This is my Xterm config: XTerm*saveLines: 512 XTerm*reverseVideo: false XTerm*reverseWrap: true XTerm*fullCursor: true XTerm*scrollTtyOutput: on XTerm*scrollKey: on XTerm*eightBitInput: false XTerm*pointerColor: white XTerm*pointerShape: left_ptr XTerm*charClass: 37:48,45-47:48,58:48,64:48,126:48 XTerm*cursorColor: rgb:aa/aa/aa XTerm*cursorColor2: black XTerm*color0: rgb:71/71/71 XTerm*color1: rgb:cd/00/00 XTerm*color2: rgb:b4/cd/00 XTerm*color3: rgb:cd/cd/00 XTerm*color4: rgb:71/71/71 XTerm*color5: rgb:cd/00/cd XTerm*color6: rgb:00/cd/cd XTerm*color7: rgb:e5/e5/e5 XTerm*color8: rgb:4c/4c/4c XTerm*color9: rgb:ff/00/00 XTerm*color10: rgb:55/ac/55 XTerm*color11: rgb:ff/ff/00 XTerm*color12: rgb:46/82/b4 XTerm*color13: rgb:ff/00/ff XTerm*color14: rgb:00/ff/ff XTerm*color15: rgb:ff/ff/ff XTerm*colorBD: white XTerm*colorUL: SkyBlue XTerm*colorBDMode: on XTerm*colorULMode: on XTerm*underLine: on XTerm*background: rgb:30/0a/24 XTerm*foreground: white XTerm*font: -*-monospace-medium-r-normal-9-140-*-*-m-*-* XTerm*font1: 5x7 XTerm*font2: 6x10 XTerm*font3: fixed XTerm*font4: 9x15 XTerm*ScrollBar.Background: gray XTerm*ScrollBar.thickness: 0 XTerm*ScrollBar.foreground: gray XTerm*ScrollBar: false XTerm*ScrollBar.DrawBorder: false XTerm*loginShell: true XTerm*faceName: Mono XTerm*faceSize: 9 Could anyone say is it possible to make bold some text, wich color is e.g. color1 from my config? I've tried XTerm*color1: rgb:cd/00/00 bold, but this doesn't work.