set custom font in Emacs
Hi All!
Before using Emacs on MS Windows XP I was able to choose my favourite
non-proportional font for Emacs to use inserting this in my ~/.emacs
;(set-default-font
; "-outline-Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-normal-r-normal-normal-13-97-96-96-c-*-iso8859-1")
After switching to Linux I am not able to do that anymore. When I insert
this line in ~/.emacs - Emacs gives an error on startup and starts with
the default font.
Moreover, when I press <Shift> + <Left Mouse Button> to get the fonts -
I don't see Bitstream Vera Sans Mono there as an
When I run set-frame-font function - I get only the following options:
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--10-100-75-75-p-62-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--11-80-100-100-p-68-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--12-120-75-75-p-74-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-86-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--15-140-75-75-p-93-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-105-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--19-140-100-100-p-117-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--19-180-75-75-p-117-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-154-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--25-240-75-75-p-154-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--33-240-100-100-p-203-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--8-80-75-75-p-50-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--10-100-75-75-p-63-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-69-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-75-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-88-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-p-94-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-107-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--19-140-100-100-p-119-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--19-180-75-75-p-119-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--25-180-100-100-p-157-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--25-240-75-75-p-157-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--33-240-100-100-p-206-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-bold-r-normal--8-80-75-75-p-50-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--10-100-75-75-p-55-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--11-80-100-100-p-60-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--12-120-75-75-p-65-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-76-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--15-140-75-75-p-82-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-92-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--19-140-100-100-p-103-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--19-180-75-75-p-103-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-136-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--25-240-75-75-p-136-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--33-240-100-100-p-179-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--8-80-75-75-p-44-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-p-56-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-61-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-67-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-78-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-p-84-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-95-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--19-140-100-100-p-106-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--19-180-75-75-p-106-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-p-139-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--25-240-75-75-p-139-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--33-240-100-100-p-183-iso8859-1
-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-p-45-iso8859-1
-bitstream-terminal-bold-r-normal--18-140-100-100-c-110-dec-dectech
-bitstream-terminal-bold-r-normal--18-140-100-100-c-110-iso8859-1
-bitstream-terminal-medium-r-normal--18-140-100-100-c-110-dec-dectech
-bitstream-terminal-medium-r-normal--18-140-100-100-c-110-iso8859-1
There is no Bitstream Vera Sans Mono among these Bitstream fonts.
Although I know that I have it on my system. I am able to choose it in
Gnome. In Desktop -> Preferences -> Font. I can choose that font there
as an application font and most applications will use it, but not Emacs.
So I guess somewhere I have to configure something.
Any help will be greatly appreciated...
using Debian Sid amd64
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Sincerely yours,
Alexandru Cardaniuc
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