redid the 6x11 and fixed evrything as much as I can for now. I had some things messed up. It's complete now and pretty much finalized. I put it in my configs, in the termsyn folder (termsyn11.tar.gz) if you want to try it again. It should be better now. Let me know what you think about any changes I made or if anything is wrong. It's pretty close to before. I think it's pretty awesome. I'll start on the other sizes and try to get it all done this week. Here's a screenshot with snapwm:

Last edited by stlarch (2012-05-29 08:06:14)

OK100 · 2012-05-29 15:59:27

It's awesome. Although I hadn't any problems with previous version, I compared them in gbdfed and I can definitely see an improvement for some characters. Thanks!

I added a bit more icons to my tmux statusbar:

EDIT: 222nd post!

Last edited by OK100 (2012-05-29 16:08:21)

stlarch · 2012-06-08 04:58:23

I updated termsyn. I added consolefonts for each size and started on iso10646-1 versions (bold also). I decided to keep the bold icon versions. It's not much more work at all and the 12 and 14 bold look really nice I think. But I also decided to get rid of the 8x15 and 8x17. I'm not really happy with them and not interested in developing them further. I would recommend using terminus 16 or tamsyn 15/17 for something in that size range. If you want the old 15 or 17, just let me know. I seperated each size in my configs and included the source bdf files too, so you can just install the size you want manually if you choose to. I updated the aur also and added a README. On the icon versions, I put back the multiply glyph and moved the glyph in that place to 00A0 and made a few changes to some icons. Here's some screenshots of the icons for each size:

If you notice anything wrong, please let me know and I'll try to fix it. And let me know what you think of it too. The only problem I've had is that it doesn't seem to scale properly in gtk. I haven't really looked into it but I'll play around with it some more. I guess you could just install the size you want manually to solve that if it's a problem for you? Anyway, Cheers

edit: I added a missing glyph in termsynu7x14b and updated it again. The current version is 1.8.6. If you notice anything else, let me know. Thanks

Last edited by stlarch (2012-06-08 14:43:58)

vik_k · 2013-09-19 06:13:32

hi, sorry for posting in old thread but couldn't find related information.
since this font is in pcf format, how can I use it in putty while sshing from window ? is there any way ?

btw, thanks for this awesome font, it's default on my arch installation, both in urxvt and vconsole.

stlarch · 2013-09-19 16:23:12

I don't use putty, but I installed it just to see (I'm on Debian). I just opened a terminal and started putty and a config window opened where I was able to change the font. Not sure if that's what you're asking or not. I don't know how Windows uses bitmap fonts.

Last edited by stlarch (2013-09-19 16:45:45)

vik_k · 2013-09-19 18:35:45

no, see that's actually the concern. I tried but afaik windows doesn't support pcf fonts, so i can't install the fonts at all to select it in putty.

nvm !!

Dreamkey · 2013-12-06 15:47:16

@stlarch: thanks for this nice font
But do you think you could add the arrows that powerline-shell uses? Thanks.

Jellicent · 2013-12-06 16:51:21

Wow, really nice font. I've been using gohufont until now. I might consider switching. The only thing I don't like, and I don't ever like it, is the tilde ~ . I just don't like it up in the air generally, haha.

Dreamkey · 2014-01-24 01:26:49

I found the time to do it myself, it's pretty easy, thank to the README
I added the 3 characters needed for powerline-shell (separator, separator_thin, lock) and vertically center the tilde. If someone is interested I can upload it somewhere.

serdotlinecho · 2014-01-26 05:05:21

Dreamkey wrote:

I found the time to do it myself, it's pretty easy, thank to the README
I added the 3 characters needed for powerline-shell (separator, separator_thin, lock) and vertically center the tilde. If someone is interested I can upload it somewhere.

Please do, would love to see it.

Last edited by serdotlinecho (2014-01-28 11:35:20)

hughitt1 · 2014-06-21 13:05:16

Does anyone know how to use non-standard sizes in URxvt?

For stlarch, I am able to get it working when I use font-size=10, e.g.:

URxvt*font:              xft:dejavu sans mono for powerline:regular:pixelsize=16,\
                                   -misc-stlarch-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-80-iso10646-1

However, when I try switching to something larger like 12, I only get blocks.

10 is the only size that appears to be supported by default:

$ xlsfonts| grep stlarch
-misc-stlarch-medium-r-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso10646-1
-misc-stlarch-medium-r-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso10646-1
-misc-stlarch-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-80-iso10646-1
-misc-stlarch-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-80-iso10646-1

Any ideas?
Keith

Arch Linux

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