How do I increase the font size in all Uxterm windows in Ubuntu 18.04 with LXDE?

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How do I increase the font size in all Uxterm windows I open in Ubuntu 18.04 with LXDE?

I tried this: xterm -fn -misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-40-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Even though that increases the font size, it only happens on the new window that gets open. Moreover, the font does not look pretty after doing that.

I would like the font to be big enough to make it readable on any Uxterm window I might open any time.

Thanks

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '21 at 20:23

I just found a solution on the following link: How to change the default font size of XTerm?

I had to edit the file

/home/username/.Xresources

and replace

UXTerm*faceSize: 10

with

UXTerm*faceSize: 25

and launch

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

This solution worked great!

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '21 at 20:28

I'd try a different terminal emulator. Something like lxterminal of xfce4-terminal. They have graphical settings for things like fonts and colors.

If you want to stick with *xterm, then you'll have to edit .Xresources.

Some resources to get you started on Xresources:

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