RE: [h-e-w] Selecting and setting a fixed width font for NT

[Gallucci, David]

I like to have the same font for all frames, so I use:

;; defaults for all frames
(setq default-frame-alist
      '((font . "-outline-Courier
New-normal-r-normal-normal-11-82-96-96-c-*-iso8859-15")))




Here's how I get the font string. ( Thanks Eli Daniel ):

;; print the cryptic(!) font name for Windows font.
(if (eq window-system 'w32)
    (defun ewd-get-x-font-name ()
      "Select font from dialog box, then print X font name at point in
current
buffer. The resulting string can then be used in other Emacs functions
requiring a font type."
      (interactive)
      (insert (prin1-to-string (w32-select-font)))))


HTH,

Dave Gallucci


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Marshall [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:57 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Selecting and setting a fixed width font for NT


On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Jürgen Albert wrote:

> goto Scratch buffer
> Type (print (frame-parameters)) and C-x C-e
> 
> look for (font . ".....

A more direct way to get the font for the current frame:

(frame-parameter nil 'font)

R
-- 
Robert Marshall