Rob> [...] What I'm really trying to recover is the automatic C-style Rob> fontifying that I had with 19.14. I don't know where the old version Rob> saved the font info, and I can't figure out how to tell the new version Rob> to read it. Up to 20.4, the user initialisation files are generally .emacs and .xemacs-options Font options are generally stored in this last one. Rob> Further, when I try to manually set the font info, the new version Rob> doesn't have the options for setting certain fonts, such as Rob> font-lock-comment-face, as in the old version. Try to load font-lock explicitly: M-x load-library font-lock RET Then all the standard font-lock faces should appear in the 'Browse Faces' list. Oscar