How do I set the "default" face for other frames

[grischka]

Hi,

How do I set the "default" face for other frames?

For instance when I start emacs with no .emacs present, 
then customize the "default" face, say change :height from 
114 to 80, and then start a new frame with C-x 5 2, the 
new frame still shows me the old font-height. 

Moreover if I change colors too, say (:background "black" 
:foreground "white") then emacs completely refuses to 
open other frames at all and instead throws a message 
"max-specpdl-size exceeded". 

So, how is this supposed to work?

Thanks.