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On Tuesday, 10 April 2012 09:30:13 UTC+8, taz  wrote:

> (setq face-font-family-alternatives '(("myfamily" "anonymous pro")))

Looking at the definition of face-font-family-alternatives, it seems setting it with setq will not have any effect. Either set it through customize, or add

(internal-set-alternative-font-family-alist face-font-family-alternatives)

after setting it.