What is the most appropriate way to set fonts in emacs?
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sweet_demon · 2022-10-07 22:11

I'm a novice emacs user and I see several ways to set the editor
fonts, I'd like to know which one is the most suitable.

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TheFrenchPoulp · 2022-10-07 22:30

I set it to monospace and let my os determine what monospace mean

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scottomyers · 2022-10-07 23:23

I like to use the customization menu.
1. Ctrl + Right Click > Options > Set Default Font
2. Choose the font
3. Ctrl + Right Click > Options > Save Options

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[deleted] · 2022-10-08 01:07

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wojtek-graj · 2022-10-08 01:28

I don't know if this is the best way, but I've had this in all my
config files and It's been working fine:

```
(defun font-exists-p (font) (if (null (x-list-fonts font)) nil t))
(when (window-system)
  (cond ((font-exists-p "Courier Prime") (set-frame-font "Courier
Prime:spacing=100:size=18" nil t))
    ((font-exists-p "Courier New") (set-frame-font "Courier
New:spacing=100:size=18" nil t))))
```

Essentially, this is what the code does: only set font if not in
terminal, then check if font exists and use it if it does, otherwise
use a fallback font.

Obviously you can replace the names of the fonts with whichever fonts
suit you.

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rishianand · 2022-10-08 03:41

(set-frame-font "Iosevka Extended 12" nil t)

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[deleted] · 2022-10-08 03:42

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MotherCanada · 2022-10-08 04:20

`(set-face-attribute 'default nil :family "Cascadia Mono" :height
110)`
in early-init

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NoisyFrequency · 2022-10-08 06:17

Lol chaotic neutral

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tsengf · 2022-10-08 06:37

Not sure what is most suitable for you. This is what I have been
using. Make sure you have the font specified installed.

    (defvar my-font-name "SauceCode Pro Nerd Font"
      "Text font to use.")
    (defvar my-font-size 10 "Font size to use in points (for example,
10).")
    (defvar my-font (format "%s-%f" my-font-name my-font-size))

    (defun font-exists-p (font)
       "Check if the FONT exists." (and (display-graphic-p) (not (null
(x-list-fonts font)))))

    (cond ((font-exists-p my-font)
           (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist (font . ,my-font))
           (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist(height . 50))
           (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist (width . 170))
           (add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist(font . ,my-font))
           (add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist (height . 50))
           (add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist(width  . 170))))

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[deleted] · 2022-10-08 09:21

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aqua0210 · 2022-10-08 14:31

>(x-list-fonts "Courier Prime")

Thanks for sharing this useful function. I can remove my `font-
installed-p` now.

It's more convenience to use a built-in function instead.

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ForkInBrain · 2022-10-08 15:04

The manual's descriptions are pretty good:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Fonts.html

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00-11 · 2022-10-08 17:39

This.

Or customize option `default-frame-alist` to use the font you want, by
default.

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ComfyRug · 2022-10-08 17:41

```
  (condition-case nil
      ;; (set-frame-font "Iosevka SS09-12")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Go Mono-11")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Fira Mono-11")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Inconsolata-13")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Monospace-11")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Ubuntu Mono-13")
      ;; (set-frame-font "IBM Plex Mono-13")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Cascadia Code-14")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Jetbrains Mono-11")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Monaco-11")
      (set-frame-font "Martian Mono-10")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Dina-10")
      ;; (set-frame-font "iAWriterDuospace-13")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Hermit-13")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Menlo-11")
      ;; (set-frame-font "Hack-14")
    (error (set-frame-font "Monospace-11")))
```

I'll be honest, I don't over think it. Also, Martian Mono is a pretty
cool font so far. Link: https://github.com/evilmartians/mono

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sweet_demon · 2022-10-08 18:02

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