[comp.windows.x] determining fonts size

acyoung@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Aaron C. Young) (06/05/90)

	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.

	Thanks

	acyoung@sunrise.acs.syr.edu

mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse) (06/05/90)

> 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.)

					der Mouse

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