Font Set Specification

The font set specification is a list of names (XLFD names or their aliases) and is sometimes called a base name list. All names are separated by commas, with any blank spaces before or after the comma being ignored. Pattern-matching (wildcard) characters can be specified to help shorten XLFD names.

Remember that a font set specification is determined by the locale that is running. For example, the ja_JP Japanese locale defines three fonts (character sets) necessary to display all of its characters; the following identifies the set of Gothic fonts needed.

• Example of full XLFD name list:

  -dt-mincho-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-m-*-jisx0201.1976-0,
  -dt-mincho-medium-r-normal--28-*-*-*-m-*-jisx0208.1983-0:

• Example of single XLFD pattern name:

  -dt-*-medium-*-24-*-m-*:

The preceding two cases can be used with a Japanese locale as long as fonts exist that match the base name list.