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[[!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]]

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[[!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
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[[!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]]