Hi, Thanks again!!
> When I do a edit->profile preferences in an xterm, I can then select > custom font in the general tab. I wonder if we are discussing different "xterm" applications. So, when you say that you do an edit->profile preferences in an xterm, are you also talking of the xterm application, obtained using "dnf install xterm"? (Because I do not get such an edit profile preferences there). What I get, upon a click of the third right mouse button with ctrl pressed is a bunch of options, one of which is Huge. This is equivalent to xterm -fn 10x20. On sylpheed in Edit Preferences, that font used to correspond to Fixed 16. However, while this is still set from my preferences, it no longer gives me the font I am talking about (the same as using xterm -fn 10x20). It did so, all the way up at least from pre-Fedora (RH8 or something) to Fedora 21. > If I click in the font box, all the available fonts come up. > In that list is a font called Fixed Regular. > Is that the font? > There is a slider at the bottom of the font selection window that > allows for the selection of font size. You should be able to adjust > that to 16, if it is available in that size. > > The default seems to be monospace courier. > > In fonts, *fixed* is often a synonym for bitmapped, as opposed to > vector fonts, where the shape is expressed as algorithms, and thus > scales with size. So, fixed is an adjective, not a noun; there are > lots of fixed fonts, meaning the positions of the bits that create the > shape are absolute, and restricted to only that size. Resizing a fixed > font creates jagged edges because the shape is resized as a block. > Like zooming in on a jpg or png. I see. Thanks again! I like the fixed fonts because they are all aligned from one line to the other. This really helps (me) in programming and writing documents and e-mails. Within the fixed, this 10x20 is my favorite because it is large while also looking compact. Therefore, I would like this back if at all possible. Best wishes, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
