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Subject: really large font?
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Date: 18 Sep 90 16:30:35 GMT
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NAIVE QUESTION: Is there a really large font in the standard mit distribution 
suitable for use with xterm?  Is one readily available elsewhere?

I am using mit X11R4 on a sparcstation.  I'd like a font like the one the
machine uses before you start up a windowing system; that is, something large
enough so that 24 rows and 80 columns fills the entire screen.

A secondary problem I have is that I can't seem to navigate the fonts I do have
using xfontsel.  So many of the components of the full font name seem to effect
the apparent size.  And what does the "ptSz" component refer to?  I guessed it
was size of the font in points, but it doesn't seem to be that, at least, not 
with respect to how the font is rendered on the screen.

Thanks for any help -- I'd prefer responses by e-mail.


Donald Ziff (Max)         Center for Information and Language Studies
                          1100 E. 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois   60637
                          max@estragon.UChicago.{EDU,BITNET,MAILNET,CSNET}
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