How to figure out which package provides the "Fixed 16" font

stan stanl-fedorauser at vfemail.net
Sun Jun 7 18:36:55 UTC 2015


On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 11:03:24 -0500
Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored at inbox.com> wrote:

> Interesting that you have this option (to set preferences
> graphically). When I called the xterm fom the commandline, I get no
> such interface.

I tried it, and neither do I.  It's like it's a different application.
Maybe the font is hard baked in to that version.  i.e.  it's the
minimalist version, with hard coded configuration.

> Sorry, I should have been clearer. I have the availability but for
> Fixed->Regular->16, but with that combinationunder regular, I no
> longer get what it used to be (which was the same font as for xterm
> -fn 10x20) but a different font. (Is this a gtk-2/3 issue? I seem to
> think that sylpheed and claws-mail also is a gtk2 application).

I don't *think* this is a gtk2 / gtk3 issue.  The developers probably
switched the font they associate with Fixed Regular.  You could ask on
their list.



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