From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B12A138CC5 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:38:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3E6BCE080A; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:38:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lyseo.edu.ouka.fi (unknown [82.128.138.2]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A73F9E07F4 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:38:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [100.97.110.215] (85-76-142-145-nat.elisa-mobile.fi [85.76.142.145]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lyseo.edu.ouka.fi (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D9BC413F98FD for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 05:38:21 +0200 (EET) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Please explain X fonts? References: <20150327021529.GA2159@waltdnes.org> From: Matti Nykyri Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-F3ED4C6C-3937-40D1-8BFE-D92BA601852C X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11D201) In-Reply-To: <20150327021529.GA2159@waltdnes.org> Message-Id: <792DC435-0FA4-4C5E-A54E-389D3748371A@iki.fi> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 05:38:07 +0200 To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-Archives-Salt: 59a4e5a4-fd5b-48b6-9999-ff3383bedca2 X-Archives-Hash: df635b29c215a079a1a158889ea33768 --Apple-Mail-F3ED4C6C-3937-40D1-8BFE-D92BA601852C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > On Mar 27, 2015, at 4:15, "Walter Dnes" wrote: >=20 > #!/bin/bash > [[ -f ~/.Xresources ]] && xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources /usr/bin/xterm -bg bla= ck -fg cyan -geometry 50x9+0+0 -fn lucidasanstypewriter-12 & > /usr/bin/xterm -bg black -fg cyan -geometry +0+0 -fn lucidasanstypewriter-= 12 & > exec /usr/bin/icewm > ~/.icewm.log 2>&1 >=20 > Some time ago, somebody decided to deprecate iso8859-1 fonts. And > when I run startx, the text console comes up with Why not use some new TTF? Put the config to ~/Xdefaults: XTerm*faceName: Liberation Mono XTerm*faceSize: 12 > xterms come up with some dinky little font. It's bad enough on a 24 > in 1920x1080 monitor. On an 11" 1366x768 netbook, it's unreadable. > When I do a control-right-click on an xterm to manipulate fonts, the > xterm crashes. X server abjusts font sizes according to the DPI value. The DPI value it cal= culates might be wrong though: bad EDID most likely. Set the DPI value in yo= u Xorg.conf file to make the fonts in constant size. > One of the nice things about having multiple machines, is that I still > had another machine with the old fonts. For a few years, I've preserved > a copy of /usr/share/fonts from that machine as fonts_do_not_delete. So > each time fonts are "updated" on my machines, I rename /usr/share/fonts > to /usr/share/fonts.borken and copy the fonts_do_not_delete directory as > /usr/share/fonts. CONFIG_PROTECT the directory or make the fonts immutable so they don't get r= emoved. chattr +i > OK, so whats supposed to be "the right way" to get working xterms with > lucidasanstypewriter-12? --=20 -Matti= --Apple-Mail-F3ED4C6C-3937-40D1-8BFE-D92BA601852C Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Mar 27, 2015, at 4:15, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:

#!/bin/bash
[[ -f ~/.Xresources ]] && xrdb -merge ~= /.Xresources /usr/bin/xterm -bg black -fg cyan -geometry 50x9+0+0 -fn lucida= sanstypewriter-12 &
/usr/bin/xterm -bg black -fg cyan -g= eometry +0+0 -fn lucidasanstypewriter-12 &
exec /usr/bin= /icewm > ~/.icewm.log 2>&1

= ;Some time ago, somebody decided to deprecate iso8859-1 fonts. And
when I run startx, the text console comes up with

Why not use some new TTF? Put th= e config to ~/Xdefaults:

XTerm*fac=
eName: Liberation Mono
XTerm*faceSize: 12

xterms come up with some dinky little font. It= 's bad enough on a 24
in 1920x1080 monitor. On an 11" 1= 366x768 netbook, it's unreadable.
When I do a control-right-= click on an xterm to manipulate fonts, the
xterm crashes.

X server abjusts font sizes a= ccording to the DPI value. The DPI value it calculates might be wrong though= : bad EDID most likely. Set the DPI value in you Xorg.conf file to make the f= onts in constant size.

One of the nice things about havin= g multiple machines, is that I still
had another machine wit= h the old fonts. For a few years, I've preserved
a cop= y of /usr/share/fonts from that machine as fonts_do_not_delete. So
each time fonts are "updated" on my machines, I rename /usr/sha= re/fonts
to /usr/share/fonts.borken and copy the fonts_do_no= t_delete directory as
/usr/share/fonts.

CONFI= G_PROTECT the directory or make the fonts immutable so they don't get remove= d. chattr +i

OK, so whats supposed to be "the right way" t= o get working xterms with
lucidasanstypewriter-12?

--&nb= sp;
-Matti
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