How to change the font size? atop xterm, aterm, etc

[jb_daefo]

For instance, I have 10 tabs open in a
browser, to "new posts". As I read each
one, in *tiny print* in the titlebar (to
the right of which includes the minimize, , close
buttons)... is the thread title.
Where can that font/and.or/size be increased?
in .Xdefaults? in the settings for the theme
in the window manager? in xinitrc ???
...........
Knowing that would speed up browsing by five
or ten percent, I conjecture...

[Oko]

I use Xterm

$ echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh
$ more .Xdefaults
XTerm*loginShell: true
XTerm*faceName: Mono
XTerm*faceSize: 11
XTerm*background: black
XTerm*foreground: gray

Interactively Ctrl+Click right mouse button to open menu.

[J65nko]

I use the following script to create 2 new xterms

#!/bin/sh

size=10
if [ $1 ] ; then
   xterm -fa lucidasanstypewriter-${size} -bg $1  &
else
   xterm -fa lucidasanstypewriter-${size} -bg lightblue &
fi

xterm -fa arial -fs ${size}  -geometry +250+200 &

[jb_daefo]

Well, both those methods seem to manipulate the
font *within* xterm (i.e. 40 very large, 10 normal...) but
what I would like to increase the size of is
the common font within the common bar atop the
common window across all
the xtermS, etermS, atermS, etc, it is the same
color atop all of them, and the font is quite small, no
matter how the xterm is started... maybe a different
resolution in xorg.conf even.

[Oko]

Originally Posted by jb_daefo

Well, both those methods seem to manipulate the
font

That is just NOT true. You didn't even bother to try
Ctrl+click right mouse button

Also

$ echo "Xterm*geometry: 200x100+0+0" > ~/.Xdefaults

Also properly configuring your WM in my case Calm Window Manager

$ more .cwmrc |grep xterm
        bind  CM-enter "xterm -geometry 80x24+0+0"
        bind CM-m       "xterm -e nail -A gmail"
        bind CM-space   "xterm -e nail -A gsu"
        autogroup 2     "xterm,XTerm"

Finally always helpful

$ apropos xterm
koi8rxterm (1) - X terminal emulator for KOI8-R environments
resize (1) - set TERMCAP and terminal settings to current xterm window size
uxterm (1) - X terminal emulator for Unicode (UTF-8) environments
xterm (1) - terminal emulator for X
$ man xterm

And always helpful search by the world second lagest search engine Yandex for people who do not
speak Chinese and can not use world largest search engine Sohu.

http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html

[TerryP]

Originally Posted by jb_daefo

Well, both those methods seem to manipulate the
font *within* xterm (i.e. 40 very large, 10 normal...) but
what I would like to increase the size of is the window that
contains the xterm, eterm, aterm, etc, it is the same
color atop all of them, and the font is quite small, no
matter how the xterm is started...

Do you mean the xterms titlebar font? If so, that's a setting you will have to change in your Window Manager, and would depend on which one you use.

[J65nko]

You can specify the size of the xterm in the -geometry option.

#!/bin/sh

font='lucidasanstypewriter-12'
size=132x55
x=0
y=0
title="'-- XML source ---'"

doxterm() {
xterm -ls \
    -fn ${font} \
    -bg ${background} \
    -geometry ${size}+${x}+${y}
    &
}

background="rgb:f/d/f"
#---------------------
y=0

offset=20
for x in $offset $((offset+1024)) $((offset+2048)) ; do
    doxterm 
done

background="rgb:d/f/f"
#---------------------
y=768

offset=20
for x in $offset $((offset+1024)) $((offset+2048)) ; do
    doxterm
done

background="rgb:f/f/d"
#---------------------
y=1536

offset=20
for x in $offset $((offset+1024)) $((offset+2048)) ; do
    doxterm 
done

EDIT: this script creates 9 xterms on all 9 OpenBSD virtual desktops/work spaces, or whatever you want to call them. Don't run it unless you understand it and did modify it

[jb_daefo]

Okay, the window manager is running at
1280x1024, but I want the fonts in the
title in xterm, eterm, etc to be at
800x600. Unusure how to still...

[TerryP]

What window manager are you using?

[jb_daefo]

jwm

[Carpetsmoker]

Here is the documentation for your window manager:
http://joewing.net/programs/jwm/fonts.shtml

As an example, in my WM I use the font [em]Sans:size=10[/em] for my titlebars.

[jb_daefo]

More ?? progress ??
/xlupe/ works good, but I cannot yet get it to
"stick" atop the forum topic (as soon as I move the
mouse to pin the xlupe box to its position, its
target of area magnification changes to lower than
the forum topic title).
/bin/magnifier (gnome-mag) I then installed, but
nothing happens when I run it (I don't use gnome
per se.) access'y/orca supposedly has a FE to
it, but that means an additional dependency...

[jb_daefo]

Searched the web:
2nd mouse pointer" freebsd OR xorg
...
and a few variants, no results.
...
I figure with a second mouse pointer, one could
position /xlupe/ over the title, and the
second could click it to stay there.

Add a usb mouse or serial trackball ? and/or
some /port/ can do it... (/xnee/ perhaps... not
yet read enough about it).


/edit/
I have a 3x plastic magnifier ruler attached to the monitor.
an item beneath it slants it outward at the bottom.
So at least standing up, the result is achieved.
todo... sitting down (original question).
/end edit/
/edit/
xmag -source 128x128 -mag 2
frame pinned to the forum topic, solves it. EXCEPT once the mouse click returns to the forum, the xmag magnification display is put underneath the browser; invisible...