Emacs/OSX Default font setting does not persist

Question

I\'m using Emacs 23.2. When I change the default font using Options --> Set Default Font... it correctly switches to the font that I select. I then do Options --> Save Options t

Answer 1

Only way I got it to work was to modify manually the .emacs file:

(custom-set-faces                                                                                    
 '(default ((t (:height 150 :family "Menlo"))))
 )

PS: I'm on Yosemite