[OS X Emacs] horrible looking fonts with black background?

[Pete Siemsen]

Paul,

Do you still have this problem?  I use Aquamacs with dark backgrounds all the time, and it looks great.  FWIW, here's the relevant section of my ~/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/customizations.el file:

(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.
 '(autoface-default ((((type ns)) (:inherit default :height 120 :family "Menlo" :background "#000028"))))
 '(font-lock-comment-face ((((class color) (min-colors 88) (background dark)) (:foreground "green"))))
 '(font-lock-constant-face ((((class color) (min-colors 88) (background dark)) (:foreground "gold"))))
 '(font-lock-string-face ((((class color) (min-colors 88) (background dark)) (:foreground "yellow"))))
 '(latex-mode-default ((t (:inherit text-mode-default :stipple nil :strike-through nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 120 :width normal :family "Menlo"))))
 '(text-mode-default ((t (:inherit autoface-default :height 120 :family "Menlo")))))

-- Pete


On Jul 21, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Paul Fisher wrote:

> Pretty much any way that I try it...
> 
>       (set-background-color "black")
>       (set-foreground-color "white")
> 
> or via Options->Appearance->Foreground | Background ending up in customizations.el as in the screen shot below, which illustrates the difference:
> 
> http://s1011.photobucket.com/albums/af236/fisherpk/?action=view&current=bad-fonts.png
> 
> btw, a remote emacs via X that looks wonderful...
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 21, 2010, at 12:09 PM, David Reitter wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 21, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Paul Fisher wrote:
>>> except that when i try to enable black (or any dark) background 
>> 
>> How do you do this?
>> 
>> 
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