From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Javier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Changing Emacs font Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395693311 32251 80.91.229.3 (24 Mar 2014 20:35:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:35:11 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 24 21:35:22 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WSBab-0003DF-4N for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:35:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38267 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSBaa-00063M-MX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:35:20 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: F0FEFcLSZEaVVHfj1cocJw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: tin/2.2.0-20131224 ("Lochindaal") (UNIX) (Linux/3.13.6-1-ARCH (x86_64)) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:204452 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:96724 Archived-At: This is what I have in my .emacs for using emacs in Linux (when (equal window-system 'x) (set-face-font 'default "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso10646-1")) The notation for the font is used for X11 fonts. The program xfontsel displays the fonts. Also, you can access the font menu in emacs using Shift+left button of the mouse. Jai Dayal wrote: > Hi, > > I want to change the default font to be Monospace of size 12. > > When I open emacs -nw in a terminal, the terminal's profile preferences are > set to Monospace 12, however, when I open up emacs without a terminal, I > get a completely different set of fonts, and frankly, they're hard on my > eyes. > > How can I change the emacs settings so that the font displayed is Monspace > size 12? I tried all solutions under "Globally Change the Default Font" > found here: > > http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SetFonts#toc2 > > But I've had no luck.. the font is still the same original one. > > What am I missing? > > Thanks much! > Jai