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xterm*faceSize: 11 and xterm*faceName: Droid Sans Mono:antialias=true in .Xresources do the job for me, much less cryptic, and use the same installed OTF/TTF fonts instead of bitmaps as most apps.
Just like some people like tiny fonts in lots of tiny windows - their computers their choices, just like our computers our choices. My point was terminal font choice configuration need not be cryptic, nor limited to bitmaps or from a certain source. Also, OP was looking for something larger than typical for terminal use. Scalable fonts do a good job covering that ground, and when you're using 200px boxes (10x20) to map a font instead of 72px (6x12), it has already started getting hard to find a font that doesn't do a good job without requiring hinting or anti-aliasing. Above 20 on a display screen as OP mentioned you're getting into print quality territory.
Just like some people like tiny fonts in lots of tiny windows
Some bitmap fonts are available in relatively large sizes - the aformentioned Misc-Fixed, or Terminus, my favourite.
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My point was terminal font choice configuration need not be cryptic
I got so used to that font specifier format, I find it not cryptic at all, very logical.
But yeah, with screen resolutions continuing to increase, the days of bitmap fonts are surely counted, because every new (larger) size has to be created from scratch.
You didn't happen to notice this is a newbie forum, did you? I suspect most newbies would find misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso10646-1 as a font specification cryptic indeed.
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My point was terminal font choice configuration need not be cryptic, nor limited to bitmaps or from a certain source. Also, OP was looking for something larger than typical for terminal use. Scalable fonts do a good job covering that ground, and when you're using 200px boxes (10x20) to map a font instead of 72px (6x12), it has already started getting hard to find a font that doesn't do a good job without requiring hinting or anti-aliasing. Above 20 on a display screen as OP mentioned you're getting into print quality territory.
