Re: Fonts to small

Hello - again,

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Bob Friesenhahn
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017, Jim Murphy wrote:
>
>
> This program appeared in perhaps 1992 so it uses classic X11
> configuration mechanisms.  In particular, it can use an X11 resource
> file (e.g. from an .Xdefaults) file.  It used to be common to
> distribute and install resource files containing defaults for each
> program, but GraphicsMagick does not seem to offer one.  In the
> documentation look for the heading "X RESOURCES" and the text string
> "Display options can appear on the command line or in your X resouce
> file".
>
> It specifies these resource names for fonts:
>
>       font (class FontList)
>
>            Specifies the name of the preferred font to use in nor-
>            mal formatted text.  The default is 14 point Helvetica.
>
>       font[1-9] (class Font[1-9])
>
>            Specifies the name of the preferred font  to  use  when
>            annotating  the  image  window  with  text. The default
>            fonts  are  fixed,  variable,  5x8,   6x10,   7x13bold,
>            8x13bold, 9x15bold, 10x20, and 12x24.
>

I believe the following X resource is needed, as font[1-9] is for
annotating.

       textFont (class textFont)
               Specifies the name of the preferred font to use in fixed
               (typewriter style) formatted text.  The  default  is  14
               point Courier.

I get the following error when trying to enter it from the command
line:
  gm display: Unrecognized option (-textFont) [No such file or directory].
Not sure why, as -font works.

>
> X11 resources have fallen out of style, with a preference for settings
> from common toolkits like KDE and Gtk+, which the Display program does
> not use.

Upon reviewing the output of  Command > Miscellany > Image Info
I found the following 2 lines:

   Font:  -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

   Text font:  -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

These appear to be the defaults. I didn't check to see if "fixed"
translates to "Courier", but doesn't the the 12 represent
12 Point and not 14 Point as indicated in the man page? If I'm
reading the XLFD correctly, I believe this would be 12 Point.

Also, on my funtoo linux system there is no font that answers the
description "-*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1",
but there is a font that does for
 "-*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1". I believe I
have all the standard fonts installed.

Again, thanks for your help.

Sincerely,

Jim

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