Changing Fonts in FC2 and Configuring aterm

November 5, 2004 11:58 PM
Installing new fonts in Fedora is as easy as dragging the font file to a nautilus window pointing to fonts:/// or running:

fc-cache path_to_font_directory

The core X font system using the xfs font server requires a little bit more work though.

If this is the first time you are installing new fonts, then run:

mkdir /usr/share/fonts/local/
chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/local/

Once you have the new fonts in the /usr/share/fonts/local/ directory, run:

ttmkfdir -d /usr/share/fonts/local/ -o /usr/share/fonts/local/fonts.scale

The reason for installing new fonts? Well, Proggy Clean Font looks absolutely cool in aterm which by the way can be configured for some acceptable amount of eye candy¹ by putting the following lines in your ~/.Xdefaults:

aterm*background: black
aterm*foreground: white
aterm*transparent: true
aterm*transpscrollbar: true
aterm*pointerColor: red
aterm*scrollBar: true
aterm*loginShell: true
aterm*shading: 80
aterm*geometry: 85x40
aterm*font:-windows-proggy clean-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
aterm*boldFont:-windows-proggy clean-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1

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^[1] Which as someone aiming for efficiency², I try to minimize but end up wanting more just like as if it were real candy.
^[2] The reason for using aterm in the first place.