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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  determining fonts size
Message-ID: <9006050601.AA22359@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 5 Jun 90 06:01:14 GMT
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> How does one set the size of the font when a window is opened under
> X?  I am using IBM's RT version of X and it's pretty cryptic on how
> to do this.

One doesn't.  In the X world, each font has a specific size; to get a
different size one uses a different font.  (To be sure, many systems
provide sets of fonts which are basically similar except for size, but
as far as X is concerned they're not related.)

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