font and screen size

[Holger Krull]

Cole Radcliffe schrieb:
> this. I could just set the "-fn" option which stands for "font name"
> and use a font that has a large standard size but someone would need
> to explain to me how to set that up!

xterm font type and size are usually set in the file .Xdefaults

add something like:

XTerm*faceName: bitstream vera sans mono
XTerm*faceSize: 10

> 
> I just want to get the shell larger in general so it does not hurt my
> eyes. Maybe there is another way just to scale everything up?

Yes, start the server with -dpi 120
(or larger)


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