From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to specify font for emacs on MacOSX? Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:50:35 +0100 Message-ID: References: <5ff1d48c0911112139x437394e2w68658ef2422cace8@mail.gmail.com> <6ee1e6090911121828x6b142083o22badd58259d50c4@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258105888 14880 80.91.229.12 (13 Nov 2009 09:51:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:51:28 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs Users Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 13 10:51:21 2009 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 1N8soJ-000654-Tk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:51:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51459 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8soJ-0004TR-2V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:51:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8sns-0004QJ-GM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:50:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8snn-0004Ia-JP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:50:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41241 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8snm-0004IJ-Sj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:50:47 -0500 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:41234) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N8snm-0004ib-Du for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:50:46 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06088132786B4 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:50:44 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [91.35.216.251] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.110 #314) id 1N8snj-0001YY-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:50:43 +0100 In-Reply-To: <6ee1e6090911121828x6b142083o22badd58259d50c4@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18W7DVfQOt47aY22RUgUT3bFsILiWb56zFPh/TX DGe/uHLIdP2Zef5ZoEneP2gOkPEcZvaN3seTMO3p4fUyV6iUwv +E6Teau88RYLiJQ36cBQ== X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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:69704 Archived-At: Am 13.11.2009 um 03:28 schrieb Will Willis: >> How to specify font for emacs on MacOSX? >> I am using emacs , not aquamacs. How can I switch to use a different >> font in my .emacs file? You can set them in initial- and default-frame-alist: (setq initial-frame-alist (append (list '(border-color . "#4e3832") '(foreground-color . "grey10") '(background-color . "AliceBlue") '(active-alpha . 0.875) '(inactive-alpha . 0.75) '(font . "fontset-10pt_lucida_sans_typewriter") '(top . 136) '(left . 666) '(width . 100) '(height . 57) ) initial-frame-alist)) To find a suitable font (maybe save that huge list in *completions* =20 buffer): M-x set-frame-font RET TAB TAB Miles Bader wrote list-fonts-display, which shows the name of the =20 fonts using the font. -- Greetings Pete November, n.: The eleventh twelfth of a weariness. =96 Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"