Hi,
Thanks again!
On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 08:43:38 -0700 stan stanl-fedorauser@vfemail.net wrote:
On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 09:51:22 -0500 Ranjan Maitra maitra.mbox.ignored@inbox.com 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
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