Uwe Brauer wrote: The adobe-courier bitmap font which is standard on X is available in sizes of 8,10,11,12,14,17,18,20,24,25 and 34 pixels. On a 75 dpi display, 14pt is 14 pixels and 18pt is 18 pixels. There isn't a 16 pixel version, so (unless you are willing to accept scaled fonts, which look incredibly ugly) you'll have to pick the closest match, which is the 17 pixel version. However, that's intended for use as a 12pt font on a 100dpi display; on a 75dpi display you would need to specify it as: -*-courier-bold-r-*-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -- Glynn Clements <glynn.clements(a)virgin.net&gt;