* Instead, X has a fairly complex font naming system (which, like most things about X, is designed for maximum flexibility rather than for simplicity or ease of use). Unfortunately, for the most part, there are no simple “font menus” like there are on systems such as the Macintosh. For example, you can choose the font used for the text in twm menus or in xterm windows.
Many clients allow you to specify the font used to display text in the window, in menus and labels, or in any other text fields.
Release 2 versus Subsequent Release Fonts Utilities for Displaying Information about Fonts
This chapter also describes how to use the xlsfonts, xfd, and xfontsel clients to list, display, and select available screen fonts. After acquainting you with some of the basic characteristics of a font, this chapter describes the rather complex font naming conventions and how to simplify font specification. This chapter describes what you need to know in order to select display fonts for the various client applications.
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