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Bug#863452: xterm fonts too small



Package: xterm
Version: 327-2

I set the font to "huge" by pressing ctrl-rt-click.  While it's much larger
than before, it's still small.  I've used a real VT100 terminal a lot in
the past and the built in fonts were normally significantly larger than
what xterm calls "huge".  Of course the reason is likely that old bitmaps,
intended for the obsolete low resolution terminals of the early 1980's,
are being used for xterm..

So "huge" needs to be relabelled "small" (or perhaps "medium", etc.) and
larger fonts obtained.  On my console I use 16x32 font which is large.
Should xterm give the option of using the same fonts as for the console?
This would be of value if one has already set up the fonts for the
console, (as I have) since the default console fonts seem to also be way
too small.

			David Lawyer


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