Post by Paul RogersSpecitically, it seems this is the one with the ancient bitmapped PCF
Post by Bruce Dubbsc88eb44b3b903d79fb44b860a213e623 font-misc-misc-1.1.2.tar.bz2
I use the last set because I don't like warnings in /var/lob/Xorg.0.log.
Perhaps one of the fonts in the last group is what you need.
-- Bruce
Yes, I certainly COULD do that too, even just the 8859-1 that rxvt
wants as opposed to all 8MB of the whole thing, but I'm hoping I only
have to use that as a last resort. Maybe the better path in the long
run is to replace this legacy package. The book uses urxvt. It appears
to me that perhaps I have something misconfigured or misinstalled with
xft to produce this wierd l e t t e r s p a c i n g, which certainly
suggest two bytes being used. Probably better to fix my error, I don't
see many others with this problem. I'm hoping somebody here recognizes
it and knows what to do.
These comments are specifically for rxvt-unicode (urxvt).
I'm sure that the urxvt maintainers regard me as a heretic, because
I prefer TrueType and OpenType fonts. I limit its configuration to
using fonts which I like. But I can recall occasions where spacing
for some characters (particularly chinese) was wide and the glyphs
were small - for that I use a larger size for that particular font.
In the urxvt manual, search for -fn : the first font in the list
determines the size, others can be larger. So sometimes I specify
larger sizes as noted above (or so that "missing" glyphs, typically
uncommon precomposed accented letters, are of a similar size to
common letters, even though the shape might differ).
And in particular, ensure you set resources for URxvt.font (I use
~/.Xresources - and you need to load that in startx). The book has
some details, but not necessarily an example of the fonts and sizes
I currently use.
I've forgotten everything I used to know about the old fonts, so I
can't offer any guidance on what to specify. But google for urxvt
font : for me a top match is the Arch wiki which has some detail on
9x15. And there I also see "URxvt.letterSpace: -1" to reduce the
spacing (not necessary in my experience with xft fonts, but maybe
what you are looking for).
You can also, from one term, try opening a new term with a different
font to test it, e.g (TrueType)
urxvt -fn 'xft:dejavusansmono:pixelsize=11'
urxvt -fn "xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:pixelsize=11" (the same font)
For a list of the fixed (i.e. monospace) XFree86 fonts, see
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs-fonts.html - I would hope that
the legacy fonts in the book include some of those. There are links
to Marcus's packaging on that page, those links still appear to
work.
HTH
ĸen
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