Disabling bold fonts in various terminals

Killa B · 2009-03-24 21:19:09

Alright, I've been using Xfce4-terminal ever since I started using Linux. At various points in time I've tried to switch to more lightweight terminals, but there's one feature Xfce4-terminal has that I can't find anywhere else.

It has an option to disable bold fonts. This is very important to me, because bold and monospace really clash, you know? It looks like crap, and no offense to anyone, but I don't think it should have ever been made a "feature" in the first place.

So, how do I do it? How do I disable bold fonts in my terminals? I'm hoping there's something I can put in my .bashrc or something. I'd appreciate any help I could get.

brisbin33 · 2009-03-24 21:47:04

i'm _guessing_ you could specify the *font and *bold.font as the same _normal_ font in your .Xdefaults. in theory it would work? i'd be interested, i dislike the bold as well. can't remember the exact .Xdefaults syntax right now though... maybe i'll post back in a bit

edit, i think it's

*font: -*- some non bold font -*-
*boldFont: -*- the same non bold font -*-

would that work? i can't test right now...

Last edited by brisbin33 (2009-03-24 21:49:35)

skottish · 2009-03-24 21:48:29

What brisbin33 said. In my .Xdefaults file for urxvt, I have these lines defining my fonts:

urxvt*font: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono-9
urxvt*boldFont: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono-9

Killa B · 2009-03-25 02:44:26

Thanks!:D

adamlau · 2009-03-25 05:50:29

Or build urxvt without --enable-font-styles, or with --disable-font-styles.

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Disabling bold fonts in various terminals

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Re: Disabling bold fonts in various terminals

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Re: Disabling bold fonts in various terminals

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Re: Disabling bold fonts in various terminals

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Re: Disabling bold fonts in various terminals

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