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From: bonnett@seismo.CSS.GOV (H. David Bonnett)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xterm default font
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Date: 5 Dec 90 18:56:03 GMT
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From the man page of xterm (SunOS 4.1.1)

"     The following resources are specified as part of  the  vt100
      widget (class VT100):
....

     boldFont (class Font)
             Specifies the name of the bold font to  use  instead
             of overstriking.
....

     font (class Font)
             Specifies the name of the normal font.  The  default
             is ``vtsingle.''
" 
and from my .xresourcerc (Xdefaults)

xterm*Font:                     *courier-medium-r-*-140-*               

The * tells xrdb to ignore all intermediate classes.  

xterm.vt100.font :              *courier-medium-r-*-140-*

should work as well.

BTW:  All of this is from the man pages available online on most Unix
      machines......

-dave bonnett; Center for Seismic Studies
      bonnett@seismo.css.gov -