In article <m2k5cldg0q.fsf@kenny.sha-bang.de>, Sascha Wilde <wilde@sha-bang.de> writes:

> Emacs 23 CVS head, --with-x-toolkit=lucid

> To reproduce:

> ; I use the font "terminus" http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/ included in
> ; many GNU/Linux Distributions, for example Debian

I've just installed the debian package xfonts-terminus, and
followed what you did.

> 1. emacs -Q

> 2. ; Type some German umlauts in *scratch*:
>    $(D*#*S*d)N+#+S+d(B

> 3. ; evaluate:
>    (set-face-font 'default "terminus 12")
>    ; everything looks fine, but the umlauts disappeared and when you
>    ; move the text cursor above them even the cursor disappears.

This bug doesn't happen for me.  The font used for those
German letters is:
    x:-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1 (#xC4)

> 4. ; evaluate:
>    (set-face-font 'default "terminus 11")
>    ; the umlauts reappear.

This doesn't change the font for me.  Which font is used in
your case in 3 and 4?

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Kenichi Handa
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