Christian Kellermann <ckeen@pestilenz.org> writes:

> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
>>> Why is set-default-font not enough and what should I use instead?
>>
>> Maybe because GNU Emacs is using initial-frame-alist and
>> default-frame-alist. This can lead to different settings applied to
>> the first, initial, frame and others applied to the other frames. I
>> think
>>
>> 	(setq initial-frame-alist default-frame-alist)
>
> Hm, I have set this as the first statement in my .emacs but it has no
> effect on the font when opening a new frame.

Afraid you need to set it at last, after value of
default-frame-alist is settled.

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