title: How do I set fonts on Emacs for Mac?
body: <p>I downloaded Carbon emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.35) from <a href="http://emacsformacosx.com/">http://emacsformacosx.com/</a>.  It defaults to using Monaco, and I would like to change it to use Inconsolata-dz.  So I added:</p>
  
  <pre><code>(set-default-font "-apple-Inconsolata-dz-medium-normal-normal-*-10-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to my ~/.emacs file.  However, after I restart, it is still Monaco.  It discovered that Option-T (or maybe Command-T) brings up a font dialog, and if I select Inconsolata-dz from that, it works great.  But if I restart, it is back to Monaco.  So I tried setting the font from the menu, and then going to Customize Faces and saving it, but still it does not work.  The interesting thing is that if I do M-x describe-font after changing the font from the Option-T dialog, it says -apple-Inconsolata-dz-medium-normal-normal-<em>-10-</em>-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1.</p>
  
  <p>So it looks like Emacs is simply ignoring this font for some reason.  Why is that, and what can I do to get it to use this font?</p>
  
  <p>Update:  I tried Donkopotamus and Joost Diepenaat's recommendations and they also did not work, although I ended up getting Times as my font, instead of Monaco.  However, they work great if I just use the Inconsolata (not Inconsolata-dz).  So I'm wondering if there is some problem with fonts with a dash in their name?</p>
  
  <p>Update2:  Why is this off-topic?  The close message says "questions [should ...] relate to programming or software development in some way";  many developers use emacs, and getting settings right is important.  The top two entries on a search for "programming fonts" have a combined 150; so font configs seem to be important to programmers.  Anyway, if it is off-topic, where is the appropriate place to post it?</p>