From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marc Schwartz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: recommended font for emacs xft Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:54:31 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87vebhgc3z.fsf@pu100877.student.princeton.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187192444 23571 80.91.229.12 (15 Aug 2007 15:40:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:40:44 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 15 17:40:42 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ILKz8-0005vE-UN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:40:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ILKz8-0002Jv-BQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:40:38 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:54:31 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:clm+NPlUEoEwM4Yg6w0BKy7S4/A= Original-Lines: 40 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 74.94.87.209 Original-X-Trace: sv3-we2J8kr5SSZkt7q4DuF+QYkL+hSBPIwCuZY7ITp1YIcwmRFJxGBpIkXNxmt/+VQi7mWgPfS2hXgtXER!0dl3ChkExsTeRp12mD+U2aciwmNX+7lff5CN8+lyl4Y5RJDGbzJLeSbY0gQVy65MJPD6R8f5nS05!2pheXMqXNZSwbSNk/S5A Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.35 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:150991 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46564 Archived-At: Tamas Papp 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