Setting the `font-backend' parameter in `default-frame-alist' (or
`window-system-default-frame-alist') doesn't seem to work: it gets
applied too late and the font name gets badly mangled as a result.
Emacs.pane.menubar.font: NICEFONT
Emacs.menu*.font: NICEFONT
Emacs.font: FIXED
Emacs.pane.menubar.font: NICEFONT
Emacs.menu*.font: NICEFONT
Emacs.font: FIXED
+Emacs.fontBackend: x,xft
Emacs.cursorColor: red
Emacs.bitmapIcon: true
Emacs*foreground: white
Emacs.cursorColor: red
Emacs.bitmapIcon: true
Emacs*foreground: white