@item :font
The font used to display the face. Its value should be a font object
-or a fontset. @xref{Low-Level Font}, for information about font
-objects, font specs, and font entities. @xref{Fontsets}, for
-information about fontsets.
+or a fontset. If it is a font object, it specifies the font to be
+used by the face for displaying ASCII characters. @xref{Low-Level
+Font}, for information about font objects, font specs, and font
+entities. @xref{Fontsets}, for information about fontsets.
@anchor{face-font-attribute}
When specifying this attribute using @code{set-face-attribute} or
@var{inherit}.
@defun face-font face &optional frame character
-This function returns the name of the font of face @var{face}.
+This function returns the name of the font used by the specified
+@var{face}.
If the optional argument @var{frame} is specified, it returns the name
-of the font of @var{face} for that frame. If @var{frame} is omitted or
-@code{nil}, the selected frame is used. In the latter case, if the
-optional third argument @var{character} is supplied, it returns the font
-name used for @var{character}.
+of the font of @var{face} for that frame; @var{frame} defaults to the
+selected frame if it is @code{nil} or omitted. If @var{frame} is
+@code{t}, the function reports on the font defaults for @var{face} to
+be used for new frames.
+
+By default, the returned font is for displaying ASCII characters, but
+if @var{frame} is anything but @code{t}, and the optional third
+argument @var{character} is supplied, the function returns the font
+name used by @var{face} for that character.
@end defun
@defun face-foreground face &optional frame inherit
If FRAME is t, report on the defaults for face FACE (for new frames).
The font default for a face is either nil, or a list
of the form (bold), (italic) or (bold italic).
-If FRAME is omitted or nil, use the selected frame. And, in this case,
-if the optional third argument CHARACTER is given,
-return the font name used for CHARACTER. */)
+If FRAME is omitted or nil, use the selected frame.
+If FRAME is anything but t, and the optional third argument CHARACTER
+is given, return the font name used by FACE for CHARACTER on FRAME. */)
(Lisp_Object face, Lisp_Object frame, Lisp_Object character)
{
if (EQ (frame, Qt))