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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> James Miller wrote:
> >
> > font size is a problem.  Using links, for example, many
> > pages I tried to visit were getting pushed offscreen
>
> I assume you are talking about running links in X?
> Or do you get that problem from the CLI?

In the rxvt term under X, yes.

> > how to I get links to display with a smaller font?
>
> In X, links runs on top of rxvt and takes its font.  So,
> to change the font for links (in X), change the rxvt font.
> There are two good ways to do this:
> (1) Globally change the rxvt font in ~/.Xdefaults
> (2) Selectively add -fn parameter in /usr/share/swm/menu.sh
>
> The current rxvt font is 9x15.  The next smallest is: 6x13

I tried starting links from another console I started in X that used a
differing font (from an rxvt term issued "rxvt -fn 6x13", for example).  I
get some character corruption when I do this: e.g., what are supposed to
be lines show up as some other strange characters.  Can I keep the same
fontface, but just make it smaller?  Isn't the 6x13 font a different
fontface (or style, or whatever it's technically called)?  Anyway, the
strange characters are the real showstopper for using a smaller font like
this, so that's the main issue to address.

James