Best Terminal Font?

[trappy]

At the moment I am using Deja Vu Mono for my urxvt terminals, but it really ain't that nice. What can you recommend that's both nice looking and nice to the eyes?

[kerry_s]

that is pretty much the best truetype font. i use 9x15 for mine.

[hugmenot]

Are Xft fonts in your urxvt also running with wider character spacing than they should?

[kerry_s]

Are Xft fonts in your urxvt also running with wider character spacing than they should?

???
he's currently using a monospace font, mono fonts are evenly spaced, as are fixed fonts.
i use a fixed font(9x15) cause using truetype in a terminal is just a waste of resources to me, but then again i'm trying not to use truetype.
i prefer the faster, less resource bitmap fonts(aka: xfonts).

[x1a4]

I vote size 14 dec terminal. Add this to ~/.Xdefaults

urxvt*font:        -dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-*
urxvt*boldFont:    -dec-terminal-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-*

then execute

xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults

[trappy]

Damn, thanks for the try's, but STILL haven't found what I'm looking for.
Though, I don't really know what I am looking for. I just want a nice looking font that's nice to the eyes.

[kerry_s]

Damn, thanks for the try's, but STILL haven't found what I'm looking for.
Though, I don't really know what I am looking for. I just want a nice looking font that's nice to the eyes.

only you can decide, there are many fonts to choose from, just try them, you'll get the best look with fixed and mono type fonts.

my .Xdefaults, i don't use ttf, prefer the sharp look:

!! you need to run> xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults 

!*customization: -color
*Font: 9x15 
*fontSet: 9x15
*faceName: helvetica
*faceSize: 12
*saveLines: 10000
*scrollBar: false
*font: 9x15
*reverseVideo: true
*enableBackups: false

[hugmenot]

???
he's currently using a monospace font, mono fonts are evenly spaced, as are fixed fonts.
i use a fixed font(9x15) cause using truetype in a terminal is just a waste of resources to me, but then again i'm trying not to use truetype.
i prefer the faster, less resource bitmap fonts(aka: xfonts).

I mean evenly spaced too wide:

urxvt -fn "xft:DejaVu Mono 9"

[kerry_s]

I mean evenly spaced too wide:

urxvt -fn "xft:DejaVu Mono 9"

ouch, my eye's. thanks for the screenshoot, i didn't realize truetype fonts have gotten so bad.
i use rxvt, so no ttf here.

[x1a4]

There's a very nice tool called xfontsel, which allows you to preview and put together font aliases which you can use for rxvt. I don't remember if it's installed by default or if you have to install it first, so you'll have to check.