xclock font

autophil · 05-26-2007, 01:57 PM

Is there a way of changing the font used in xclock digital display? I have a feeling that there must be. Any help will be appreciated!!
Phil

druuna · 05-26-2007, 03:00 PM

Hi,

xclock can use the -font option to set a font, sometimes the -norender option must also be used to get it working:

xclock -norender -font -*-lucinda-bold-i-normal-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -digital
or, a simpler form:
xclock -norender -font 6x9 -digital

The font notation is probably different then expected. You can use the xfontsel program to select (the notation) for the font wanted.

Hope this helps.

autophil · 05-27-2007, 05:48 AM

OK What I ended up with is this chich works great.

(export TZ=America/Los_Angeles ; xclock -norender -font 6x9 -d -strftime %a-%H:%M-Los_Angeles -geometry 160x25 -bg blue -fg white) & (export TZ=America/New_York ; xclock -norender -font 6x9 -d -strftime %a-%H:%M-New_York -geometry 150x25 -bg blue -fg white) & (export TZ=Europe/London ; xclock -norender -font 6x9 -d -strftime %a-%H:%M-London -geometry 150x25 -bg blue -fg white) &

What Im wondering is what -render and -norender mean??

Phil

druuna · 05-27-2007, 07:24 AM

Hi,

Nice to read that it works!

The render/norender info can be found in the xclock manpage:

Quote:

-render
This option tells xclock to use the Xrender extension to draw an anti-aliased face. This is the default if xclock has been compiled with Xrender support. Note that the color selection options and resources used when Xrender is in effect differ from the standard options.
-norender
This option turns off the use of Xrender to draw the clock.