* frames.texi (Fonts): Mention "C-u C-x =" to find out what font

you're currently using.

Fixes: debbugs:8489

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index f02910f6b09..c1da9a1078c 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-07-02  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+        * frames.texi (Fonts): Mention "C-u C-x =" to find out what font
+        you're currently using (bug#8489).
+
 2011-07-01  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * mule.texi (Coding Systems): Move index entries from the previous
diff --git a/doc/emacs/frames.texi b/doc/emacs/frames.texi
index 298a7d4598b..633b65251e4 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/frames.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/frames.texi
@@ -689,6 +689,11 @@ Use the command line option @samp{-fn} (or @samp{--font}).  @xref{Font
 X}.
 @end itemize
 
+To check what font you're currently using, the @kbd{C-u C-x =}
+command can be helpful.  It'll describe the character under point, and
+also say what font it's rendered in, if the window system you're
+running under supports that.
+
 @cindex fontconfig
   On X, there are four different ways to express a ``font name''.  The
 first is to use a @dfn{Fontconfig pattern}.  Fontconfig patterns have