From e9c96e7ce56ab582d4c22135c6c0d9822b4565b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Schottelius Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:33:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] xorg font list in the blog Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius --- ...ublished-xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts.mdwn | 11 ++++++++ docs/xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts.mdwn | 25 +++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 blog/published-xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts.mdwn diff --git a/blog/published-xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts.mdwn b/blog/published-xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ae0c6a46 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/published-xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +[[!meta title="Published Xorg terminal emulator font list"]] + +While I was trying to find out, why [rxvt-unicode](http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html) +choosed sometimes a different font, I digged into the font selection problematic. +Especially small fonts, which enable me to get a lot of stuff on the screen +and huge fonts for presentations are in my interest. + +Thus I published a [[(growing) list of fonts|docs/xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts]] +I tried on my terminal emulator and "rated" their usability. + +[[!tag unix]] diff --git a/docs/xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts.mdwn b/docs/xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts.mdwn index 99a2a2ab..e220af92 100644 --- a/docs/xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts.mdwn +++ b/docs/xorg-terminal-emulator-fonts.mdwn @@ -1,15 +1,25 @@ +[[!meta title="Xorg terminal emulator font list"]] + ## Introduction This page describes fonts I tested for usability in a terminal emulator. The ratings may be highly subjective and describe my way to find good fonts. +This site is inspired by the +[Nice fonts for X terminals](http://adamspiers.org/computing/zsh/files/prompts/X_fonts.README) +site. It does not try to make things better, just again +to find my personal preferences. ## How I tested I'm using a small script named **urxvt-font-change**, which is part of the nsbin git repository. This script allows me to dynamically change the font in the running -terminal. +terminal. Besides searching around the net for font names, +I've used two local sources: + + * xlsfonts (core X font subsystem) + * fc-list (xft) ## Objectives @@ -33,9 +43,20 @@ And here's the actual font table: [[!table data=""" Font name | Size | Recommended | Remarks +5x7 | tiny | no | Unreadable +nexus | tiny | no | Digiclock style font, but hard to read +shine | tiny | no | Similar to nexus, bit better +outcast | tiny | no | Similar to shine, bit better +edges | tiny | no | Similar to nexus, more edges +suxus | tiny | no | Unreadable +tixus | tiny | yes | Very good readable for such a small font +xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold | big | yes | Good readable xft:Bitstream Vera Serif:style=Roman | big | | Too much whitespace - """]] +## See also + + * [Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux](http://avi.alkalay.net/linux/docs/font-howto/Font.html) + * [Nice fonts for X terminals](http://adamspiers.org/computing/zsh/files/prompts/X_fonts.README) [[!tag unix]]