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Charles Muller wrote:
  >
  > My font setting in .emacs is like this:
  >
  > (set-default-font
"-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--24-240-75-75-p-124-iso10646-1")
  >
  > So perhaps you need something like
  >
  > (set-default-font "-"lucida-sans-typewriter-bold-14-[.....?]")
  >

With your advice, I set it as:

     (set-default-font "-*-lucidatypewriter-bold-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")

I use 'xfontsel' to select the exact long name.
It works now.
Thank you.