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fangwen
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 Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:10 pm Post subject: Thin font in windows managers |
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I am using the Xfce Desktop Environment, the font looks like bold even if it's actually set to be regular, but in windows managers as far as I had tried, such as FVWM, Openbox, Awesome, the font is very thin, which is very uncomfortable when I am coding. I want to know why and how can I get the same font effect on windows managers as it is in Xfce.
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Since you're not explaining the problem well, some screenshots would be useful  |
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Are you talking about the font in the terminal window?
I would say the xfce-terminal does antialiasing, while xterm/xrvt does not.
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Is it better now?
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fangwen
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| franzf wrote: | Are you talking about the font in the terminal window?
I would say the xfce-terminal does antialiasing, while xterm/xrvt does not.
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It is not only the terminal, the font is different everywhere in a windows manager and desktop environment. Is it because of the anti-alasing thing? If it is, how can I enable it in a windows manager globally?
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| fangwen wrote: | | franzf wrote: | Are you talking about the font in the terminal window?
I would say the xfce-terminal does antialiasing, while xterm/xrvt does not.
Try
| Code: | | xterm -fa Mono -fs 10 |
Is it better now? |
It is not only the terminal, the font is different everywhere in a windows manager and desktop environment. Is it because of the anti-alasing thing? If it is, how can I enable it in a windows manager globally? |
No, it's simply that you are not comparing the same applications in both WMs.
In XFCE you have midori, thunar or pcmanfm (?) and the xfce terminal app, they are gtk+ applications, and follow the xfce or gnome theming schemes.
In Fvwm you have Xlib based apps, like FvwmButtons, rxvt, xterm and fvwm itself, which are configured using their respective configuration files:
- for fvwm and FvwmButtons, usually, ~/.fvwm/config, or ~/.fvwm2rc in older versions, read their respectiva man page if not sure on what file to use and how to set their font styles.
- rxvt and xterm, either use the command line parameters or set their properties using ~/.Xdefaults, also read their respectiva man pages if you are not sure on how to proceed.
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