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Re: xterm font size



On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 05:02:13AM -0400, Zach wrote:
> On 7/11/07, Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Note that recent xterms can also use antialiased TrueType fonts, which
>> look much better IMO.  But the option syntax is completely different:
>> For example:
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> I run Debian testing and was wondering what package provides these
> nice fonts and how do I enable them? I wish to use them in Firefox and
> gnome-terminal also!

The specific ones I mentioned are in the ttf-bitstream-vera package
(see also ttf-dejavu).

You can use "apt-cache search" to find things like this, or the
search page at packages.debian.org.

Once installed, you should able to select them in the various gnome and
firef^Wiceweasel font dialogs.



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