Andras Simon wrote:
Maybe this could help you locate the right font:
xfontsel - point and click selection of X11 font names
xfontsel is in the xorg-x11-apps package (at least on Fedora 30).
I have the program. But I've already discovered the font which XTerm claims to be using. Using appres I can see that it claims to be using "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso10646-1" and xfontsel does show that font exists. But if I specify that font using the Xterm "-fa" option, it doesn't render the same as selecting the "Small" font using CTRL-rightmouse.
I can make rendering appear *almost* the same by adding the "-fs 9.0" option to the command line. At first glance that seems identical but examing with xmag shows a difference. Selecting "Small" gets a crisp font but using "-fa" and "-fs" gets one with lots of half-tones.
It appears that XTerm must be getting its font in some non-standard way. Any XTerm experts here?