On Nov 24, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> wrote:

On 24.11.2021 16:53, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

This is just a test: If everybody hates this default, we won't proceed,
but we won't know unless we test it.  So we're now testing this on the
trunk for a month.  Vote in a month.

I don't mind having a test, but FWIW I don't like the result either.

It's possible that the crux of the matter is that the monospaced font has been hand-picked and tweaked over the years, whereas the proportional one is something automatically selected by the system.

Comparison screenshot attached.

Speaking in more detail, I probably like how the buffer name is rendered and emphasized more, but the modes section (in parens) - not so much.
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