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I'm using bbatsov's prelude and I'm trying to change default font for when I'm running a GUI emacsclient window.

I've added the following to my ~/.emacs.d/personal/preludes:

(set-default-font "Source Code Pro-12")

And I see the font change if I just start emacs.

However, if I restart the emacs --daemon I have in the background and ask a GUI window to be opened using emacsclient -c, I don't see the default font changed to the one I want.

I've also tried to put that lisp code in a file in ~/.emacs.d/personal/preload/preludes.el but it made no difference.

Any ideas?

Cheers

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I found the answer here. Instead of set-default-font, I needed the following:

(setq default-frame-alist '((font . "Source Code Pro-12")))
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    I use emacsclient too and the best way to control fonts is via ~/.Xresources.
    – Kaushal Modi
    Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 17:37
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    @KaushalModi: (1) Define "best" (i.e., why?). (2) ~/.Xresources works only on some platforms.
    – Drew
    Commented Feb 19, 2016 at 2:49
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    @Drew I have jumped through hoops to get the initial font config and frame size right and ~/.Xresources turned out to be the golden solution, especially with emacsclient. I have noticed that if the font/frame config is in init.el, emacs will start up with the default font/frame config and then readjust based on the config in the init.el. I agree with your second point though. I should have asked which OS the OP is using. I customize my ~/.Xresources on Linux (RHEL 6.6).
    – Kaushal Modi
    Commented Feb 19, 2016 at 3:17
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    FYI, in my case I'm on OSX
    – Galder Zamarreño
    Commented Feb 19, 2016 at 8:06

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