If you want to see what font is being used by fontconfig/xft for any given name (at least on linux; I don't have access to a bsd box that runs X to test) try using xfd to show the font; /proc/$pid/maps will list the font file xfd is using. lsof -p $pid is an easy way to see that info. At 133 dpi, I get this mapping for fixed-9, 10, 11: fixed-9 == /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/lt1-16-etl.pcf.gz fixed-10 == /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/18x18ko.pcf.gz fixed-11 == /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/10x20.pcf.gz The font you see for fixed-10 is probably one of the -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal-* fonts. -JimC