Re: Emacs gets font wrong at start up

> > But emacs does the font if I manually select it from the Set Font
> > menu as described above.
> 
> Yes, it does.  But that only makes it the default font for the text
> in the buffer in which you choose it.  Using that as the default for
> the entire frame, not just for buffer text, is something that requires a
> higher-quality font.

I didn't know that.

Why does a frame need a better (default) font than a buffer?
Just what does a frame require in this regard?

(Just curious.)