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diff --git a/fauxtari.rst b/fauxtari.rst index be0562e..9e6c972 100644 --- a/fauxtari.rst +++ b/fauxtari.rst @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ fauxtari ======== ------------------------------------------------- -Atari 8-bit-based font for Linux console and X11 ------------------------------------------------- +-------------------------------------------------------------------- +Atari 8-bit-based font for Linux console and X11/Wayland/Mac/Windows +-------------------------------------------------------------------- .. include:: manhdr7.rst @@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ DESCRIPTION =========== **fauxtari** is a set of monospaced bitmap fonts for use with the -Linux console or X11. Most of the glyphs are taken from the Atari -XL/XE ROM font; see **GLYPHS**, below. +Linux console or graphical environments such as X11. Most of the +glyphs are taken from the Atari XL/XE ROM font; see **GLYPHS**, below. + +Three font formats are provided: **psf**, for use with the console; +**bdf**, for use with "old-school" X11 apps such as **xterm**\(1); +and **ttf** for use with modern X11/Wayland/Mac/Windows apps. APPEARANCE ========== @@ -44,6 +48,8 @@ on the screen, in the console or with a fullscreen X terminal: Of course, the smaller font sizes might be too small to read, especially on smaller displays. +The TrueType font is scalable, but always retains the pixelated look. + CONSOLE ======= @@ -58,8 +64,32 @@ you can make this the default in **/etc/rc.d/rc.font**, or just put it in **/etc/rc.d/rc.local**. Other Linux distributions will have their own ways to set this up (especially systemd-based ones). -X11 -=== +X11/etc +======= + +TTF (scalable) +-------------- + +The scalable font is called **Fauxtari Scalable Mono**, and should be +selectable from graphical applications that allow choosing the font. +You may also see **Fauxtari Fixed Mono** in the list; this is the **bdf** +font. + +It can also be used in **urxvt** and **xterm** (provided **xterm** +was built with support for TTF fonts):: + + urxvt -fn 'xft:Fauxtari Scalable Mono:pixelsize=16' + + xterm -fa 'Fauxtari Scalable Mono' -fs 16 + +The font can be scaled to any size, though it will look best if you +stick with multiples of 8 pixels. + +The scalable font should also work on Wayland, Macintosh, or Windows +systems, though this hasn't been tested. + +BDF (non-scalable) +------------------ If the **bdf** fonts have been installed (via **make install** when **bw-atari8-tools** is built), you should be able to launch a terminal @@ -71,11 +101,11 @@ Replace the 16 with 8 or 24, for the other sizes. These names are aliases (added to **fonts.alias** in the font directory); the full names are: -- -bw-fauxtari-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-80-iso10646-1 +- -bw-fauxtari fixed mono-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-80-iso10646-1 -- -bw-fauxtari-medium-r-normal--16-160-75-75-c-160-iso10646-1 +- -bw-fauxtari fixed mono-medium-r-normal--16-160-75-75-c-160-iso10646-1 -- -bw-fauxtari-medium-r-normal--24-240-75-75-c-240-iso10646-1 +- -bw-fauxtari fixed mono-medium-r-normal--24-240-75-75-c-240-iso10646-1 For **urxvt**\(1), you might have to turn off the **boldFont** resource (set it to an empty string), or run it as:: @@ -83,15 +113,7 @@ it to an empty string), or run it as:: urxvt -fn fauxtari-16 -fb "" This keeps **urxvt** from using some other font (from its built-in -list, or from your **URxvt.font** resource) for bold characters. You -could also try:: - - urxvt -fn 'xft:Fauxtari:size=16' - -Note that the "size=" must be one of the available sizes (8, 16, or -24). Or, rather, **urxvt** *will* use one of these sizes, whichever is the -next larger than the size you gave it (or, it'll refuse to load the -font, if the size is too large). +list, or from your **URxvt.font** resource) for bold characters. For **st** from suckless.org, run:: |