Using Fonts With the X Window System

Using Fonts With the X Window System

This section describes how to use fonts with the X Window System. The X Window System has several font utilities. This section covers a few of the most useful utilities and includes:

"Listing and Viewing Fonts" explains using the xlsfonts command.
"Viewing Fonts" describes the xfd command.
"Getting the Current X Font Path" covers the xset command.
"Changing the X Font Path" explains the xset fp command.

For a complete description of the utilities, refer to your X Window System documentation.

Listing and Viewing Fonts
Getting the Current X Font Path
Changing the X Font Path