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>8.3. Changing the Xterm Font</H1
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>Getting and installing these fonts is a somewhat involved process. First,
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retrieve the font(s). Next, ensure they're .pcf or .pcf.gz files. If
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they're .bdf files, investigate the "bdftopcf" command (ie. read the man
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dir (this is the correct directory for RedHat
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5.1 through 7.1, it may be different on other distributions).
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>cd</B
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> to that directory, and run <B
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Then run <B
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>xset fp rehash</B
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> and/or restart your X font
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server, whichever
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applies to your situation. Sometimes it's a good idea to go into the
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> file in the same directory, and
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create shorter alias names for the fonts.</P
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>To use the new fonts, you start your Xterm program of choice with the
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appropriate command to your Xterm, which can be found either in the man
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page or by using the "--help" parameter on the command line. Popular terms
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would be used as follows:</P
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>xterm -font <fontname></PRE
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>xterm -fn <fontname> -fb <fontname-bold>
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Eterm -F <fontname>
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rxvt -fn <fontname></PRE
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>VGA fonts are available from <EM
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>Stumpy's ANSI Fonts</EM
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page at <A
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>http://home.earthlink.net/~us5zahns/enl/ansifont.html</A
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> (which I have
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