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Re: decent fonts for rxvt in cygwin
- From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew at DeFaria dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:15:12 -0700
- Subject: Re: decent fonts for rxvt in cygwin
- References: <EHMW0FO-0002GG-2P@defaria.com> <20031017055721.GB24112@mdssirds.comp.pge.com>
Edward Peschko wrote:
I must have mis-installed cygwin-xfree.. don't see xwin in any of my
cygwin directories I installed, and I'm pretty sure I installed
Xfree86. I use exceed as my xwindow server, so it never really phased me.
You might wish to try reinstalling XFree86. Personally I'd use it over
Exceed (though perhaps Exceed might be better performance-wise).
rxvt is resizable via the normal mechanism of moving the mouse to
the corner, clicking and dragging.
well, like I said, that's what I do, except I use -geometry 90x90 to
see how it looks at that size and hit 'return' per font. Preferably I
automate with 'resize' it so I filter out the obvious candidates and
don't have to look through hundreds/thousands of fonts. I don't see an
equivalent program to resize on cygwin though.
Not sure about your usage of resize. Guess I just never used resize in
that fashion. Anyways you can rxvt -fn <fontname> -geometry 90x90...
Anyways something is out of whack. xlsfonts doesn't return (for me)
any lucida console entries. It might be that because I'm using exceed
as an xserver, and hence getting the wrong list of fonts. In any case,
my bet is that the fonts that look perfectly fine on XFree86 look
suboptimal on exceed. Looks like I grep through the /usr/X1lR6
directory for pcf files..
AFAIK Lucida Console is a Windows font. Don't discount Windows fonts as
some are OK. And I would think it would be easier for an X server to
render a native Windows font than to convert an X font (though I could
be wrong).
In general though you are only looking for a font or two to use for your
terms. Once found you won't be doing this exercise anymore.
I've always wanted an X (or Windows) application that simply renders
many fonts for you to look at to choose a good font. Never found such an
application.
Like I said, Lucida Console is the font I choose (though I could be
persuaded to use a better font if somebody suggests one).
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