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I still use it, even though I have to configure fonts meticulously, and switching from the default font is a pain (no ctrl+mousewheel trick, can only select be

I still use it, even though I have to configure fonts meticulously, and switching from the default font is a pain (no ctrl+mousewheel trick, can only select between 5 preconfigured fonts). It starts up fast and reads text comparably fast, and it works great with most console programs. It doesn't try to reflow text when resizing, which simply can't be done correctly. Most other terminals try to reflow and it is frequently a mess (last I checked is long ago)... Another reason I like xterm is that it's one of the few left that support bitmap fonts, and on old low-res screens those are much better legible. (On more modern displays with DPI > 150, it starts to become difficult to find large enough bitmap fonts.)

bitwize 4y ago
Say 'xterm -fa <your favorite terminal font here>'. Boom, done. You can even use Xft font format, like "Terminus:pixelsize=20" rather then the traditional -blah-terminus-*-20-et-weary-cetera. You can also set .Xresources, but that's a bit more complicated.
- jstimpfle 4y ago
  I need to switch fonts in the current terminal, not start a new one. So yes, I'm setting fonts in .Xresources. It might not make a huge lot of sense for vector fonts, because I believe you can configure only 1 (can't check now). But for bitmap fonts, you can configure like 5 and then switch between them in the current terminal using control+right click -> select font.