diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index f62ffa9e..00900564 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -2194,12 +2194,24 @@ END
         ;;
 
         "urxvt" | "urxvtd" | "rxvt-unicode" | "xterm")
-            term_font="$(grep -i "${term/d}\**\.*font" < <(xrdb -query))"
+            xrdb="$(xrdb -query)"
+            term_font="$(grep -i "${term/d}\**\.*font" <<< "$xrdb")"
             term_font="${term_font/*"*font:"}"
             term_font="${term_font/*".font:"}"
             term_font="${term_font/*"*.font:"}"
             term_font="$(trim "$term_font")"
 
+            if [[ -z "$term_font" && "$term" == "xterm" ]]; then
+                term_font="$(grep -E '^XTerm.vt100.faceName' <<< "$xrdb")"
+                term_font="${term_font/*"faceName:"}"
+            fi
+
+            # xft: isn't required at the beginning so we prepend it if it's missing
+            if [[ "${term_font:0:1}" != "-" && \
+                  "${term_font:0:4}" != "xft:" ]]; then
+                term_font="xft:$term_font"
+            fi
+
             # Xresources has two different font formats, this checks which
             # one is in use and formats it accordingly.
             case "$term_font" in