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      At the elisp- 
    wielding-user-visible level this manifests in what you pass to and  
    get back from x-list-fonts, as well as any font-setting functions,  

Could you explain what "font-setting functions" means?
Could you name some "font-setting functions"?

    setting font as a frame parameter, etc...

That parameter basically exists for the sake of those who might
want to specify an XLFD font name.  It's not the normal way to
do things.

As for x-list-fonts, that uses XLFD because on X that was the
normal interface to use.  Is there a better way to do this now?