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authorjao <jao@gnu.org>2023-03-26 00:48:38 +0000
committerjao <jao@gnu.org>2023-03-26 00:48:38 +0000
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docs: comment on use of X11 fonts (fixes #658)
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@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ configuration language, see [[../etc/xmobar.config][etc/xmobar.config]], and you
to use Source Code Pro Semi-Bold 10 when possible, and fall back to Noto
Color Emoji Regular 12 for characters that the former cannot display.
+**** X11 Bitmap fonts
+
+ If you want to use traditional, non-aliased X11 fonts, you can do so via
+ the [[https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs-fonts.html][Unicode fonts and tools for X11]] package, which provides bitmap
+ versions of them, with a specification of the stytle ~"Fixed 8"~ for what
+ in the old days would have been something like
+ ~-Misc-Fixed-Medium-R-Normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-ISO10646-1~. See also
+ discussion in [[https://codeberg.org/xmobar/xmobar/issues/658][issue #658]].
+
*** Colors
- =bgColor= Background color.