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Re: Font for PC graphics characters



On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:46:31PM -0400, T wrote:
> On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:31:27 -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:27:59PM -0400, T wrote:
> >> which font is capable of showing the PC graphics characters (ie ascii art)? 
> > 
> > Well, if you want to display ASCII, then every font known to
> > man, basically, will display it. So ASCII art isn't the
> > trouble. It's probably characters that are outside of the
> > ASCII range that are troubling you. 
> 
> Yes, exactly, those PC graphics characters/symbols.
> 
> > For that, you have to
> > make sure that your locale is set properly, and that your
> > terminal program is also using the right locale. If you need
> > help in that direction, let us know.
> 
> I'm using xterm, and I've set my LANG=C...
> 
> I've read that 
> -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-110-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1
> 
> have the symbols...
> 
> But still I am unable to view those PC graphics characters/symbols.

Can you point us to an example of these "PC graphics characters"?  It
might help us find out exactly what symbols they're using.  Have you
tried uxterm (maybe you mean accents and such?)?

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