samperi@marob.masa.com (Dominick Samperi) (09/13/89)
It seems to me that the letters in the default X text font are too small (and may be harmful after long hours of use?), while the next larger font (9x15) results in an ugly overly wide 24x80 xterm window. I've tried using some of the fancy new fonts, and although some of them result in pretty characters that are easy to read, text updates are slow, and the non-fixed spacing yields strange effects, like seeing what you type appear far away from the end of the shell prompt. I think the SunView default font is just about the right size, not too small or too big/wide. Is there any way to get an snf file for the default SunView font? Any other suggestions on choosing comfortible font sizes? Thanks! Dominick Samperi Citicorp uunet!ccorp!samperi -- Dominick Samperi -- ESCC samperi@marob.masa.com uunet!hombre!samperi
dal@midgard.Midgard.MN.ORG (Dale Schumacher) (09/14/89)
In article <250DC352.2FFA@marob.masa.com> samperi@marob.masa.com (Dominick Samperi) writes: |It seems to me that the letters in the default X text font are too |small (and may be harmful after long hours of use?), while the |next larger font (9x15) results in an ugly overly wide 24x80 xterm |window. I've tried using some of the fancy new fonts, and although |some of them result in pretty characters that are easy to read, |text updates are slow, and the non-fixed spacing yields strange |effects, like seeing what you type appear far away from the end of |the shell prompt. I think the SunView default font is just about |the right size, not too small or too big/wide. Is there any way to |get an snf file for the default SunView font? Any other suggestions |on choosing comfortible font sizes? Thanks! Help is on the way. I have upwards of 60 new hand-crafted bitmap fonts in sizes from 4x6 to 8x16 which I am contributing to the X consortium. If they are good enough, maybe a few will be included in the base distribution, but I expect the entire set will show up in contrib. I've sent about a dozen samples to Jim Fulton for evaluation and have said he can make them available for others if desired. I don't have direct access to FTP, so I can't just put them all on expo. Also, I'm fighting with the ambiguous and incomplete documentation of the BDF format, so I'm holding the complete set back until I'm more certain that the BDF translation of my native font format is good. Is there any interest in me posting maybe half a dozen fonts directly here? If so, what bitmap sizes are most desired (they are designed for 75dpi)? -- Dale Schumacher <dal@syntel.mn.org> umn-cs!bungia!syntel!dal
envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) (09/15/89)
In article <1203@midgard.Midgard.MN.ORG>, dal@midgard.Midgard.MN.ORG (Dale Schumacher) writes: << In article <250DC352.2FFA@marob.masa.com> samperi@marob.masa.com (Dominick Samperi) writes: < |It seems to me that the letters in the default X text font are too < |small (and may be harmful after long hours of use?), while the < |next larger font (9x15) results in an ugly overly wide 24x80 xterm < |window. I've tried using some of the fancy new fonts, and although < |some of them result in pretty characters that are easy to read, < |text updates are slow, and the non-fixed spacing yields strange < |effects, like seeing what you type appear far away from the end of < |the shell prompt. I think the SunView default font is just about < |the right size, not too small or too big/wide. Is there any way to < |get an snf file for the default SunView font? Any other suggestions < |on choosing comfortible font sizes? Thanks! < < Help is on the way. I have upwards of 60 new hand-crafted bitmap fonts in < sizes from 4x6 to 8x16 which I am contributing to the X consortium. If they < are good enough, maybe a few will be included in the base distribution, but < I expect the entire set will show up in contrib. I've sent about a dozen < samples to Jim Fulton for evaluation and have said he can make them available < for others if desired. I don't have direct access to FTP, so I can't just < put them all on expo. Also, I'm fighting with the ambiguous and incomplete < documentation of the BDF format, so I'm holding the complete set back until < I'm more certain that the BDF translation of my native font format is good. < Is there any interest in me posting maybe half a dozen fonts directly here? < If so, what bitmap sizes are most desired (they are designed for 75dpi)? < < -- < Dale Schumacher <dal@syntel.mn.org> umn-cs!bungia!syntel!dal Actualy, we could use some fonts a little larger than 9x15, say around 11x17 or whatever. The next larger font above 9x15 we have is 12x20 which is too large. We are running color vaxstation 2000's which have a 16 inch monitor. I guess that would be about 100dpi. Got any around that size (11x17 or 11x18)? _____________________________________ Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory I don't speak for LBL, these non-opinions are all mine.