On several of my machines, I've moved over to using xfce4-terminal instead of xterm. However, my one gripe with it has been that on some machines, I can configure it to use the "fixed" font, and on others, I can't. The "fixed" font is an antique bitmapped font, but at the right size, it's absolutely ideal for text editing -- I write all my code using it, and set all of my terminals to use it. Every single other (non-decorative) fixed width font I've ever seen on my screen is just too squat and fat.