From: Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz@comcast.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: recommended font for emacs xft
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:28:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hcn07r6z.fsf@Bellerophon.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87ps1og76z.fsf@pu100877.student.princeton.edu
Tamas Papp <tkpapp@gmail.com> writes:
> Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz@comcast.net> writes:
>
>> Tamas Papp <tkpapp@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am happy using the alpha version of Emacs23 with the xft extension.
>>> However, I could not find a font that is just "right": Monospace-11
>>> looks very "weak". I am looking for something not to tall (number of
>>> horizontal lines is important so I can fit more code on a screen).
>>> set-default-font snippets are welcome.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tamas
>>
>> Hi Tamas,
>>
>> I have used:
>>
>> 1. Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
>>
>> 2. Liberation Mono
>>
>> 3. DejaVu Sans Mono
>>
>> They are pretty interchangeable for the most part, but there will be
>> some subtle differences in some font lock modes. I use a height
>> setting of 120 in my .emacs. There are sizes, at least for me wearing
>> bifocals at age 49, where any font is too small, so personal preference and
>> visual acuity may impact upon how small you can go.
>>
>> Try them and see what you prefer.
>>
>> They look great in R/ESS with 23 as well. Here is a quick screen grab
>> of 23, using ECB/psvn.el while editing .r and .rnw files:
>>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~marc_schwartz/Emacs23.png
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Marc Schwartz
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> Could you please post the relevant part of your .emacs? Currently
> mine looks like
>
> (set-default-font "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10.5")
>
> but I don't know how to set the height independently of the font size.
>
> Tamas
Here is the custom-set-faces section:
(custom-set-faces
;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
'(default ((t (:stipple nil :background "#ffffff" :foreground "#000000" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 120 :width normal :family "DejaVu LGC Sans Mono"))))
'(fixed-pitch ((t nil)))
'(font-lock-comment-face ((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground "Blue" :italic nil))))
'(font-lock-constant-face ((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground "Red"))))
'(font-lock-doc-string-face ((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground "ForestGreen"))))
'(font-lock-string-face ((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground "ForestGreen"))))
'(font-lock-type-face ((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground "Red"))))
'(gnus-summary-normal-read ((t (:weight normal))))
'(gnus-summary-normal-unread ((t (:weight bold))))
'(minibuffer-prompt ((t (:background "yellow" :foreground "black" :weight bold))))
'(paren-match ((t (:background "turquoise"))))
'(speedbar-button-face ((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground "green4" :size "7" :bold t))))
'(text-cursor ((t (:foreground "white" :background "Black"))))
'(tooltip ((((class color)) (:background "yellow" :foreground "black" :weight bold))))
'(widget-button ((t (:size "7" :bold t)))))
HTH,
Marc
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-15 15:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-15 13:29 recommended font for emacs xft Tamas Papp
2007-08-15 14:54 ` Marc Schwartz
2007-08-15 15:15 ` Tamas Papp
2007-08-15 15:28 ` Marc Schwartz [this message]
2007-08-15 16:13 ` Peter Dyballa
2007-08-15 16:14 ` Hadron
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