Have different font colours in the same Aquamacs document

Question

I am writing a document in Aquamacs, and I want some (not all) of the text to be in a different colour. Is this possible?

I googled it but could only see how to change the font colour of all the text.

Answer 1

The question is quite unclear. Please specify. What do you mean by putting some of the text in a different color?

• Do you want syntax-specific highlighting? If so, turn on font-locking. And you might need to define font-lock-keywords for the current mode. See the Emacs manual, node Font Lock.

• Do you want ad hoc highlighting? If so, try the Highlight library (highlight.el).

• For information about font coloring and faces, see Emacs Wiki, Category Faces. Or ask Emacs: C-h r C-h i faces RET.