I am looking for good fonts to use on osdSH
As far as I can tell (see passing a font as an argument to a script) these are the fonts xfontsel lists to me
These, unfortunately, seem rather limited (and more, seem to have diminished from 12.04 to 14.04). Also, they are limited in size (the biggest one is 32 px, the biggest one on 12.04 was 34)
Now, I found other fonts elsewhere (for example, following http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1021). Using those instructions, I found, in my system, a lot of fonts, in all sizes (well... at least up to 60 px)
I presume they are fonts "of a different kind". My question: can I use these nice, 60px fonts on my original aplication ? Can I find more (and bigger) "xfontsel" fonts elsewhere ?
Regarding the bounty, things I'd like to understand:
1. the different systems that manage fonts
2. which of these systems is relevant for xfontsel
3. which of these systems is relevant for osdSH (the same ?)
4. a way to get more fonts for 2 and 3
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