From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proportional fonts in the mode line (one month test) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 18:26:36 +0100 Message-ID: <87bl29wjlf.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87h7c1u0cg.fsf@gnus.org> <6ab5879d-8b0b-8205-a8c7-f2c1d61afba2@yandex.ru> <83ee758o4i.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23878"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 24 18:28:30 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mpw4L-000610-OL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 18:28:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44660 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mpw4K-0003X6-Mc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:28:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:58924) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mpw2d-0000g2-Ij for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:26:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2] (port=49036 helo=quimby.gnus.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mpw2b-0008G6-Ub; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:26:43 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=cLpbdu16qEVtCCoA3SSPDZsZh08plBjYwJ898QxmigU=; b=aX7OR3EfnGdDDHQO6FQqYh4wW/ rPxIBpUv7b7FPJKDGw1Fra7khM7JnppRpfbZmUaGgON5KM28xj+SkwRzlMTlPRsK8o5PSvLa+EVQ/ WfEDaGb5zbAAGof1NO+tHF3A6cvqcYAsfQXGxv6IHFfstFmnliC3aAr2+OwlyYKwqNuw=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mpw2W-0003xL-J7; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 18:26:39 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAACBj SFJNAAB6JgAAgIQAAPoAAACA6AAAdTAAAOpgAAA6mAAAF3CculE8AAAAElBMVEXJyMayr7OWlKBX V2P28xr///9HRQ2EAAAAAWJLR0QF+G/pxwAAAAd0SU1FB+ULGA8LEwQ2sdgAAAG0SURBVDjLrZPr deQwCIWFtwHADRipgYzoYE/6r2kvV35McpJ/y5mxZX1CvFu7RMXMVM+vrb2JgJrhKVbrc88oahJc eN1B5H12SuI/C0isS2szYsFOUCqqVhRXrCvdsYsteCMqTeyUEKfReqjIZR+u2dZON8q9S0HpFZey vt6EQCsi+w5g25AOpdqjWBpCh+Xe1cqDNw/4yR9UgmoVz51E7AB5WHgxebIrfuCh1geve0v7HqUX e97ZvVSYLSGAPj/krVp7hsDJpx4MHu/McD+vKtfX22A7P+qUPxYq9CZb5utLH+hKraK0syokzRY5 Tq25ZyrbZx3c4mynHJnHA2yfKvQgIVPuQtmKl2HMnMjyfmugA2ox8gBoMp6Oseoqz/zY42iSdCWu giK8MbeM9ie/1Xpkz8gJmzeIar8OlyrEGASXEQ+HQskFgl1A7gR9zGZ3w+JAh3WCPphitADOR8cb YNSgDLaBEZh3wJzj5QSqZyRRg2P5Gq/uAOw7GudIGXKFeQKgM6UgNWHlVa+ACtTi0uBwcvVMMpLo lcX+qnT66o2ouULgYGNN7d4+f5a/v4HP/wj+AQY+Z1k/V1ZPAAAAJXRFWHRkYXRlOmNyZWF0ZQAy MDIxLTExLTI0VDE1OjExOjE5KzAwOjAwXmLGugAAACV0RVh0ZGF0ZTptb2RpZnkAMjAyMS0xMS0y NFQxNToxMToxOSswMDowMC8/fgYAAAAASUVORK5CYII= X-Now-Playing: DJ Rupture's _Curiosity Slowdown_: "Curiosity Slowdown (part 3)" In-Reply-To: <83ee758o4i.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:22:37 +0200") X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2 (failed) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2; envelope-from=larsi@gnus.org; helo=quimby.gnus.org X-Spam_score_int: -35 X-Spam_score: -3.6 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RDNS_NONE=0.793, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:280028 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > Most probably. The font selected here is also but-ugly. It was OK > for small stretches of text we used variable-pitch until now, but when > the entire mode line is using it, it's just too much, to my > (un)liking. We should try to pick better proportional fonts, it sounds like. The fonts picked on Debian and Macos look pretty good to me, so perhaps this is mostly a problem on Windows? >> Comparison screenshot attached. I thought that looked pretty reasonable? The bold font is really big, though -- it looks like a greater difference then the monospace normal/bold juxtaposition. > Mine is much uglier. Could you post a screenshot? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no