Sensible, readable, good rxvt-unicode configuration.

.Xresources

Xft.antialias:              true
Xft.rgba:                   rgb
Xft.hinting:                true
Xft.hintstyle:              hintslight

URxvt.depth:                32
URxvt.loginShell:           true
URxvt.geometry:             125x40
URxvt.iconFile:             /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/256x256/apps/utilities-terminal.png
URxvt.allow_bold:           false
URxvt.font:                 xft:Inconsolata:size=9
urxvt.boldFont:             xft:inconsolata:pixelsize=9
URxvt.scrollStyle:          rxvt
URxvt.scrollBar:            false
URxvt.perl-ext-common:      default,matcher,fullscreen
URxvt.matcher.button:       1
URxvt.urlLauncher:          chromium
URxvt.keysym.F11:           perl:fullscreen:switch
URxvt.cursorBlink:          false
URxvt.cursorColor:          #657b83
URxvt.cursorUnderline:      false
URxvt.pointerBlank:         true

URxvt*background: [90]#2B2B2B
URxvt*foreground: #DEDEDE
URxvt*colorUL: #86a2b0
! black
URxvt*color0  : #2E3436
URxvt*color8  : #555753
! red
URxvt*color1  : #CC0000
URxvt*color9  : #EF2929
! green
URxvt*color2  : #4E9A06
URxvt*color10 : #8AE234
! yellow
URxvt*color3  : #C4A000
URxvt*color11 : #FCE94F
! blue
URxvt*color4  : #3465A4
URxvt*color12 : #729FCF
! magenta
URxvt*color5  : #75507B
URxvt*color13 : #AD7FA8
! cyan
URxvt*color6  : #06989A
URxvt*color14 : #34E2E2
! white
URxvt*color7  : #D3D7CF
URxvt*color15 : #EEEEEC

For some reason, it only works properly when running rxvt-unicode. Using urxvt results in messed-up text.