On 2011-10-02, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote: > Can anyone steer me toward more recent information on how to allow > emacs to access the true type fonts. Hi, in your .Xresources file put the following: emacs.FontBackend: xft Emacs.font: Inconsolata-12 and then call: xrdb -merge .Xresources to update your X config. -- Wim.