**Contents** [[!toc]] # Introduction The purpose of this document is to guide you on how to make xterm use a [truetype](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueType) font. # Choose font First pick a font you like, from this list: $ fc-list | col | sort | less Note: A nice font set is [Liberation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts). It can be found in `fonts/liberation-ttf`. # Run xterm Then type: xterm -fa 'Liberation Mono' -fs 10 # ~/.Xdefaults file If you want xterm to use these font settings by default, you may add the following lines in your `~/.Xdefaults` file: XTerm*faceName: Liberation Mono XTerm*faceSize: 10 # Credits This articled is based on a post in the [BSD nexus forum](http://forums.bsdnexus.com/viewtopic.php?pid=15728).