Re: Where is the font for IPA phonetic symbol?

[Matthias Meulien <cimosque@free.fr>]

wang yin <wy@wangyin.com> wrote:

> (...) But I still can't display IPA characters in [igzɑːmpl], which
> comes from dictionary.el.

First, you should read Emacs documentation on fontsets.

Then find which fontset you are using. Make sure you have tried one
based on the fonts coming from the intlfonts package (`M-x
describe-fontset RET' should help) ? Use `C-uC-x=' to find the charset
your font lacks in a dictionary buffer (it was mule-unicode-0100-24ff
for me).

You can use the font/fontsets menu (bind on shift-mouse-1) to try
other fontsets (those defined after the intlfonts package installation
should work; look in emacs X resources to find their names).

Fix the Emacs.Font X resource when you have find the right fontset
(another solution is to use the -fn startup option). If you don't like
it, you can define your own fontset (see documentation) with the right
font for IPA characters. Something like the following (Adobe's Courier
with 14 dots for all charsets, except mule-unicode-0100-24ff that will
use -Mixed-Fixed-bla-bla):

        Emacs.Font: -Adobe-Courier-Medium-R-Normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-,\ 
        mule-unicode-0100-24ff:-Misc-Fixed-Medium-R-Normal--14-130-75\
        -75-C-70-ISO10646-1

I hope it will help...
-- 
Matthias