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Fellow people of the internet,

I encounter an issue with Xterm, as it doesn't want to take into account the font i specify. I use xinitrc and Xressources, as followed :

 XTerm*reverseVideo: on xterm*FaceName: "hack" XTerm*FaceSize: 15

I can change the font size, but not the actual font, either font or FaceName is used. However, i can change it when i launch i new term with xterm -fa "name". I don't get what is wrong, and since i'm quite inexperienced with Xterm, i come here seeking for help.

Thanks !

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That's a (mis)feature of fontconfig: if it doesn't find a suitable match, it'll use the default (monospace, etc), without returning an error. It's not a problem with xterm...

You can use xterm's -report-fonts option to see what xterm sees as the fonts that are set. If the characters that you're printing aren't in the font, xterm will fall-back to whatever fontconfig provides.

You might be able to see the problem also using fc-list, e.g., to check the font family-name.

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  • So is there a difference between using -fa option and setting it into the file , except of course the sustainibility of the config? Is fontconfig overriden of some sort when using -fa ? Commented Mar 17, 2020 at 0:51
  • The -fa option sets the resource, so there's no difference. Commented Mar 17, 2020 at 1:06
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Don't use quotes in ~/.Xresources:

xterm*FaceName: hack
  • hack is the name of the installed font, not "hack"
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