[Solved] Cannot set font for urxvt via ~/.Xresources

OrangeMan · 2018-12-20 21:54:52

Hello Arch Members,

First time poster here. Let me start by saying I have read the wiki, urxvt man, and searched google/duckduck about this issue and keep finding the same answers about how to set a default font for urxvt inside the ~/.Xresources file. Also all of my packages are up to date. I am running Arch as a virtual machine under VirtualBox .

I am running with the tile manager i3-gaps and running the terminal emulator urxvt. I installed the package ttf-anonymous-pro for the font. I created the ~/.Xresources file and appended the following line:

URxvt.font: xft:Anonymous Pro:style=Regular:size=9

Upon opening a new instance of urxvt the default font of urxvt is still being used. The font does not update on a system restart either.

I assume I am missing something very obvious but I have been researching for a day and I am at a loss.

Thank you

EDIT: Typo in code block

Last edited by OrangeMan (2018-12-21 03:51:07)

jasonwryan · 2018-12-20 22:02:50

Typo (colon after "font"):

URxvt.font:xft:Anonymous Pro:style=Regular:size=9

OrangeMan · 2018-12-20 22:13:23

I appoligize, I have the code as you posted above in my ~/.Xresources file. I typed it in wrong. Should just copy/paste, but I am having issues with bidirectional clipboard with VirtualBox.

jasonwryan · 2018-12-20 22:18:24

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This works fine for me:

URxvt.font:xft:anonymous pro:regular:size=7.5

Makersmarx · 2018-12-21 01:14:26

Once changes have been made be sure to run xrdb ~/.Xresources to refresh and reflect your changes. Your line also worked for me

OrangeMan · 2018-12-21 03:50:15

Makersmarx wrote:

Once changes have been made be sure to run xrdb ~/.Xresources to refresh and reflect your changes. Your line also worked for me

Ah, that fixed my issue. Thank you so much!

jasonwryan · 2018-12-21 04:05:12

OrangeMan wrote:

The font does not update on a system restart either.

This would have reloaded the file... So there was something else wrong with the invocation.

Trilby · 2018-12-21 04:54:52

jasonwryan wrote:

OrangeMan wrote:
The font does not update on a system restart either.
This would have reloaded the file...

Assuming an xrdb command is in xinitrc, sure - but otherwise no. Nothing automatically reads ~/.Xresources (urxvt will read ~/.Xdefaults if it exists).

jasonwryan · 2018-12-21 04:58:11

Assuming that they followed the wiki and copied the skel file across, which does include the xrdb command, yes

OrangeMan · 2018-12-21 10:38:57

Trilby wrote:

jasonwryan wrote:
OrangeMan wrote:
The font does not update on a system restart either.
This would have reloaded the file...
Assuming an xrdb command is in xinitrc, sure - but otherwise no. Nothing automatically reads ~/.Xresources (urxvt will read ~/.Xdefaults if it exists).

Ah so thats where I was going wrong in the first place. I was under the impression that urxvt read .XResources by default.

And I do not have an xrdb command in my xinit file. I guess I have to read the wiki more carefully. Thanks again for the help everyone.

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[Solved] Cannot set font for urxvt via ~/.Xresources

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