error org-meta-line invalid face

Question

I wanted to customize org-meta-line to make the source code headers look smaller, I'm using this line:

(set-face-attribute 'org-meta-line nil :height 0.5 :slant
 'normal :foreground "#C0C0C0" )

as mentioned here

it looks like this:

but I get this error when my init.el is being loaded:

Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading 
‘/home/kronolynx/.emacs.d/init.el’:

error: Invalid face, org-meta-line

How can I fix the error?

running `(set-face-attribute 'org-meta-line ...)` works fine in scratch, Is it possible that in your configuration file the `'org-meta-line` is not declared at that point in the code? (try to move it forward..) — manandearth, Oct 01 '18 at 09:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 01 '18 at 10:36

Running (set-face-attribute 'org-meta-line ...) works fine in scratch.

It doesn't in your configuration file because the variable 'org-meta line is not defined at that point in the code.

The solution will be to move it forward, where org is already required.

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