[comp.windows.x] How are font names specified in X11 R3?

ehrlich@shire.cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) (11/05/88)

How are font names specified in ~/.Xdefaults under X11 Release 3?  I
tried changing the names but can't get the incantation correct.
Thanks in advance.




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rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (11/06/88)

It isn't obvious to me what you actually mean by this question.
If you're confused about resources in general, take a look at
doc/tutorials/resources.txt.  If you're wondering about the
exact internal syntax of font names, take a look at
doc/fontnames/fnames.txt.  If you're confused about the
distinction between file names (e.g. helvBO24) and font names
(e.g., -Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-O-Normal--24-240-75-75-P-138-ISO8859-1),
they aren't the same thing anymore.  To see a list of fonts, try
using "xlsfonts".