Ralf> Reading the doc string of `set-face-parent' I would not Ralf> expect the face to keep its explicitely set size I would. Inheritance only applies to properties not explicitly set. Ralf> but I also would not expect to see the old size in the Ralf> customization buffer. I'm not sure what's going on here. Customize has never worked very well with XEmacs faces, because faces are implemented using specifiers which do most of what Customize can do, but for some reason the porters of Customize chose to implement Customize separately from specifiers. -- School of Systems and Information Engineering http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.