Re: Changing The PSI Definition

[Karl Vogel <vogelke@pobox.com>]

>> On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 07:42:30AM -0500, Dan Ritter wrote:

> Might be time for a new font. I like Inconsolata, but l1I!
> should never look similar, nor O0@ or S$. 

  My eyesight sucks like a black hole with daddy issues, so I like fonts
  that are a bit larger than most.  My favorites on xterm:

  * xft:Menlo-Regular:pixelsize=20:bold
  * xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=21:bold
  * xft:Cascadia:pixelsize=22:bold
  * xft:FiraMono-Regular:pixelsize=22

  Your examples above are very readable with Menlo.  These aren't bad:

  * xft:Edlo:pixelsize=21:bold
  * xft:Inconsolata-Bold:pixelsize=25:bold
  * xft:Meslo LG S:pixelsize=20:bold
  * xft:Meslo LG S:pixelsize=21:bold
  * xft:UbuntuMono-B:pixelsize=25:bold

  I run two xterms side-by-side on a 23-inch monitor:

    /usr/local/bin/xterm -geometry 80x40-0+0 -j -b 10 -sb \
      -si -sk -ls -u8 -sl 4000 -cr blue -bd black -bg white \
      -fa xft:Menlo-Regular:pixelsize=20:bold -title Remote

  For browsing (Firefox), my "prefs.js" file holds:

    user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
    user_pref("font.default.x-western", "sans-serif");
    user_pref("font.internaluseonly.changed", false);
    user_pref("font.minimum-size.x-western", 18);
    user_pref("font.name.monospace.x-western", "DejaVu Sans");
    user_pref("font.name.sans-serif.x-western", "sans-serif");
    user_pref("font.name.serif.x-western", "DejaVu Serif");
    user_pref("font.size.fixed.x-western", 18);
    user_pref("font.size.variable.x-western", 18);

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