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From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: lists@sourceillustrated.com
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Better fonts on Linux with emacs22?
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:24:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E8506EDF-C452-4941-BFC5-0B323DE051DA@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44dddf400712140754l63031026s5d941e943cd8ae53@mail.gmail.com>


Am 14.12.2007 um 16:54 schrieb John Wells:

> $ emacs22  --font "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10"
>
> But all I get is:
>
> No fonts match `Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10'


GNU Emacs 22 is not prepared to use font names à la libfontconfig  
(Unicode Emacs 23.0.0 or 23.0.60 from CVS allows so).

xlsfonts -fn '-*-bitstream vera sans*' (or '-*-monospace*') can list  
what your system offers. Then use such a font name. The xfontsel  
application can also find you font names.

The X Logical Font Description (XLFD) conventions allow to substitute  
elements with the '*' wildcard character.

--
Greetings

   Pete

Think of XML as Lisp for COBOL programmers.
				- Tony-A (some guy on /.)

  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-14 16:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-14 15:54 Better fonts on Linux with emacs22? John Wells
2007-12-14 16:24 ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.5021.1197647649.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-12-15  3:48 ` David Golden

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