Thin/illegible fonts in X apps

For a while now, the fonts in many of my x-apps have looked thin and virtually illegible. This goes for programs like xman, editres, xload, and - funny enough - xfontsel, but not xmag, xclock, xcalc. The screenshot is from xfontsel, and shows the thin fonts in the menu.
Does anyone know where I should look to fix this? Xresources? or some fonts.conf setting? Or is it even more esoteric?

Hello,
Thanks for your interest in Typekit! This help page shows how to select fonts from Typekit for desktop use and sync them to your computer:
http://help.typekit.com/customer/portal/articles/1145956
Once the fonts have synced to your Creative Cloud account, they will automatically be added to the font menus in all of your desktop applications, including Pages, Keynote, and Numbers.
Typekit fonts are not added to your font management software, however; you'll manage these font selections directly from the "synced fonts" page in your Typekit account.
I hope that this helps; let me know if you have any other questions! You may post them here on the forum or email us directly at [email protected] Best,
-- liz

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