More info on xterm fonts from a HOWTO: To use some of the most attractive prompts in the Bash Prompt package, you need to get and install fonts that support the character sets expected by the prompts. These are "VGA Fonts," which support different character sets than regular Xterm fonts. Standard Xterm fonts support an extended alphabet, including a lot of letters with accents. In VGA fonts, this material is replaced by graphical characters - blocks, dots, lines.
Changing the Xterm Font Getting and installing these fonts is a somewhat involved process. First, retrieve the font(s). Next, ensure they're .pcf or .pcf.gz files. If they're .bdf files, investigate the "bdftopcf" command (ie. read the man page). Drop the .pcf or .pcf.gz files into the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc dir (this is the correct directory for RedHat 5.1 and Slackware 3.4, it may be different on other distributions). "cd" to that directory, and run the "mkfontdir" command. Then run "xset fp rehash". Sometimes it's a good idea to go into the fonts.alias file in the same directory, and create shorter alias names for the fonts. To use the new fonts, you start your Xterm program of choice with the appropriate command to your Xterm, which can be found either in the man page or by using the "--help" parameter on the command line. Popular terms would be used as follows: xterm -font <fontname> OR xterm -fn <fontname> -fb <fontname-bold> Eterm -F <fontname> rxvt -fn <fontname> VGA fonts are available from Stumpy's ANSI Fonts page at http://home.earthlink.net/~us5zahns/enl/ansifont.html --- Rick Loga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >Hold the control key and right click your mouse while in an xterm. That >should bring up the font menu for you to choose from. > >--- Brian McGroarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>What I was looking for was a font for use within X - >>specifically, for use in an xterm. >> >>I found a suitable font as part of the BitchX package, but I >>still can't find the original anymore. Most unfortunate. >> >> >>--- Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I know that in kernel 2.4.0 there is an entire document >>> covering VGA >>> fonts, which can alos be compiled in the kernel. I do not know >>> if that is >>> what you were looking for, but it is at least something. >>> >>> Greetz, >>> Sebastiaan >>> >>> >>> On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Brian McGroarty wrote: >>> >>> > Okay, this is driving me NUTS. >>> > >>> > I *know* there used to be a vga8x16 font. But I can't find >>> what >>> > package contains it. I've installed every last font pack I >>> could >>> > find, but I can't find vga8x16 anywhere. >>> > >>> > This was my standard xterm font previously. >>> > >>> > Any clue where it is? >> >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. >>http://auctions.yahoo.com/ >> >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_____________________________________________________________ >Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net
