font differences between xorg vs. xfree86?

Jim Cornette redhat-jc at insight.rr.com
Sat Mar 20 05:00:04 UTC 2004


Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Ben Steeves <bcs at metacon.ca> said:
> 
>>Are my eyes deceiving me, or is "MiscFixed" not the same font in xorg as
>>it was in XFree?  I've been using MiscFixed in my shells for quite some
>>time and was shocked at how bad it looked after switching to the xorg
>>packages.  
> 
> 
> The old font is also known by the name "6x13" in the old X font system.
> Has someone switch xterm to the new font way (and if so is the old
> "6x13" available)?
> 
> If I can't get 6x13 for xterm, I will not be upgrading ever again! :-)

I thought that the fonts on the right looked more readable and with 
better contrast. Basically, it is probably a human factor of observations.

What's up with the spy.png?

Jim





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