Re: recommended font for emacs xft

[Tamas Papp <tkpapp@gmail.com>]

Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz@comcast.net> writes:

> Tamas Papp <tkpapp@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am happy using the alpha version of Emacs23 with the xft extension.
>> However, I could not find a font that is just "right": Monospace-11
>> looks very "weak".  I am looking for something not to tall (number of
>> horizontal lines is important so I can fit more code on a screen).
>> set-default-font snippets are welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tamas
>
> Hi Tamas,
>
> I have used:
>
>   1. Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
>
>   2. Liberation Mono
>
>   3. DejaVu Sans Mono
>
> They are pretty interchangeable for the most part, but there will be
> some subtle differences in some font lock modes. I use a height
> setting of 120 in my .emacs. There are sizes, at least for me wearing
> bifocals at age 49, where any font is too small, so personal preference and
> visual acuity may impact upon how small you can go.
>
> Try them and see what you prefer.
>
> They look great in R/ESS with 23 as well.  Here is a quick screen grab
> of 23, using ECB/psvn.el while editing .r and .rnw files:
>
>   http://home.comcast.net/~marc_schwartz/Emacs23.png
>
> HTH,
>
> Marc Schwartz

Hi Marc,

Could you please post the relevant part of your .emacs?  Currently
mine looks like

(set-default-font "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10.5")

but I don't know how to set the height independently of the font size.

Tamas