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There are four general font resources that are commonly used.

Table 5-2 General Font Resources

ResourceDescription
FontGeneral user font
FontListDisplayed in system areas of clients created using the OSF/Motif toolkit.
XmText*FontListXmTextField*FontListDisplayed in text entry boxes of clients created using the OSF/Motif toolkit.

 

Use the following syntax to specify font resources:

{ client_class client_name } * fontresource: fontname

where:

client_class

The class of the client for which you specify the font.

client_name

The name of the client for which you specify the font.

fontresource

The name of the font resource.

fontname

The name, alias, or xlfd name of the font. Refer to chapter 8 for information about how to specify font names.

For example,

   hpterm*Font:       fontname

Font resources and names are covered in more detail in chapter 6.

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