Re: Setting the global default font size.

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 14.02.2009 um 11:28 schrieb Geralt:

> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> > Am 13.02.2009 um 23:03 schrieb Geralt:
> >
> > > I tried now inside Emacs "(modify-all-frames-parameters '((font .
> > > "-misc-inconsolata-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")))", but when
> > > evaluating this line I get the following error "Debugger entered-- 
> > > Lisp
> > > error: (error "Font `-misc-inconsolata-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 
> > > iso8859-1'
> > > is not defined")", so I guess there's still something I'm missing?
> >
> >
> > M-x set-frame-font TAB TAB produces a large *Completions* buffer  
> > with fonts
> > GNU Emacs "sees." It's also possible to evaluate
> >
> >        (x-list-fonts "*-inconsolata-*")
> >
> > in *scratch* buffer. I found a line
> >
> >        (font . "-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-11-*-iso10646-1")
> >
> > – and it still works!
> Ok, I can find the font in the completion of set-frame-font and
> x-list-fonts, but setting one of the inconsolata fonts with
> set-frame-font results in "byte-code: Font
> `-misc-inconsolata-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso10646-1' is not
> defined" (displayed in the echo area/ *Messages* buffer), the same
> happens with 8859-1 encoding.

Three possible options:

 • RTFM
 • change syntax
 • use different font

The fourth option would be to think of the possible use of  
proportional-spaced font of size 0.

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