Hi guys,
I have always been using Xft fonts to avoid this but I would really like to know how X11 fonts work. For example, if I use xfontsel and select:
I get a font that looks good (but much less than 12 pixels)
If I select:
It randomly turns bold.
If I select:
I get a load of Chinese (?) characters
And now if I go for (using ptSz rather than pxlsz):
The smallest size I can go for is 50pt which displays like 5pt.
What is this madness? I have never been able to find out after 15 odd years .
Is it consistently mad? If I select the same font on i.e Debian or even Xsun, will it be the same?
I have always been using Xft fonts to avoid this but I would really like to know how X11 fonts work. For example, if I use xfontsel and select:
Code:
-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*
I get a font that looks good (but much less than 12 pixels)
If I select:
Code:
-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*
It randomly turns bold.
If I select:
Code:
-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-*
I get a load of Chinese (?) characters
And now if I go for (using ptSz rather than pxlsz):
The smallest size I can go for is 50pt which displays like 5pt.
Code:
-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-50-*-*-*-*-*
What is this madness? I have never been able to find out after 15 odd years .
Is it consistently mad? If I select the same font on i.e Debian or even Xsun, will it be the same?