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From: ghoti+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Adam Stoller)
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Subject: Re: Messages and MH & Andrew undex X11/NeWS
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Date: 16 Nov 89 15:14:16 GMT
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Excerpts from internet.info-andrew: 15-Nov-89 Messages and MH & Andrew
un.. Isaac Salzman@rand.org (2688+0)

> what i'm curious about is, how to explicitly set the fonts for a
> program, or for all atk app's in general. there's a "FontFamily" setting
> in preferences, but that's it. 

Actually ATK applications (I believe *all* ATK applications) should
respond to a preference of the form:

<application-name>.bodyfont: <fontname>

i.e.:

typescript.bodyfont: andytype10f

If you find that most, or all of the bodyfonts you want are the same -
you can simplify it with:

*.bodyfont: <fontname>

(where '*' is litterally an asterisk)

This sets a "default" bodyfont, and you can override it on whatever
applications you want to by using the first method.

--fish