GNU bug report logs - #17006
*GNU Emacs* does not change font

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Message #8 received at 17006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: David Englund <public <at> beloved.name>
Cc: 17006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17006: *GNU Emacs* does not change font
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:59:01 +0200

> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:28:49 +0100
> From: David Englund <public <at> beloved.name>
> 
> All buffers except *GNU Emacs* change font. This is missleading as this 
> is the first visible buffer, the one you see when you restart Emacs. 
> Emacs are often restarted by newbies in order for them to test 
> fontifying Lisp in their .emacs. As a result they will think that the 
> font are not installed or similar and will only discover that this is 
> not the case only if they see another buffer that show the expected font.

Took me some time to understand what is this about.  You are
complaining that the splash screen uses fonts different from any other
buffer, is that right?

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