XTerm.termName: xterm-256color
! font
-XTerm*faceName: -gnu-unifont-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
+! actually, "mono" is already the default for faceName (it will
+! pick whatever fc-match mono delivers), but we need to set _some_
+! faceName to trigger XTerm activating TrueType fonts
+! (XTerm*fontRender by itself won't do the trick), and we want
+! TrueType fonts because, well, they scale better, and XTerm lets them
+! fall back on alternatives (hi there ttf-unifont) when a Unicode
+! glyph is not found
+XTerm*faceName: mono
XTerm*faceSize: 8
! white on black
XTerm*visualBell: on
! proper ALT as META key treatment
-XTerm*eightBitInput: false
+XTerm*eightBitInput: false