Re: [LINUX5250] Font size

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Short answer:  As far as I know, you can use any font you have installed.

Long answer:

TN5250, itself, doesn't know anything about fonts.   When you specify 
font_80 or font_132, it sends the font string that you typed to your
xterm.  It's the xterm that understands fonts.

Therefore, the true question is, "what fonts do I have installed that work
in my xterm?"

As far as I know, you can use any installed font in xterm.  But I can't
say that I've done much experimenting...

On FreeBSD, I can type "xlsfonts" or "xfontsel" to see what fonts are
available to me.   I have no idea if this is available in Linux, but it
might be worth a try.


On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, dblair wrote:

> By the way- the 10x20 font works pretty well, but what others should be 
> available to work?
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 14 August 2001 05:18 pm, you wrote:
> > I _did_ respond to this...   I don't know why you didn't get it.
> >
> > My response is in the archives:
> >
> > http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250/200108/msg00016.html
> >
> > I'll CC: you on this message, in case something is up with the list...
> >
> > On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, dblair wrote:
> > > C'mon, folks. This isn't THAT tough of a question that no one has an
> > > answer after two days!!! Can't someone help me?
> > >
> > > On Sunday 12 August 2001 03:01 pm, you wrote:
> > > > I'm no C programmer nor a Linux guru, so when I compiled the source on
> > > > my Red Hat 7.1 machine, I was surprised to have it pop up in such small
> > > > font. I'm running 1024x768 on a 14" monitor here at home, and need to
> > > > do work remotely on an AS/400.
> > > >
> > > > In simple terms, what do I need to change to get larger characters?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > David
> >