From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Semi-OT: font advice
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:35:18 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4087F446.3030005@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: c68mlu$eta$1@panix2.panix.com
Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
> The font I have in my terminal window isn't bad, but I don't know
> what it is in terms of the "-*-*-" form--I'm running Gnome, and
> it's chosen from a menu as being in the "Monospace" family, regular,
> 11 pt.
>
> I guess my biggest problem is that I don't know how to browse the
> fonts on my system from within Emacs in a way that shows me what
> they really look like and what their formal names are. I've read
> through the Wiki and other places and don't really know what to
> try next. Any advice, either for a specific font or for ways to
> better browse what I have? I'm happy to install any fonts on my
> system.
Instead of browsing within Emacs, use the xfontsel utility.
--
Kevin Rodgers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-22 16:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-22 15:00 Semi-OT: font advice Jesse Sheidlower
2004-04-22 15:58 ` Cor Gest
2004-04-22 16:35 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2004-04-22 16:38 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-04-22 17:45 ` Jesse Sheidlower
2004-04-26 1:49 ` Jesse Sheidlower
2004-04-26 17:47 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-04-27 19:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-27 20:50 ` Jesse Sheidlower
2004-04-28 6:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-04-23 3:28 ` Tim X
2004-04-23 14:10 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-04-23 14:17 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-04-23 16:11 ` giacomo boffi
2004-04-26 1:51 ` Jesse Sheidlower
2004-04-26 9:18 ` giacomo boffi
2004-04-24 21:14 ` Kai Grossjohann
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