In .Xresources

xterm*title: Xterm
xterm*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal–18-120-100-100-c-90-iso10646-1
xterm*wideFont: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-18-120-100-100-c-180-iso10646-1
xterm*faceSize: 11
xterm*geometry: 85×30
xterm*boldMode: false
xterm*cutNewline: false
xterm*on4Clicks: group
xterm*on5Clicks: page
xterm*internalBorder: 1
xterm*background: #262729
xterm*foreground: light grey
xterm*metaSendsEscape: true
xterm*colorBD: #ffffff
xterm*colorBDMode: false
xterm*cursorBlink: false
xterm*cursorColor: #e2baf1
xterm*veryBoldColors: 14
xterm*dynamiccolors: true
xterm*utf8: 1
xterm*loginShell: true
xterm*jumpScroll: true
xterm*multiScroll: true
xterm*saveLines: 500

then execuet

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources