Hi, Thanks again! On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 08:43:38 -0700 stan <stanl-fedorauser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 09:51:22 -0500 > Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > 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. > > From within an xterm, running in X > $ rpm -qi xterm > Name : xterm > Version : 308 > Release : 3.fc21 > Architecture: x86_64 > > I have an icon on the desktop that starts it with double click. Interesting that you have this option (to set preferences graphically). When I called the xterm fom the commandline, I get no such interface. > > > 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. > > I use claws, an offshoot of sylpheed, and I can find the same Fixed > Regular font available there, with the same ability to set the size. Sorry, I should have been clearer. I have the availability but for Fixed->Regular->16, but with that combinationunder regular, I no longer get what it used to be (which was the same font as for xterm -fn 10x20) but a different font. (Is this a gtk-2/3 issue? I seem to think that sylpheed and claws-mail also is a gtk2 application). > > If no scaling is required, and the bit density is high enough, and the > screen bit density matches the font bit density, say 100 dpi, then fixed > fonts will be clearer than vectorized fonts, because they are > customized for that exact use case. The difference between an off the > rack suit, and a custom tailored suit. Agreed! :-) I spent time ages ago to get a good rack suit, or so I thought, and since that has always worked, I decided not to bother with more changes. But I wonder if the manufacturer has gone out of business or has a new distributor, since xterm is still able to pull in that font:-) I still am trying to locate the distributor. Thanks again for all the help!! 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@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
