[Pkg-urxvt-maintainers] [Bug 309792] Re: rxvt-unicode: Excessive font spacing

[Brian]

As per Adam's comment (#11) the Xft.rgba resource value definitely
triggers this issue.

Adding Xft.rgba: none to your .Xresources file fixes the font width
issue.

Alternatively, for quick testing, you can do:
    echo "Xft.rgba: none" | xrdb -merge

I've attached a screenshot showing the difference between values "rgba"
and "none" for this resource.

** Attachment added: "xrdb_xft_rgba.png"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rxvt-unicode/+bug/309792/+attachment/3872494/+files/xrdb_xft_rgba.png

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Title:
  rxvt-unicode: Excessive font spacing

Status in “rxvt-unicode” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: rxvt-unicode

  I'm having a problem with font spacing in urxvt. All characters seem
  to have excessive white-space in between each other. I use DejaVu Sans
  Mono (size 8) and there is a big difference between xterm and urxvt.

  Heres a mockup of what I mean: http://i35.tinypic.com/qsmp.png
  (stolen from an ArchLinux forum post here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=55634 and another related
  thread here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44800)

  My .Xdefaults looks like this:

  urxvt.font:                 xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:size=8

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