bug#14648: 24.3.50; `font' frame parameter bizarreness

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Kenichi Handa <handa@gnu.org> writes:

>> The font of the frame is indeed changed, but not to the font
>> specified,
>> and not to the default font either (e.g., the font for face
>> `default').
>
> Thank you for the report.  I've just installed a fix to signal an error
> for an invalid font name in such a case.
>
>> (frame-parameter nil 'font) =>
>> "-outline-Arial-normal-normal-normal-sans-20-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1"
>
>> What's that?  The doc says nothing about this bizarre behavior.
>> Where did this font come from?
>
> It may be the default font found on your system when none of
> font property is specified.

Looks like this is fixed, then?  I'm closing the report; please reopen
if this is still a problem.

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