Re: How do you make the X Icons, Fonts, Everything bigger
On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 07:50:31AM -0800, Joe Smith wrote:
> Whenever I run Windows in 1024x768 mode, I get decent quality fonts and
> icons in terms of size.
>
> how can i run x in the same mode with much larger fonts and icons?
I've not looked at icons. To make your font settings resolution dependent,
you can make use of conditional macros in X resources files.
[Branden, perhaps something like this can be included as an example with the
X packages?]
For example, here's the relevant part of my ~/.Xresources:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!
! ~/.Xresources - X resource preferences.
!
! You should ensure this is read by something like `xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults'
! during X startup.
!
! For information about X resources and associated commands, see xrdb(1x),
! editres(1x), appres(1x), listres(1x).
!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! This file uses xrdb's capability of using cpp as a preprocesor.
! For documentation on cpp, see cpp(1) and the cpp info entry.
! xrdb defines several preprocessor symbols, including:
! HEIGHT=num
! the height of the root window in pixels.
! WIDTH=num
! the width of the root window in pixels.
! Use `xrdb -symbols' to view the symbols and their values.
! Abbreviations to shorten tests on display size
#if (WIDTH >= 1280 ) && (HEIGHT >= 1024)
# define W_1280
#elif (WIDTH >= 1152 ) && (HEIGHT >= 864)
# define W_1152
#elif (WIDTH >= 1024 ) && (HEIGHT >= 768)
# define W_1024
#elif (WIDTH >= 800) && (HEIGHT >= 600)
# define W_800
#endif
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!
! Fixed width fonts
!
! Useful programs for determining font preferences:
! - xlsfonts(1x)
! - list X fonts matching a pattern (e.g. xlsfonts -fn '*-iso8859-1' ).
! - `-ll' includes information on whether a font is proportional or not
! (`monospaced', `character cell').
! - xfd(1x) - show all glyphs in a font.
! - xfontsel(1x) - point and click selection of font names. .
! (e.g. xfontsel -noscaled -pattern '*-iso8859-1' )
!
! Constraints:
! - Fixed width (essential for terminal emulators)
! - ISO 8859-1 encoding and full ISO 8859-1 character set
! - Slightly on the big side (I don't like to have many windows on my display,
! and often use screen(1) to keep things managable).
! - The `huge' font should be as big as possible within the screen size.
! - FONT_UNREADABLE < FONT_TINY < FONT_SMALL < FONT_NORMAL < FONT_LARGISH
! < FONT_LARGE < FONT_HUGE
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! I don't see the need for a separate "Medium" font - I use default for a
! medium (normal) sized font.
XTerm*fontMenu*font4*Label: Largish
#ifdef W_1152
# define FONT_NORMAL -*-fixed-bold-r-*-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_LARGISH -misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_LARGE -sony-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_HUGE -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_SMALL -misc-fixed-*-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_TINY -b&h-lucidatypewriter-*-r-*-*-8-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
#endif
#ifdef W_1024
# define FONT_NORMAL -misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_LARGISH -misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-15-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_LARGE -bitstream-terminal-medium-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_HUGE -sony-fixed-medium-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_SMALL -b&h-lucidatypewriter-*-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_TINY -*-fixed-*-r-*-*-7-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
#endif
#if !defined(FONT_NORMAL) || defined(W_800)
! Default fonts
# define FONT_NORMAL -misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-70-iso8859-1
# define FONT_LARGISH -misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_LARGE -misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_HUGE -misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_SMALL -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
# define FONT_TINY -misc-fixed-medium-r-*--7-*-*-*-*-50-iso8859-1
#endif
#if !defined(FONT_UNREADABLE)
# define FONT_UNREADABLE nil2
#endif
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!
! Fonts for terminal emulators
!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XTerm*VT100*font: FONT_NORMAL
XTerm*VT100*font1: FONT_UNREADABLE
XTerm*VT100*font2: FONT_TINY
XTerm*VT100*font3: FONT_SMALL
XTerm*VT100*font4: FONT_LARGISH
XTerm*VT100*font5: FONT_LARGE
XTerm*VT100*font6: FONT_HUGE
! rxvt takes over fonts from XTerm, but is has fewer font slots
! (normal and 1..4); we override the XTerm font settings by skipping
! FONT_UNREADABLE and FONT_LARGISH
Rxvt*font: FONT_NORMAL
Rxvt*font1: FONT_SMALL
Rxvt*font2: FONT_TINY
Rxvt*font3: FONT_LARGE
Rxvt*font4: FONT_HUGE
HTH,
Ray
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