Re: More conservative fix for bug#37473 screws my fonts

[Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com>]

>>>>> Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:

    > Hello,

    > Using emacs-29.0.50, I turn off mode-line proportional fonts via

    > #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cond((= emacs-major-version 29) ;;
    > emacs-29 (set-face-attribute 'mode-line-active nil :inherit
    > 'mode-line) (set-face-attribute 'mode-line-inactive nil :inherit
    > 'mode-line) )) ;; End brackets for cond.  #+end_src


    > and have the setting

    > #+begin_src emacs-lisp '(mode-line ((t (:background "PaleGreen"
    > :foreground "black" :weight normal)))) #+end_src

    > in my theme file. All worked well until commit b2d11d69dd. Now my
    > mode-line fonts appear to have a light setting weight - they
    > certainly appear washed out. If I change the weight to bold then
    > they appear too heavy. If I revert the commit all return to
    > normal.

    > If we are to have this change, could some information be given as
    > to how we might return the appearance to what it used to be?


I have hinting turned off via ~/.font.conf. I may be wrong (I usually
am) but I wonder if the commit has turned hinting back on.