User Feedback :: Changing text size in ATerminal

Cool, and thanks again. I'll give xfontsel a try.

Lost my fonts again. Even though ".Xdefaults" says "8x16" the term program opens with small fonts. However, I can use the run command to start the term with any font I want.

So, until I learn the answer, I am starting the term that way.
--Ted

Not sure what the trouble would be. I just changed my .Xdefaults to Aterm*font: 8x16 and it worked. Could be that .Xdefaults isn't being read for some reason, or aterm is being opened with the -fn parameter, or maybe you're trying it as a different user?

One last thought:
I right-clicked on the Aterm icon and saw "properties" which listed the command that is called when you click the icon. Modified the command by inserting "-fn 8x16" in both the regular and superuser scripts. Works fine now and is persistent.
Always more than one way to do things in Linux!
==Ted

original here.