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How to increase default XTerm font size

The answer to this question is so obvious for most hardcore geekoids that noone bothers to write about it. I had always used either pure X-less console or some sort of DE-specific terminal emulator (Konsole, GNOME Terminal, XFterm, LXterminal etc), but recently switched to Fluxbox and got bothered by annoyingly small default XTerm font. Luckily, this problem is easily solved:

1. Modify your ~/.Xdefaults file (create this file if it doesn't exist) adding the following lines:
   

   XTerm*font:     *-fixed-*-*-*-18-*
   XTerm*boldFont: *-fixed-*-*-*-18-*

   
   
2. Add the following command to your startup script (or run in terminal to check it out):
   

   xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults

3. Thats all!

.Xdefaults settings also affect aterm (XTerm's more advanced brother, which has some nice features like fast pseudo-transparency support and NeXT-ish scrollbar) and possibly other XTerm or rxvt-based terminal emulators.

Another less-known feature of XTerm is that it has GUI menus. Main menu is invoked with hold Ctrl + Left Click and font options menu with hold Ctrl + Right Click. Surely, you may modify font size from font options menu (see example below).