Xorg font question

[DTD]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2017, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 02:21:49PM -0400, DTD wrote:
>> I am using:
>>
>>   XTerm*faceName: Liberation Mono
>>   XTerm*faceSize: 8
>>
>> in .Xdefaults. All the size *except* 8 display the underscore '_'.
>> Szie 8 prints this as a blank. Is there a fix for this? Liberation
>> Mono with 8 as a default works really well with my monitor so I can
>> use <ctrl>right-click to choose the other sizes.
>>
>> Is there a fix? What are your favorite fonts. Vera Sans Mono does
>> not size well for me. Ideas welcome. What I am using is okay/good
>> except when writing python :)
>
> It sounds as if the font is being clipped.
>
> Changing the line-spacing may help.
>
> man xterm -
>
>       scaleHeight (class ScaleHeight)
>               Scale line-height values by the resource value, which is
>               limited to ?0.9? to ?1.5?.  The default value is ?1.0?,
>
> -- 
> Thomas E. Dickey <dickey at invisible-island.net>
> http://invisible-island.net
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Wow - thanks "xterm -sh 1.01" works and the vertical size increase is not a 
problem. Thank you very much.

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