The Terminus font uses the following X-names:

-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--20-200-72-72-c-100-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--22-220-72-72-c-110-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--28-280-72-72-c-140-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--32-320-72-72-c-160-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--20-200-72-72-c-100-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--24-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--28-280-72-72-c-140-iso10646-1
-xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--32-320-72-72-c-160-iso10646-1

The FOUNDRY-CHARSET combination may also be iso8859-1, iso8859-2,
iso8859-5, iso8859-7, iso8859-9, iso8859-15, iso8859-13, iso8859-16,
koi8-r, koi8-u, microsoft-cp1251 and paratype-pt154.

For convenience aliases are also provided.  Look at the file
/etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-terminus.alias

Please note that the upstream author recommends the following 
display modes and monitor sizes:

Font Size       Display Mode    Monitor Size
------------	------------	------------
8x14		640x400		14" or less
8x16		640x480		14"
10x20		800x600		15"
12x24		1024x768	17"
14x28		1152x864	19" or more

The upstream author of Terminus font is Dimitar Zhekov
http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster

 -- Anton Zinoviev <zinoviev@debian.org>, Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:51:52 +0200