From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "gbvb" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Fonts (Mac OS X carbon port) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 00:07:38 -0400 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063858925 20466 80.91.224.253 (18 Sep 2003 04:22:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 04:22:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 18 06:22:03 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19zqIt-000058-00 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 06:22:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19zqCv-0004d2-Na for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 00:15:53 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVZt0z6K1SA9TLKESjwQmlip1ULB+a7hDPFOZ0lyOXaWKga4TiSRdHrA Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Sep 2003 04:07:58 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.emacs:81343 gnu.emacs.help:116682 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12604 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12604 Try M-x set-face-font RET default RET Now, you should see the list of fonts that are on that box as a completion.. Select the one you like and hit enter. If its too big or small, you can tweak the resuting string fairly easily. "Tyler Eaves" wrote in message news:jctbmv4krqmvbct7og0lhfnnlmcq7g8i66@4ax.com... > How do I go about setting the fonts in the Mac OS X port? > > I've done some search, and found a few rather mysterious looking lisp > enchantations, but nothing that simply says "If you want font 'X' at > size 'Y' put the following in your .emacs, or anything like that. I'll > freely admit to having essentially no knowledge of Lisp or Emacs > internals, and thus I'm rather at a loss of where to begin. As far as > what I desire, I'm not super picky about the font at this point, but > whatever it is, I need it BIGGER, as on my 12" iBook the default is > pretty tiny, and quite tough to read in a classroom situation with > glare, odd angles, etc. > > TIA >