[xcrysden] properties of fonts

[Tone Kokalj]

On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 09:55 +0200, Gabriele Sclauzero wrote:
> Dear users,
> 
>      I want to increase the size of the fonts in the xcrysden GUI 
> (buttons, menus). I succeeded by specifying a line like this:
> 
> *font: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-
> 
> in the Xcrysden_defaults file. Anyway I'm not completely satisfied of 
> the results, since the fonts are bigger but they look as they have a too 
> thin body (I don't remember the technical word to say that...). Where 
> can I learn all the possible options for this *font: definition

That is nothing but the X11 specification of the font and "*" are
wildcards. Try the xfontsel. It is an ancient x11 font-selection program
with the possibility to set all the fields. Select the font there and
paste it to Xcrysden_defaults file.

> Is there a possibility to add an antialiasing options, in order to make 
> those fonts to look smoother?

While the new Tk support the antialiased fonts (actually on my system,
xcrysden uses antialiased fonts), I don't know if this will work via
Xcrysden_defaults file.


> Another issue which came about after increasing the font size: the 
> default window size happens to be a bit too small to accomodate all the 
> buttons with the larger fonts, so that I have to resize it manually 
> after starting xcrysden. Where and how do I specify my default window size?

If you are referring to xcrysden main-window, I believe there is little
you can do: its sizes are hard-coded so as that all "buttons" fits
within the panel. Usually this works well with the default font, but
when larger font is specified one faces your problem.

Regards, Tone
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