| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
Is it possible for the terminal emulator to use other fonts than
the two customisable ones on a decwindows/vms system ?
I can imagine that some parameters exist that can be placed in
the decw$xdefaults file, like under ultrix where the dxterm can
be started with parameters for the default small and big font.
I tried it under ultrix, but it did not work. May be i specified
the fonts in the wrong way.
What parameters should i specify on vms and which string should
i specify to get this working ?
Any help is appreciated very much.
gerard brouwers SWAS Utrecht.
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| 1193.1 | Resources are the same in VMS and Ultrix | HANNAH::MESSENGER | Bob Messenger | Fri Jul 28 1989 12:51 | 17 |
On both Ultrix and VMS you can change the fonts used for the Big and Little fonts with: *DECterm.bigFontSetName: xxxxxx *DECterm.littleFontSetName: yyyyyy where xxxxxx and yyyyyy are font names, *not* file names. The defaults (in DECterm V1.0) are: *DECterm.bigFontSetName: -*-Terminal-*-*-*--*-180-*-*-*-*-*-* *DECterm.littleFontSetName: -*-Terminal-*-*-*--*-140-*-*-*-*-*-* You'll have to figure out the correct font name patterns for the fonts you want to substitute. -- Bob | |||||
| 1193.2 | Where's my font? | MAMIE::FEDORA | dangerous but inept | Fri Nov 03 1989 09:30 | 9 |
How come when I select Bigfont on the DECterm customize window option
I get a heavily serif'ed font and not the sans-serif that I get
with Little font? What I want is the font that shows in the operators
window, which looks like the DVWSVT0 19X10 that I used on UIS, but
don't know what it's called. I looked at the ADOBE-* family of
fonts and the Helvetica-Mediuim-O-Normal--18 is REAL close to what
I want but has horrible spacing because it's a P and not an M. Why
ARE the Bigfont and Littlefont defaults so different?
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| 1193.3 | FK::FRED | So sue me. | Mon Nov 13 1989 19:14 | 16 | |
Gee, seems that nobody donated my fonts to Adobe :-)
The fonts in DECterm seem to be right out of VWS (though I have heard
some debate about the Courier, which looks an awful lot like the 100 dpi
Bitstream font that was purchased for VWS). In fact you can tell from
the corrupt uppercase "D" characters (I changed my mind later about the
look of these) that can be confused with the letter "O".
In any case, the DVWSVT fonts that are labeled as 19 point are not
available in DECwindows. I've been working on converting the 20x10
pixel and 20x9 pixel fonts but am causing the DECterm controller to
ACCVIO every time I try them... In my copious spare time I'll try
again.
_Fred (not a very good font designer, but cheap)
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