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## Introduction
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This page describes fonts I tested for usability in
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a terminal emulator. The ratings may be highly subjective
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and describe my way to find good fonts.
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## How I tested
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I'm using a small script named **urxvt-font-change**,
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which is part of the nsbin git repository. This script
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allows me to dynamically change the font in the running
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terminal.
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## Objectives
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There are a lot of different objectives for choosing
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a font that suits you. For me, the following objectives
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are interesting: Is the font usable for ...
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* small screens
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* presentations
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* my eyes
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The last point is probably mostly subjective, a font
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must "look good" to me.
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## Font list
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And here's the actual font table:
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[[!table data="""
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Font name | Size | Recommended | Remarks
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xft:Bitstream Vera Serif:style=Roman | big | | Too much whitespace
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"""]]
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[[!tag unix]]
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