💻 Software
How can I turn off anti-aliasing for xterm / rxvt-unicode?
Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 20268723 viewsConfidence Score0%
0%
Problem
My system (Debian squeeze) uses anti-aliasing for fonts, which is fine for the most part. However, I would like to disable it for terminal fonts in xterm and urxvt (rxvt-unicode), and can't get that to work. I tried using , like explained e.g. in the urxvt man page (search for "antialias"), but it …
Error Output
urxvt -fn "xft:Deja Vu Sans Mono:pixelsize=10:antialias=false"
Unverified for your environment
Select your OS to check compatibility.
1 Fix
Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification
Fix for: How can I turn off anti-aliasing for xterm / rxvt-unicode?
Low Risk
Usually xterm does not apply antialiasing to fonts. However, I think some windowmanagers like compiz generally apply antialias to windows, hence your problem would be your window manager, not your terminal emulator. Try checking your window manager …
Awaiting Verification
Be the first to verify this fix
Sign in to verify this fix