From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tamas Papp Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: recommended font for emacs xft Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:15:32 +0200 Message-ID: <87ps1og76z.fsf@pu100877.student.princeton.edu> References: <87vebhgc3z.fsf@pu100877.student.princeton.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187192482 23711 80.91.229.12 (15 Aug 2007 15:41:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:41:22 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 15 17:41:21 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ILKzn-0006DB-VQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:41:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ILKzn-0003Km-Bo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:41:19 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 53 Original-X-Trace: individual.net xYhi9oVF75X6tUIe+n2kiQBCJ8wIEl14+LtKm8lyx/Is/2MReh Cancel-Lock: sha1:2xtn/ztQZyakochZkb/0D/YXOOA= sha1:1M9BxatQNRhJj8g8vjK9JkCKnko= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:150992 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46565 Archived-At: Marc Schwartz writes: > Tamas Papp 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