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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]