There are "several suggested ways" to make the default X cursor BIG so you can see it if it's tiny.
The below script allows selection of "Use Type1 for big cursor" or "misc big pcf cursor" methods.
$ x-cursor-big 400 Type1
I think misc works and looks nicer for 4k than Type1:
$ x-cursor-big 2 misc
good news:
Just run script and restart X. It not only works for X cursor but inside apps that "use X's default offered cursor set", which is many.
caveats, it's just a small script:
* have to restart X
* it doesn't handle pre-existing Type1/fonts.alias (quits if there is one, likely there is not, so that's ok)
* it isn't going to re-arrange your xset fontpath or try to enable both methods by using fontpath order
* has note mentioning other methods and a stackexchange URL partly describing how to do them
The below script allows selection of "Use Type1 for big cursor" or "misc big pcf cursor" methods.
$ x-cursor-big 400 Type1
I think misc works and looks nicer for 4k than Type1:
$ x-cursor-big 2 misc
good news:
Just run script and restart X. It not only works for X cursor but inside apps that "use X's default offered cursor set", which is many.
caveats, it's just a small script:
* have to restart X
* it doesn't handle pre-existing Type1/fonts.alias (quits if there is one, likely there is not, so that's ok)
* it isn't going to re-arrange your xset fontpath or try to enable both methods by using fontpath order
* has note mentioning other methods and a stackexchange URL partly describing how to do them