default config: include a short explanation about xft fonts

diff --git a/i3.config b/i3.config
index d29155ed328df2a1fda77f3c459dd10f6e1cc541..e45b31ba40576f3ae7ed768cf77a86c23b525c98 100644 (file)
--- a/i3.config
+++ b/i3.config
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@
 # layout, use the i3-config-wizard
 #
 
-# font for window titles. ISO 10646 = Unicode
+# Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
+# is used in the bar {} block below. ISO 10646 = Unicode
 font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
+# The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
+# clear in small sizes. However, if you need a lot of unicode glyphs or
+# right-to-left text rendering, you should instead use pango for rendering and
+# chose an xft font, such as:
+# font xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 10
 
 # use Mouse+Mod1 to drag floating windows to their wanted position
 floating_modifier Mod1

diff --git a/i3.config.keycodes b/i3.config.keycodes
index 1bff8890c83654e635e30bdb8d2f9a8e560dc653..162660d3342e83ea7b33b5effa9e4ebb7b9bf1c9 100644 (file)
--- a/i3.config.keycodes
+++ b/i3.config.keycodes
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@
 
 set $mod Mod1
 
-# font for window titles. ISO 10646 = Unicode
+# Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
+# is used in the bar {} block below. ISO 10646 = Unicode
 font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
+# The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
+# clear in small sizes. However, if you need a lot of unicode glyphs or
+# right-to-left text rendering, you should instead use pango for rendering and
+# chose an xft font, such as:
+# font xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 10
 
 # Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
 floating_modifier $mod