On 22 Sep 2003 09:19:06 +0200, Remko Troncon wrote:
>
> > I always wondered why people spend so much time configuring all aspects
> > of a look, but do not improve such basic thing like their terminal.
> > If a bold font is not specified using -fb option (or similar), than the
>
> Ok, i didn't see that part in the manpage.
>
> However, there is some behaviour which i don't understand: when i start
> xterm -fn 7x14, i get an xterm where bold fonts are clearly not
> generated by tracing the normal font, the bold font is clearly 7x14bold.
> Running xterm -fn 7x14 -fb 7x14bold gives me the exact same result.
>
> Maybe XTerm has some predefined corresponding bold fonts for standard
> fonts ?
It seems that xterm is aware if some font pairs, so if you specify
-fn 7x13, it will assume -fb 7x14. However for the default "fixed" font
(that happens to be the same 7x13 font) there is no pair, so the bold
font is generated by overstriking like in your screenshot.
> > So, for example, if someone starts xterm like this:
> > xterm -geometry 80x40 -sb +sk -si -sl 4096 -j -ls +lc -fn 7x14
> > the following addition makes it look nicer:
> > xterm -geometry 80x40 -sb +sk -si -sl 4096 -j -ls +lc -fn 7x14 -fb 7x14bold
>
> So, these make no difference.
Yes, in modern versions it is the same... Hovewer in previous versions
(I don't remember which) xterm did not try to match the corresponding
bold font, but always used overstriking.
> PS: I personally don't like the 7x14-7x14bold combination. The bold font
> is narrower (but bolder), and it looks like 2 different fonts in 1
> terminal. I seem to prefer the 'generated' font.
Ok, it is a matter of a habit. For me, the real font is more an art work
that looks nice, the generated font looks a bit like a crap without
anti-aliasing, especially for wide letters. :)
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Mon Sep 22 2003 - 03:45:34 BST