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> From: Chad Brown <yandros@MIT.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:15:25 -0700
> 
> > Emacs.Font: Monospace 9
> >
> > in my .Xresources file.  That works with no problems.
> 
> I am curious:  is there a way to do a similar thing under non-X  
> systems like macosx or win32?

On MS-Windows, you should be able to put such settings into the
Registry.  See the Emacs manual for the details.