* Jeff (Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:04:36 -0800) > I use RXVT because it makes Cygwin accessible to me. Its color and font > support gives me a console window I can *see*, as opposed to the native > Windows console that BASH runs in by default, which I cannot see. Part > of my strategy to increase visibility is to specify a bold font for > -fn/font: and crank up the point size just as large as I can make it > and still have an 80x25 console fit on my screen. > > I probably don't have to tell anyone who uses RXVT that Windows XP > ships with only two usable monospaced fonts: Lucida Console, and > Courier New; I probably also don't have to mention how well a > proportional font (doesn't) work with RXVT. I've been getting by with > Lucida Console-bold, but lately even that has become a little difficult > for me to see. So, I decided to see if I could find a more visible > font. > > I found this useful page at http://www.lowing.org/fonts/ which lists > several monospaced fonts for coders/programmers, with Bitstream Vera > Sans Mono ranked as the best of them. The page provides links, too-- > the Bitstream fonts are available at http://www.gnome.org/fonts/ as > advertised. I then noticed that this font is mentioned in the RXVT > README text, and saw it mentioned in a recent thread on this list as > being the default font in the current Cygwin RXVT.
If you like Bitstream fonts then you will like DejaVu fonts - who are based on Bitstream - even more. But beware that your issue might be a issue similar to this: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10693 Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
