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pente
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 Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:52 pm Post subject: Fonts larger than 20 point? [solved] |
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Is there a way to get fonts larger than 20 point in xterm? The small size of the text has been straining my eyes painfully. I have already installed "terminus" which supposedly has large fonts; I've searched all sorts of things and found no other useful advice.
This is in my .Xdefaults:
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xterm*font: *-*-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
xterm*boldFont: *-*-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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xfontsel does not show any fonts above 20 point.
I am open to other solutions for making text larger, such as changing terminal. I can decrease the resolution of my display but that causes a lot of other effects and I'd rather have my display be in native resolution.
Thanks.
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mike155
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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- Emerge xterm with the USE flag 'truetype'
- Install a TrueType fond like DejaVu:
| Code: | | emerge media-fonts/dejavu |
Add the lines below to your ~/.Xresources:
| Code: | XTerm*renderFont: true
XTerm*faceName: DejaVuMono
XTerm*faceSize: 24 |
Run
Start xterm:
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you, that works exactly. I checked again to see if I had overlooked something obvious and information on true type fonts in gentoo seems very scarce!
Is there an analog to "xfontsel" that lets me explore my options for true type fonts? |
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mike155
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Is there an analog to "xfontsel" that lets me explore my options for true type fonts? |
It depends on what you want to know.
First of all, TrueType fonts are scalable. Any size can be selected. There's no need for a tool to display available font sizes.
There are various font browsers that show font properties. You could also use the font selection box in LibreOffice or similar programs to get a list of available fonts.
There are tools like fc-match or fc-list that work on a console:
or | Code: | | fc-list :mono | egrep -i "(ttf|otf)" | sort |
will display all monospaced fonts on your machine.
My favorite terminal is kde-apps/konsole and my preferred font is "Source Code Pro 10pt". To get similar results in other terminals, "Source Code Pro Medium 10pt" is required. But font rendering in konsole is still a bit better. I don't know why. |
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Anon-E-moose
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If you want a visual look at the different fonts, emerge font-manager.
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dmpogo
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Anon-E-moose wrote: | | If you want a visual look at the different fonts, emerge font-manager. |
What package is that ? |
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Anon-E-moose
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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app-misc/font-manager-0.8.7 pf4public overlay
I wish they would put it in the gentoo repo, but I do like the fact that I can see what all the fonts look like, with sizing applied. Nice visual tool
From github https://github.com/FontManager/resources/blob/master/font-manager.png?raw=true
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Thanks ! This reminds me of some program I used to have 10-15 years ago .... Currently, konsole font chooser gives you a visual of a font when you select it. I used that to look at the fonts |
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