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  • Looking for a really *BIG* terminal font for Linux (xterm)

    From gazelle@gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) to comp.unix.programmer,comp.windows.x on Tue Oct 16 14:52:32 2018
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    I have the need to open an xterm with a really big font. I am currently
    using "terminus-32", which is the largest font I could find, but I would
    like something bigger if possible.

    Can anyone recommend a bigger font? Where would I find it?

    Also, is there any way to construct (myself) a bigger font?
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  • From scott@scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) to comp.unix.programmer,comp.windows.x on Tue Oct 16 15:20:02 2018
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    gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) writes:
    I have the need to open an xterm with a really big font. I am currently >using "terminus-32", which is the largest font I could find, but I would
    like something bigger if possible.

    Can anyone recommend a bigger font? Where would I find it?

    Look for tools that build/edit bdf font files.

    http://profs.etsmtl.ca/mmcguffin/learn/x11fonts/

    BDF file looks like this (all human readable):

    STARTFONT 2.1
    FONT -Lurndal-TD830-Medium-R-Normal--15-140-75-75-C-90-ISO8859-1
    SIZE 15 75 75
    FONTBOUNDINGBOX 9 15 0 -3

    STARTPROPERTIES 23
    FONTNAME_REGISTRY ""
    FOUNDRY "Lurndal"
    FAMILY_NAME "TD830"
    WEIGHT_NAME "Medium"
    SLANT "R"
    SETWIDTH_NAME "Normal"
    ADD_STYLE_NAME ""
    PIXEL_SIZE 15
    POINT_SIZE 140
    RESOLUTION_X 75
    RESOLUTION_Y 75
    SPACING "C"
    AVERAGE_WIDTH 90
    CHARSET_REGISTRY "ISO8859"
    CHARSET_ENCODING "1"
    COPYRIGHT "Public domain font. Share and enjoy."
    CAP_HEIGHT 10
    X_HEIGHT 7
    WEIGHT 10
    QUAD_WIDTH 9
    DEFAULT_CHAR 0
    FONT_DESCENT 3
    FONT_ASCENT 12
    ENDPROPERTIES

    CHARS 223

    STARTCHAR defaultchar
    ENCODING 0
    SWIDTH 576 0
    DWIDTH 9 0
    BBX 9 15 0 -3
    BITMAP
    0000
    0000
    6D00
    0100
    4000
    4100
    0100
    4000
    4100
    0100
    4000
    5B00
    0000
    0000
    0000
    ENDCHAR

    .. repeat for each glyph.

    You can use

    $ xfd -fn -lurndal-td830-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso8859-1

    to display the font after it's loaded into the Xserver as per the instructions in the link above.
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  • From gazelle@gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) to comp.unix.programmer,comp.windows.x on Sat Oct 20 17:51:36 2018
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    In article <g2sfb1F17c1U1@mid.individual.net>,
    Jens Schweikhardt <usenet@schweikhardt.net> wrote:
    In comp.windows.x Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
    # I have the need to open an xterm with a really big font. I am currently
    # using "terminus-32", which is the largest font I could find, but I would
    # like something bigger if possible.
    #
    # Can anyone recommend a bigger font? Where would I find it?
    #
    # Also, is there any way to construct (myself) a bigger font?

    Is using a rendered font an option? You can use them at any size.

    To see which fonts are available,

    $ fc-list :scalable=true:spacing=mono: family
    Monaco
    [...]

    Then

    $ xterm -fa "Monaco:size=48"

    Bingo! I think my problem is solved.

    Observe:

    $ fc-list :scalable=true:spacing=mono: family
    Droid Sans Mono
    DejaVu Sans Mono
    Liberation Mono
    FreeMono
    $

    (Should there be more than just these 4? Do I need to apt-get something?)

    The following command line solves my problem:

    $ xterm -fa DroidSansMono:size=32

    Voil|i!

    Kudos for knowing how to spell that word. The common modern spelling is
    the same as that of a member of the violin family.
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