From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Suguru Furuta" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: increasing font size Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:52:36 +0100 Message-ID: <0834FC402610344BBE8B93AB37AD37C401ECC356@msgemeamb01.ads.autodesk.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140441548 25568 80.91.229.2 (20 Feb 2006 13:19:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:19:08 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 20 14:19:06 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBAwT-000163-Ex for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:19:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBAuX-0006Sm-9E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:17:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FB8vA-0005Ak-QH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:09:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FB8uX-0004lX-TS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:08:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FB8el-0000vq-88 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:52:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.188.62.7] (helo=tut.autodesk.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FB8kl-0003qH-RI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:58:52 -0500 Original-Received: from msgemeafe01.ads.autodesk.com (msgemeafe01.ads.autodesk.com [146.248.3.82]) by tut.autodesk.com (8.13.0/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k1KAqaLi019105 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:52:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from msgemeamb01.ads.autodesk.com ([146.248.3.80]) by msgemeafe01.ads.autodesk.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:52:36 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: increasing font size Thread-Index: AcY00T9ICcrQ5HMrTou3yW5quz8d6wBOPYQQ Original-To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Feb 2006 10:52:36.0621 (UTC) FILETIME=[C2BAF3D0:01C6360B] X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:25:05 -0500 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:33309 Archived-At: Senthil wrote:=20 > how do i increase the size of font appearing in emacs > should i edit something in my .emacs file The very nice function (mouse-set-font) has already been mentioned by Pete Dyballa. I don't know if you've spotted this but you can also set the default font type and size of your emacs session by including something like this in your .emacs file: (set-default-font "couriernew:regular:14") This sets the font to regular Courier New font, size 14. Best wishes, Sugi