[CLUE-Talk] Available font sizes for xterm?

[Jim Ockers]

Jeff,

> In cygwin, the <ctrl> + right mouse click on an xterm
> to increase font size does not seem to work.  So, I
> have been spawning xterms with the font parameter,
> e.g., xterm -font 7x13.

You're using the fixed fonts from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc :
# ls *x* | grep '^[0-9]' | grep -v ISO8859 | grep -v KOI8
5x7.pcf.gz
5x8.pcf.gz
6x10.pcf.gz
6x12.pcf.gz
6x13B.pcf.gz
6x13O.pcf.gz
6x13.pcf.gz
6x9.pcf.gz
7x13B.pcf.gz
7x13O.pcf.gz
7x13.pcf.gz
7x14B.pcf.gz
7x14-JISX0201.1976-0.pcf.gz
7x14.pcf.gz
8x13B.pcf.gz
8x13O.pcf.gz
8x13.pcf.gz
8x16.pcf.gz
8x16rk.pcf.gz
9x15B.pcf.gz
9x15.pcf.gz
9x18B.pcf.gz
9x18.pcf.gz
10x20.pcf.gz
12x13ja.pcf.gz
12x24.pcf.gz
12x24rk.pcf.gz
18x18ja.pcf.gz
18x18ko.pcf.gz

I believe you'll find that those are the valid font sizes for
the fixed fonts.  However, the availability of fonts depends on the
X server and X font server, if you have one.  Not all X servers or
font servers have the same fontset.

If you're using scalable fonts (75dpi or 100dpi) then your application
should be able to make use of them.  I think that xterm is not the sort
of application that can make use of them though.  Try using some other
terminal, perhaps one of the KDE or Gnome terminals, which may give you
some more font flexibility.

> 
> Where can I find the list of all available font sizes?
>  I found the fonts files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/font,
> but nothing jumped at me to indicate which font sizes
> are available.  I also checked the xterm and X man
> pages.
> 
> Would someone point me to the right location or man
> page?

Hope this helps,
Jim

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