Re: What is the proper way to set the default font these days?

[David Reitter]

On Jun 8, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Chad Brown wrote:
> I am curious:  is there a way to do a similar thing under non-X  
> systems like macosx or win32?


The Nextstep port (for OS X) had a way to emulate X resources, which  
has since been removed because it didn't actually add enough useful  
functionality to merit the overhead.  The right way to set a default  
font is IMHO to customize the `default' face in one way or the other.

You can also give a command line argument when actually running a  
terminal:

Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -fn Lucida\ Grande

However, this is of limited practical use because in normal use (at  
least in OS X - not sure about Nextstep in GNU/Linux environments) you  
wouldn't start the executable that way (even from a terminal).

I've never seen the kind of issues in NS (or Carbon, for that matter)  
that the OP encountered in the screenshot.