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"Wu XiaoGuang" <xgwu@linux.net.cn> wrote in message
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>
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:41:44 +1300, Peter Ashford wrote:
>
> > Hi There, I'm using the Emacs 21.2.1 on WindowsXP.  I can set the
> > font to one I like easily enough, but is there some elisp snippet I
> > could put in my .emacs file to make emacs always start up in my
> > preferred font?
>
> > Thanks in advance,
>
> > Peter.
>
> Here is my setting in ~/.emacs:
>
> ;;; Set default font
> (set-default-font "-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")
>

Thanks for that.  How do I find out the font string to use for the font I
like (Courier New, 9pt)?