Re: Setting the global default font size.

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de>]

Am 14.02.2009 um 11:28 schrieb Geralt:

> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>>
>> Am 13.02.2009 um 23:03 schrieb Geralt:
>>
>>> I tried now inside Emacs "(modify-all-frames-parameters '((font .
>>> "-misc-inconsolata-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")))", but when
>>> evaluating this line I get the following error "Debugger entered-- 
>>> Lisp
>>> error: (error "Font `-misc-inconsolata-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 
>>> iso8859-1'
>>> is not defined")", so I guess there's still something I'm missing?
>>
>>
>> M-x set-frame-font TAB TAB produces a large *Completions* buffer  
>> with fonts
>> GNU Emacs "sees." It's also possible to evaluate
>>
>>        (x-list-fonts "*-inconsolata-*")
>>
>> in *scratch* buffer. I found a line
>>
>>        (font . "-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-11-*-iso10646-1")
>>
>> – and it still works!
>>
> Ok, I can find the font in the completion of set-frame-font and
> x-list-fonts, but setting one of the inconsolata fonts with
> set-frame-font results in "byte-code: Font
> `-misc-inconsolata-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso10646-1' is not
> defined" (displayed in the echo area/ *Messages* buffer), the same
> happens with 8859-1 encoding.
>

Three possible options:

  • RTFM
  • change syntax
  • use different font

The fourth option would be to think of the possible use of  
proportional-spaced font of size 0.

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