Subject: Re: bug#3228: 23.0.93; GTK font selection: asked for Courier, got Nimbus

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 15:21:26 -0400

>>> ftfont-list: -adobe-courier-*--*-m-*-iso10646-1
>> [...]
>> 
>> It's strange that the first font listing is for that
>> pattern.  The first one should be:
>> 
>> ftfont-list: -Adobe-courier-*-iso8859-1
>> 
>> Are you sure that you followed the above procedure exactly
>> without doing anything else?

> Yes.  It is probably due to my X resource setting:

> Emacs.font:-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-m-*-iso10646-1

> Should I replace iso10646 with iso8859?

It's usually better to leave it unspecified:

  Emacs.font:-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-m-*-*-*

but Emacs should (hopefully) be able to handle your case as well.

        Stefan