How to set big font for xterm in cygwin/X

tednolan@bellsouth.net tednolan@bellsouth.net
Wed Jun 4 16:00:00 GMT 2014


In message <92C60106-8A54-434B-A470-744B8E4D420F@gmail.com>you write:
>Now I can use cygwin/X to run gtk3-demo, but my eyes is bad and xterm font =
>in cygwin/X is very small, how can I set to bigger font for xterm? Thanks a=
> lot.=
>

Well, if you hold down the ctrl key and hit the right mouse button,
you will get a menu of "VT Fonts" and select "Large" or "Huge".

Or you could do what I've done -- Make a "my_xterm" shell script:

##############################################

#!/bin/sh
#
export LANG=C
export XTERM_LOCALE=C

exec xterm \
        -fa lucidatypewriter -fs 16 \
        -fg green \
        -bg black $*

##############################################

I find the green on black much easier to read than other combinations.

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