1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/xfns.c b/src/xfns.c
index a02e20de419..0ace204ec66 100644
--- a/src/xfns.c
+++ b/src/xfns.c
@@ -1870,7 +1870,12 @@ be shared by the new frame.")
 
   /* Extract the window parameters from the supplied values
      that are needed to determine window geometry.  */
-  x_default_parameter (f, parms, Qfont, build_string ("9x15"),
+  x_default_parameter (f, parms, Qfont, 
+                       build_string
+                       /* If we use an XLFD name for this font, the lisp code
+                          knows how to find variants which are bold, italic,
+                          etcetera.  */
+                       ("-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-120-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1"),
                        "font", "Font", string);
   x_default_parameter (f, parms, Qborder_width, make_number (2),
                        "borderwidth", "BorderWidth", number);