Re: Font `-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-m-*-iso10646-1' is not defined

[David Koppelman <koppel@ece.lsu.edu>]

If you want a workaround try using x rather than freetype:

 emacs -xrm 'Emacs.FontBackend: x' -fn '-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-m-*-iso10646-1'

I found that the following works: If you want to see what fonts are
available for the xft backend use (if it's installed):

 fc-list : family charset

Emacs rejects fonts with insufficient characters (I guess),
the ones that work for me are the ones with a long charset string.

The following change might come in handy until the backend and
fontconfig do a better job of resolving fonts.  The DejaVu
font looks good, "Courier STD" is available with Adobe Reader 8
(after modifying your .fonts.config).

--- xfns.c.~1.708.~	2008-05-15 14:49:37.000000000 -0500
+++ xfns.c	2008-05-20 17:26:34.000000000 -0500
@@ -3066,6 +3066,8 @@ x_default_font_parameter (f, parms)
     {
       char *names[]
 	= { "-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1",
+            /*  "Courier STD",  */
+            "DejaVu LGC Sans Mono-10.5",
 	    "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
 	    "-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1",
 	    /* This was formerly the first thing tried, but it finds




Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu> writes:

> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> and the precise symptoms of the bug:
>
>    The latest CVS version of emacs cannot find fonts. When I start emacs, it
>    says:
>    Font `-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-m-*-iso10646-1' is not defined
>    and quits.
>    Earlier versions did not have this problem. This font is defined:
>    xfontsel has no trouble finding it.
>
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9)
>  of 2008-05-19 on kiferserv
> Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10400090
> Important settings:
>   value of $LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
>   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
>   value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
>   value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
>   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
>   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
>   value of $LC_TIME: nil
>   value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
>   value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
>   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
>   default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
>
> Major mode: Help
>
> Minor modes in effect:
>   display-time-mode: t
>   desktop-save-mode: t
>   shell-dirtrack-mode: t
>   tooltip-mode: t
>   tool-bar-mode: t
>   mouse-wheel-mode: t
>   menu-bar-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
>   font-lock-mode: t
>   blink-cursor-mode: t
>   global-auto-composition-mode: t
>   auto-composition-mode: t
>   auto-encryption-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>   transient-mark-mode: t
>   abbrev-mode: 1
>   view-mode: t
>
> Recent input:
> . . . ~ SPC SPC a a b o v e SPC <escape> SPC SPC SPC 
> SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC c w e n d o 
> w <escape> SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC 
> c w w i t h <escape> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> 
> <mouse-1> s SPC a n d SPC c r e a t e <escape> <backspace> 
> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> i , 
> SPC w h i c h <escape> SPC SPC d w e a s <escape> SPC 
> SPC d w . . <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> 
> <mouse-1> i s y n t a c t i c a l l y SPC d i v e r 
> s e SPC <escape> SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC 
> SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC d w . . . . . . . <down-mouse-4> 
> <mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4> <double-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> 
> <triple-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> 
> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4> <double-mouse-4> 
> <triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> 
> <triple-mouse-4> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4> 
> <double-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> 
> <f22> SPC <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> 
> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> 
> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> 
> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> i w e l l - f o 
> r m e d SPC <escape> SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC c 
> w f o r m u l a <escape> <f22> SPC <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
> Z Z <switch-frame> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-x 
> 1 v / e t c <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> c <backspace> 
> v a r / l o g / m a <tab> i <tab> <return> G ? e m 
> a c s <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> 
> <mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> <down-mouse-3> 
> <mouse-3> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> Z Z <C-down-mouse-1> 
> <C-down-mouse-1> <C-mouse-1> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> 
> <C-down-mouse-1> M-x r e p o r t <tab> <return>
>
> Recent messages:
> Deleted 3 characters
> Deleted 10 characters
> Deleted 5 characters
> Auto-saving...
> byte-code: Beginning of buffer [3 times]
> Wrote /home/users/kifer/.mozilla/firefox/kifer.default/itsalltext/www.w3.org.283b2v2r1i.txt [2 times]
> (No changes need to be saved)
> Yes
> Note: file is write protected
> (No changes need to be saved)
> byte-code: Beginning of buffer