From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: floyd@barrow.com (Floyd L. Davidson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How can I determine what the default font it? Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:44:30 -0900 Organization: __________ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87ekshjqq9.fld@barrow.com> References: <87ptc2w09r.fld@barrow.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077842892 4225 80.91.224.253 (27 Feb 2004 00:48:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:48:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 27 01:48:05 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AwWAf-0006Gx-00 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 01:48:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AwW8S-0008I1-0M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:45:48 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil!HSNX.atgi.net!falcon.america.net!eagle.america.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: gnus 5.10.6/XEmacs 21.4.15/Linux 2.6.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:5evwIAotubkwj19Z6hbPywvs2lo= Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.124.156.245 Original-X-Trace: eagle.america.net 1077842711 209.124.156.245 (Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:45:11 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:45:11 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:121300 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17254 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17254 jasonr (Jason Rumney) @ f2s.com wrote: >floyd@barrow.com (Floyd L. Davidson) writes: > >> You'll want to note that basically all of this applies not only >> to Emacs, but to xterms as well, where you will probably have >> exactly the same problem. (I use a 1333x1000 resolution screen, >> and have fits trying to work out fonts that provide readable >> text in windows of the right size.) > >Then set your dpi correctly, so X can compensate. Since 21.1, Emacs >default fonts are specified in point sizes rather than pixel sizes. Can you be less cryptic? -- Floyd L. Davidson Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@barrow.com