bug#1094: 23.0.60; Emacs Default Font

[Vinicius Jose Latorre]

Chong Yidong wrote:
> > The menu item Options->Set Default Font shows:   Sans Regular 12
> >
> > My ~/.Xresources file is:
> >
> > Mozilla*font:fixed
> > Firefox*font:fixed
> > Emacs*font:fixed
> >     
>
> Aha.  I think you'll find that the font you're seeing is
>
> -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-120-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1
>
> or something like that.  I guess the problem is that there is more than
> one font named "fixed" in the system.  Recently, Handa changed the "font
> scoring" system which tells Emacs which font to use when there are
> several possibilities.
>
> To get the exact font you want, you can specify an xlfd name like
> -misc-fixed-medium-r-*--13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*, or a fontconfig/GTK font name.
> For instance,
>
> Emacs*font:Monospace-10
>
> works great for me.
>   

Cool!!  That's worked for me too.

Thanks