On 25 May 2011 17:13, Ryan Johnson wrote: > On 25/05/2011 11:54 AM, KHMan wrote: >> >> On 5/25/2011 11:26 PM, Charles Wilson wrote: >>> >>> On 5/25/2011 1:17 AM, Andy Koppe wrote: >>>> >>>> On 25 May 2011 05:32, Charles Wilson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe when I get home I'll test out a few... >>>>>> >>>>>> Consolas >>>>>> Andale Mono >>>>>> Courier New >>>>>> Lucida Console >>>>>> Vera Sans Mono (or DejaVu LGC Sans) >>>>>> Droid Sans Mono >>>>>> Inconsolata >>>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> FYI: >>>>> http://cygutils.fruitbat.org/mintty-font-test/ >>>> >>>> [snip snip] >>> >>>> Consolas on Windows 7 indeed is much improved. >> >> Liberation Mono should get a mention too. It is hinted for the small font >> sizes, great for those who prefer old-style crisp hinted glyphs. I use it on >> mintty for Cygwin. >> > How do you get mintty to see Liberation Mono? I downloaded the family from > redhat, installed it on my w7-x64 machine, made sure it was set to 'show,' > and started a fresh mintty, but it still can't find the font.
Works for me, on w7-x64. Make sure the font shows up in the Fonts control panel and that it isn't hidden, i.e. not appearing greyed out. There's a 'Show' button along the top of the panel in case it is. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
