Xterm -fa works, but not xterm*faceName

Question

I have the font (listed by fc-list):

/usr/share/fonts/misc/Inconsolata-dz for Powerline.otf: Inconsolata\-dz for Powerline:style=dz

that I am trying to get to display with xterm.

As it stands, running

xterm -fa "Inconsolata\-dz for Powerline"

works just fine, but putting

xterm*faceName: Inconsolata\-dz for Powerline

in my .Xdefaults results in the default, broken weird font you get when an invalid font is loaded.

What is the proper way to set this font using .Xdefaults?

Answer 1

Find the font name by run:

fc-list :fontformat=TrueType -f "%{family}\n" |grep Powerline

Configure font in ~/.Xresources

XTerm*faceName: <font name from previous output>
XTerm*faceSize: 12

Apply changes on .Xresources by run:

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources