bug#57051: 29.0.50; No bold faces on macOS

bug#57051: 29.0.50; No bold faces on macOS

[Gerd Möllmann]

In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin21.6.0, NS appkit-2113.60 Version 12.5 (Build 21G72))
 of 2022-08-07 built on Mini.fritz.box
Repository revision: c8833ba365b8476271b64fbd985d1cf7b1a9ad02
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.2113
System Description:  macOS 12.5

With emacs -Q, changing a faces's :weight has no effect.  Here is what
describe-face says about the default face, in case it matters.

           Family: Monaco
          Foundry: nil
            Width: normal
           Height: 120
           Weight: regular
            Slant: normal
       Foreground: Black
DistantForeground: unspecified
       Background: White
        Underline: nil
         Overline: nil
   Strike-through: nil
              Box: nil
          Inverse: nil
          Stipple: nil
             Font: #<font-object -*-Monaco-regular-normal-normal-*-12-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1>
          Fontset: -*-Monaco-regular-normal-normal-*-*-*-*-*-m-0-fontset-startup
           Extend: nil
          Inherit: nil

bug#57051: 29.0.50; No bold faces on macOS

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:36:47 +0200
> 
> With emacs -Q, changing a faces's :weight has no effect.

Please tell how you tried to set the face's :weight.

> Here is what
> describe-face says about the default face, in case it matters.
> 
>            Family: Monaco
>           Foundry: nil
>             Width: normal
>            Height: 120
>            Weight: regular
>             Slant: normal
>        Foreground: Black
> DistantForeground: unspecified
>        Background: White
>         Underline: nil
>          Overline: nil
>    Strike-through: nil
>               Box: nil
>           Inverse: nil
>           Stipple: nil
>              Font: #<font-object -*-Monaco-regular-normal-normal-*-12-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1>
>           Fontset: -*-Monaco-regular-normal-normal-*-*-*-*-*-m-0-fontset-startup
>            Extend: nil
>           Inherit: nil

If you change "Weight" via customize-face, does it also fail to work?

And does that font have a bold variant on your system?  If so, can you
tell what is its numeric value of the :weight attribute?

bug#57051: 29.0.50; No bold faces on macOS

[Gerd Möllmann]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> And does that font have a bold variant on your system?  If so, can you
> tell what is its numeric value of the :weight attribute?

It turns out that the Monaco font on my system is damaged in some way.
It shows a variant for 'bold' in the Font Book utility, but validating
that font in Font Book shows it is invalid.

Sorry for the noise.

bug#57051: 29.0.50; No bold faces on macOS

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
> Cc: 57051@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:55:31 +0200
> 
> It turns out that the Monaco font on my system is damaged in some way.
> It shows a variant for 'bold' in the Font Book utility, but validating
> that font in Font Book shows it is invalid.
> 
> Sorry for the noise.

No sweat.  Closing.