character display

[Jörg Hagmann]

Dear list members,

I am using Emacs with Mac OS X 10.3 (The window kind, probably version 
21.3) and a US keyboard. Sometimes I need French or German characters 
(aigu, grave, umlaut etc.). I managed to type these by C-x C-m C-\ 
latin-1-prefix. But how can they be displayed? All I see is empty 
boxes. Innumerable combinations of what I found under "Options" didn't 
help.
Are the fonts missing in my installation? Help would be appreciated. 
Joerg.

PD Dr.med. Jörg Hagmann-Zanolari
Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics
DKBW, University of Basel
Mattenstrasse 28
CH-4058 Basel
Switzerland
Phone +41 (0)61 6953049