How to change the default font size of XTerm

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How to change the default font size of XTerm?

..  From messing with /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm file and man page for Xterm I found two methods.
Method 1 , simpler method but not permanent: hold Ctrl key and right click button. This should bring up a menu for VT fonts, which stays on only as long as you hold right click key. You should see 7 choices, the largest being huge, which is what i'm using because my vision isn't exactly good.

Source: xterm(1) man page, part VT Fonts, which states " The fontMenu pops up when when the “control” key and pointer button three are pressed in a window. "

Method 2, permanent: look through /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm, find what sizes lines such as *VT100.font1: , choose one, and write somewhere xterm*font: 10x20(10x20 , again this is my choice for reasons i already stated).

About my system: I'm running Ubuntu 13.10

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answered Aug 6 '14 at 8:36 Serg

http://askubuntu.com/questions/161652/how-to-change-the-default-font-size-of-xterm