micro fonts

[ToddAndMargo]

On 08/22/2015 06:14 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 06:03:47 -0400
> ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:
>
>> On 08/22/2015 05:51 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
>>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 05:24:14 -0400
>>> ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 08/22/2015 05:15 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 04:49:42 -0400
>>>>> ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just upgraded to Scientific Linux 7.1 (RHEL clone) and
>>>>>> Xfce 4.10.1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I installed Xfce with "yum --eanblerepo=epel* groupinstall xfce"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Problem: in terminal and xterm the fonts is way tiny.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is a typical xterm start up:
>>>>>> xterm -fn 10x20 -fg blue -bg white -bdc -cc "33:48,37:48,45-47:48,38:48"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apparently "-fn 10x20" vanished when I upgrade SL and Xfce.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone know how to get these back?
>>>>>
>>>>> Try Ctrl + right-click in the xterm window, and check "TrueType Fonts".
>>>>> If that works, set the renderFont resource to true to make it permanent.
>>>       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>
>>>>> If not, what does 'fc-match 10x20' return?
>>
>>
>> fc-match 10x20
>> DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book"
>>
>>
>> Is this correct?
>
> That is correct, you have the right font alias, but it's not the line
> I pointed out :)
>
> Edit the file ~/.Xresources (or ~/.Xdefaults if that is what your
> distribution uses) and add the line:
>
> XTerm*renderFont: true
>
> Then run, in a terminal, 'xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources', and the next
> terminal you open should start with TrueType fonts enabled. Most
> distributions will source one of these files when X starts, so the
> change should be permanent. If it isn't, you would need to run the
> above xrdb command on X startup, either from a script or by adding it
> to your Xfce session startup in Settings -> Session and Startup.
>
> Petter

Hi Petter,

Thank you for the help with this.  Our responses just missed
each other.  :-)

-T