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urxvt not loading xft font from ~/.Xdefaults
Some basic details:
archlinux 3.9.3-1
xmonad 0.11
urxvt 9.18
I can get urxvt to load my desired font manually using:
urxvt -fn "xft:Ubuntu Mono"
However, I'm unable to get this font to load ...
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Detecting which font should be used
I am wondering how a system knows which font should be used for an output.
E.g. recently I was setting up my Debian for Japanese support, so first: installed Japanese locale, then a package with ...
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Forcing font size based on language in .fonts.conf
I can specify the default font family used to display a particular language in X by editing .fonts.conf in my user directory (or editing the global /etc/fonts/fonts.conf). However, I've not been able ...
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Deciding on a font, and determining the proper notation
I have an X11 program that allows you to set a font. It apparently accepts the 'standard' X Logical Font Description. This notation is fairly obscure, and while the document I linked to mentions it, ...
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Meaning of different tokens in a font config string
I have seen lines like the one below, in a number of config files (xmobar has one of these and dmenu too has this)
'-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
What is the meaning of each token which is ...
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X.org missing fonts
I have a font installed (7x14, part of the xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps package), which I would like to use in my xterm. Problem is, X won't let me.
X seems to pick up the font dir:
# grep -A 3 FontPath ...
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How do I add Xft suppport to dwm?
I would like to use the inconsolata font in dwm's statusbar. Right now my config.h is set up like so using terminus:
static const char font[] = "-*-terminus-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";
I ...
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How can I customize the look of Thunderbird's mailbox list, message list, and headers?
Mozilla Thunderbird's message list, mailbox list, and headers use a font size that is so large, I can barely see any content in the message preview pane. I'd like to reduce these to 10px, and reduce ...
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Why are the fonts all screwy for remote X11 apps on one Mac client?
I have two Mac OS X clients, both running XQuartz 2.1.6 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple33). When I SSH into a remote linux system enabling X11 forwarding and launch gnome-terminal, on one Mac the terminal ...
