On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 09:37:45 -0800 Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It appears to me that the font that I want is actually installed. > When I do xterm -fn 10x20, I get the font. (xterm is from where I > became aware of this font in the first place.) However, in sylpheed, > I do not know how to call this font. I have previously used Fixed 16 > to refer to this font but it does not seem to work (it gives some > other font). Is this a gtk update/packaging issue? When I do a edit->profile preferences in an xterm, I can then select custom font in the general tab. 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. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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
