X11 and ugly fonts
X11 and ugly fonts
- Subject: X11 and ugly fonts
- From: Bryan Keller <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:45:48 -0700
I have installed X11 on my PowerBook G4 (OS X 10.3.9), and I am
struggling trying to get fonts in X11 apps to look similar to the fonts
in native OS X applications. I have done an exhaustive search on the web
and on this list, and come across other users with the same issue as me,
with no solution.
To boil it down to a simple scenario:
1. Start up Terminal.app and set the font to Courier, size 14.
2. Now start up X11 and xterm and set the font to Courier (xterm -fs 14
-fa Courier)
The xterm window shows a fairly hideous display, the font being
excessively spaced and just plain ugly. Meanwhile, Terminal looks as
pretty as can be.
What am I missing in my setup that could cause this? I tried installing
Fink's "applesystemfonts" package, and adding those fonts to my font
path by putting "xset +fp ..." in my .xinitrc, but that didn't do
anything. I tried setting my font path to only include TrueType fonts
(xset fp ...), and then xterm wouldn't come up at all, as if TrueType
fonts were not even supported.
Any help is appreciated. And if anyone follows steps 1. and 2. above,
and the two windows look similar, please respond, because you are doing
something right!
Bryan
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