Re: observations for ns*.m files (Re: Emacs.app merged)

[Adrian Robert]

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:15 AM, Jason Rumney wrote:

> Emacs 23 accepts 3 different formats for specifying fonts. In addition
> to XLFD, there are the fontconfig ("Monaco-10", "Monaco-10:bold"...)  
> and
> GTK ("Monaco 10", "Monaco Bold 10") formats. If the point size is left
> out, a default of I think 12 is assumed.

Thanks.  The font backend system handles size and font name  
separately.  I will have to study the code to see where the parsing  
takes place that separates off the size attribute from the name.

The nice thing about the fontSize frame parameter is it ties into this  
aspect of the backend, and allows the user to easily control font size  
separately from the font.

Also, how does one specify multiple attributes in the new formats; are  
these correct?

Monaco-10:bold,italic
Monaco Bold Italic 10