+;; WE DEMAND FOUNDRY FROBBING!
+
+;; Family frobbing
+;; Thx Jan Vroonhof, Ref xemacs-beta <87oflypbum.fsf@petteflet.ntlworld.com>
+;; Brainlessly derived from make-face-size by Stephen; don't blame Jan.
+;; I'm long since flown to Rio, it does you little good to blame me, either.
+(defun make-face-family (face family &optional locale tags)
+ "Set FACE's family to FAMILY in LOCALE, if possible.
+
+Add/replace settings specified by TAGS only."
+ (frob-face-property face 'font
+ ;; uses dynamic scope of family
+ #'(lambda (f d)
+ ;; keep the dependency on font.el for now
+ (let ((fo (font-create-object (font-instance-name f)
+ d)))
+ (set-font-family fo family)
+ (font-create-name fo d)))
+ nil locale tags))
+
+;; Style (ie, typographical face) frobbing