Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hey guys,
>
> Been happily using debian etch for over a month now!
>
> What an amazing system this is.
>
> Anyways, font smoothing has been working quite well on this laptop
> screen except for xterm. I finally figured out how to change the font
> in xterm to bitstream vera sans mono but the fonts in xterm look
> jagged and terrible in this screen.
>
> Any suggestions on how to work around this. I tried several methods
> including dpkg-reconfigure -plow fontconfig-config but to no avail.
>
> I know I could use the GNOME terminal or Konsole but they are not as
> quick as xterm. Any other alternatives that you guys suggest?

I use urxvt (rxvt-unicode) with the following line in my ~/.Xresources
URxvt*font: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10
Works like a charm.

> Thanks,
> Amit

Tom


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