How do I change emacs default font size and font type?

Question

I am using emacs 23.3. I need to change the font size and font type, can anyone help me?

Answer 1

You can also do the following in your .emacs file.

Emacs 23.1

(set-frame-font "Inconsolata 12" nil t)

Older versions of Emacs

(set-default-font "Inconsolata 12" nil t)