Can't change font

Question

I have emacs25 build from source (25.0.95).

And the only configure in my init.el is:

(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:family "Ubuntu Mono" :foundry "DAMA" :slant normal :weight normal :height 241 :width normal)))))

But when I open emacs, the font is not changed, if I eval that code manually after emacs is opened, the font is changed.

I also tried this:

(add-hook 'after-init-hook (lambda ()
                 (if (display-graphic-p)
                 (custom-set-faces
                  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
                  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
                  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
                  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
                  '(default ((t (:family "Ubuntu Mono" :foundry "DAMA" :slant normal :weight normal :height 241 :width normal))))))))

The font is still not changed.

Tried solution from @ManuelUberti, still doesn't work for me. And I also notice when I open emacs, screen has a quick flash which looks like the font is changed (bigger), but some how it seems changed back to default.

I set my default font using one of the techniques mentioned in the above linked thread: Setting `emacs*font: Monoid` in `~/.Xdefaults` followed by `xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults` in the terminal. To keep things clean, if you use this `.Xdefault` or `.Xresources` method, remove **all** default font customizations from your emacs config. — Kaushal Modi, Jul 21 '16 at 14:15
How did you build Emacs? The possible ways to configure fonts depend on which GUI framework you choose when you run `./configure`. — Gilles 'SO- stop being evil', Jul 23 '16 at 08:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '16 at 14:11

You can try this

(when (member "DejaVu Sans Mono" (font-family-list))
  (set-face-attribute 'default nil :font "DejaVu Sans Mono"))

or

(when (member "DejaVu Sans Mono" (font-family-list))
    (add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist '(font . "DejaVu Sans Mono-10"))
    (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "DejaVu Sans Mono-10")))

Manuel Uberti · Answer 2 · 2016-06-19T09:14:49.017

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I build Emacs from sources too, but this also works on Emacs installed using the package manager on Fedora 23:

(set-face-attribute 'default nil
                    :family "Source Code Pro"
                    :height 130)

edited Jun 19 '16 at 09:14

answered Jun 19 '16 at 09:09

Manuel Uberti

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 20 '16 at 14:54

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I set font in my .emacs like so :- (set-frame-font "PragmataPro 13")

answered Aug 20 '16 at 14:54

Chakravarthy Raghunandan

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Can't change font

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