.Xdefaults

ProggySquare is a great fixed-width font, nice for console reading and programming editors etc.

This is approximately what your console will look like using my .Xdefaults:

Screenshot.

That is rxvt-unicode a.k.a. urxvt. Nice lightweight terminal emulator, and it looks good.

urxvt*font:             xft:ProggySquareTT:size=12
Rxvt*inheritPixmap:			True
Rxvt*jumpScroll:			True
Rxvt*visualBell:			True
Rxvt*scrollBar:				False
Rxvt*scrollWithBuffer:		False
Rxvt*scrollTtyOutput:		False
Rxvt*scrollTtyKeypress:		True
Rxvt*internalBorder:		5
Rxvt*externalBorder:		0
Rxvt*mouseWheelScrollPage:	False
Rxvt*foreground:			#b9b9b9
Rxvt*background:			Black
Rxvt*tintColor:				#333333
Rxvt*cursorColor:			#bbbbbb
Rxvt*reverseVideo:			False
Rxvt*saveLines:				65535

Rxvt*colorBD:   #eeeeee

Rxvt*color0:   #000000

Rxvt*color1:   #cc7a7a

Rxvt*color2:   #689cad

Rxvt*color3:   #cc7a7a
Rxvt*color4:   #d1eeee
Rxvt*color5:   #eed8ae

Rxvt*color6:   #bfac73
Rxvt*color7:   gray
Rxvt*color8:   gray40

Rxvt*color9:   #b36b6b

Rxvt*color10:  #72ad68

Rxvt*color11:  #5d9c7c

Rxvt*color12:  #689cad

Rxvt*color13:  #a98fbf

Rxvt*color14:  #a9be71
Rxvt*color15:  #333333

xterm*colorBD:   #eeeeee

xterm*color0:   #000000

xterm*color1:   #cc7a7a

xterm*color2:   #689cad

xterm*color3:   #cc7a7a
xterm*color4:   #d1eeee
xterm*color5:   #eed8ae

xterm*color6:   #bfac73
xterm*color7:   gray
xterm*color8:   gray40

xterm*color9:   #b36b6b

xterm*color10:  #72ad68

xterm*color11:  #5d9c7c

xterm*color12:  #689cad

xterm*color13:  #a98fbf

xterm*color14:  #a9be71
xterm*color15:  #333333
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