[OS X Emacs] Setting the default font no longer works

[David Reitter]

Julian,
have a  look at the Aquamacs FAQ (Help menu). There should be  
something about how "Frame Appearance Styles" work. You can switch  
them off in the Options menu in case they're not needed.

Hope that helps

- David


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On 31 Dec 2007, at 10:16, Julian Adams wrote:

> Hi -
>
> I'm trying to set the default font in Aquamacs 1.2a. I had a setup
> which worked in 0.99d, where I'd set this up by the customise system,
> so that I have:
>
> (custom-set-faces
> ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
> ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
> ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
> ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
> '(default ((t (:stipple nil :background "White" :foreground "Black"
> :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil
> :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 90 :width normal
> :family "ProFont"))))
> '(fixed-pitch ((t (:family "apple-profont")))))
>
> in ~/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/customizations.el
>
> After 0.99d this hasn't worked, although customizations.el is still
> loaded according to *messages*. Does anyone know if this is expected
> behaviour, or a bug ? Or better still how to fix this. I can execute
> the above elisp, and the font is then set correctly.
>
> I also have this:
>
> (set-default-font "-apple-profont-medium-r-normal--9-90-72-72-m-90- 
> mac-roman")
>
> in my .emacs file. This has never worked, although it executes fine by
> hand. I'd just like to be able to set the default font :) At the
> moment I'm keeping 0.99d as my main install.
>
> thanks,
>
> Julian