How can I set the default font size to 14 pixels under X?
The first FontSet in the Emacs*FontSetList: field in your X resource will be used as default. So if you want the default to be 14 pixels, put 14 as the first element of Emacs*FontSetList:, and include the specification of FontSet-14. See F-1 for examples of FontSet specification. Note that emacs*FontSetList: or Mule*FontSetList: are invalid for resource specification. SANETO Takanori <sanewo@cep.sony.co.jp> writes: You can think of Emacs as the class name and mule as the instance name. Emacs is used for all Emacs family programs: mule, nemacs, epoch, nepoch, and of course the original GNU emacs. On the other hand, the instance name is used to distinguish each entities. If you rename mule to hoge, the specification Emacs*… still has effect but mule*… is of no effect. When both specification by instance name and specification by class name are valid, the instance name has priority. You can explicitly specify the instance name by -rn name option. Or if the environment variable WM_
