

VITtk and Xwindows Fixed-width Fonts
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Xwindows fixed-width fonts are required for VITtk to display columns correctly.
Here's a way to find fixed-width fonts using the orginal Xwindows font browser:

 $ xfontsel &

 Click on "fmly" and select a desirable font family

 Notice how three lines of A-Z, a-z and 0-9 are displayed on
 the lower part of the window.  If the capitol A-Z and lower
 case a-z lines have the same width, then that font family
 is fixed-width and it will look good with VITtk.  If not, 
 select a different font family.

 Click on "slant" and select "r" (unless you actually want an
 italic or oblique slanted font!)

 Click on "pxlzs" and select a desired pixel height

 Click on the "select". That puts the font name you've selected
 into your clipboard (Xwindows SELECTION buffer, to be exact.)

Now back at the command line, type "vittk -fn " and the double quote character 
("), middle-click to paste the font name and type another double quote 
character.  For example, you should end up with something like...

  $ vittk -fn "-*-clean-*-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"

Refer to "man xfontsel" for more information.

