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Date:      Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:54:45 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Ed Budd <ebudd@grokking.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xterm
Message-ID:  <20040306185148.R7982@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040305170328.314ca322.ebudd@grokking.org>
References:  <Sea1-F44SaGi4hZszqB0002dd12@hotmail.com> <20040305170328.314ca322.ebudd@grokking.org>

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On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Ed Budd wrote:

> You can add the fontsize as a parameter when you invoke it, like this:
>
> xterm -fn <fontsize>
>
> I use 'xterm -fn 9x15' on a high res monitor and set it (along with some
> other params) in my window manager (blackbox) menu config.

But that's not all!  -fn is for "font name," and you can specify an
entire font name that you've looked up with xfontsel:

xterm -fn '-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-17-*-*-*-m-*-*-*'

It tends to be useful just with monospaced fonts.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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