Re: Setting default font

[Roland Roberts]

>>>>> "John" == John Smith <johns2326@hotmail.com> writes:

    John> I am using emacs 21 under X-Windows, and the default font for text is
    John> rather small.

One normally does this in .Xdefaults, like so

    Emacs*font:             
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1

This particular font, which my system, results in 13-dot fontset
configuration.  In addition, I have this fontset setup in my .emacs to
get 14-, 15-, and 24-dot fontsets.

       (if (eq window-system 'x)
           (progn
             (create-fontset-from-fontset-spec
              "-*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-24pt,
                chinese-gb2312:-*-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-gb2312*-*,
                korean-ksc5601:-*-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-ksc5601*-*,
                chinese-cns11643-1:-*-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-1,
                chinese-cns11643-2:-*-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-2,
                chinese-cns11643-3:-*-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-3,
                chinese-cns11643-4:-*-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-4,
                chinese-cns11643-5:-*-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-5,
                chinese-cns11643-6:-*-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-6,
                chinese-cns11643-7:-*-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-7" t)
             (create-fontset-from-fontset-spec
                "-*-fixed-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-24pt,
                chinese-gb2312:-*-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-gb2312*-*,
                korean-ksc5601:-*-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-ksc5601*-*,
                chinese-cns11643-1:-*-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-1,
                chinese-cns11643-2:-*-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-2,
                chinese-cns11643-3:-*-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-3,
                chinese-cns11643-4:-*-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-4,
                chinese-cns11643-5:-*-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-5,
                chinese-cns11643-6:-*-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-6,
                chinese-cns11643-7:-*-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-cns11643*-7" t)
             (create-fontset-from-fontset-spec
              "-*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-15pt,
                chinese-gb2312:-*-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-gb2312*-*,
                korean-ksc5601:-*-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-ksc5601*-*,
                chinese-cns11643-1:-*-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-1,
                chinese-cns11643-2:-*-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-2,
                chinese-cns11643-3:-*-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-3,
                chinese-cns11643-4:-*-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-4,
                chinese-cns11643-5:-*-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-5,
                chinese-cns11643-6:-*-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-6,
                chinese-cns11643-7:-*-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-7" t)
             (create-fontset-from-fontset-spec
                "-*-fixed-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-15pt,
                chinese-gb2312:-*-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-gb2312*-*,
                korean-ksc5601:-*-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-ksc5601*-*,
                chinese-cns11643-1:-*-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-1,
                chinese-cns11643-2:-*-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-2,
                chinese-cns11643-3:-*-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-3,
                chinese-cns11643-4:-*-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-4,
                chinese-cns11643-5:-*-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-5,
                chinese-cns11643-6:-*-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-6,
                chinese-cns11643-7:-*-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-cns11643*-7" t)
             (create-fontset-from-fontset-spec
                "-*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-14pt,
                chinese-gb2312:-*-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-gb2312*-*,
                korean-ksc5601:-*-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-ksc5601*-*,
                chinese-cns11643-1:-*-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-1,
                chinese-cns11643-2:-*-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-2,
                chinese-cns11643-3:-*-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-3,
                chinese-cns11643-4:-*-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-4,
                chinese-cns11643-5:-*-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-5,
                chinese-cns11643-6:-*-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-6,
                chinese-cns11643-7:-*-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-7" t)
             (create-fontset-from-fontset-spec
                "-*-fixed-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-14pt,
                chinese-gb2312:-*-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-gb2312*-*,
                korean-ksc5601:-*-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-ksc5601*-*,
                chinese-cns11643-1:-*-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-1,
                chinese-cns11643-2:-*-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-2,
                chinese-cns11643-3:-*-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-3,
                chinese-cns11643-4:-*-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-4,
                chinese-cns11643-5:-*-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-5,
                chinese-cns11643-6:-*-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-6,
                chinese-cns11643-7:-*-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-cns11643*-7" t)
             ))


roland
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