From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christoph Groth Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs 28: bitmap fonts, vector font character spacing Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:28:52 +0200 Message-ID: <871qgx72h7.fsf@drac> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1336"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 24 17:29:47 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1qNxVK-00008v-Mk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:29:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qNxUn-0002dF-8K; Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:29:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qNxUl-0002cs-BS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:29:11 -0400 Original-Received: from dia.uberspace.de ([185.26.156.221]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qNxUi-0002Pl-K9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:29:11 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 9204 invoked by uid 989); 24 Jul 2023 15:29:05 -0000 Authentication-Results: dia.uberspace.de; auth=pass (plain) In-Reply-To: 835y69s9st.fsf@gnu.org X-Rspamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Report: MIME_GOOD(-0.2) SIGNED_PGP(-2) MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.5) BAYES_HAM(-2.864218) X-Rspamd-Score: -4.564218 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO unkown) (::1) by dia.uberspace.de (Haraka/3.0.1) with ESMTPSA; Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:29:05 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=grothesque.org; s=uberspace; h=from; bh=etyQo2J3DTxZLj6ynfsMe8A0C9Hz3H4w63Rpb8ZPsio=; b=UZ0lnBtaMlurdS6AFaNp8x83ytU3gkIaesIk+z5bU349BPFRMoH+aXo23KGf///Puz+AvkVxWu 17GHhxB8lrRBxEiTspkkp8UPxwx57H6SEvtna5buR0n9YfeONfM2IRDz7i6LEmTHx0gAtVrlQmZM 45cVbcg0hoZq7uc3OUUVCWXDiZrVXxxoWEIVy+USKxeXhb3N36Lkc+dd7/+XuBa0pdsFXrKFZknx eqeUZM0UdtbS8vp9VyUVhLBRfUZc+3GTBGbaKGF2e66SiGBZJThuS/OOnZmj3eMEsPknkeYzwrqu i5uv0o8nZow7i2uVrUCJ8swYDSL/ly3hwmHjY4VY/GXhKJbl+DnD8ERHUzdS6noY5mZdhq3JObEs ME4F+UYPGSyQD29RcRJE+zxqvzKDLN0hY3xkTriM8k6gJB/RAgwxybgfy1yXMm6gnQNfEfdjSka8 qEOR1qFF+aMC6b1+hVyvJ8tNCyRoAO9FxU0aQN1e8wob5KgKSVeBfQ45cQ1PwDLV83uFZt+a48zB MxvofVZGGiwGOUs1TzSIL3EQY1C3RwDjMAvIDdrvF+M8LCiZIYM8qGaTPrhXRs9AaVG53SpmG6gv eeYW+kEZHmD22mDrLsyojVYZdkjk17C7pzEZHLMfvOgvvUQ6a9kIHD0wjJPerg8GbAh/oe8Zyyub 0= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.26.156.221; envelope-from=christoph@grothesque.org; helo=dia.uberspace.de X-Spam_score_int: -5 X-Spam_score: -0.6 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.6 / 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, FAKE_REPLY_C=1.486, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:144418 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Christoph Groth > > Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 15:15:24 +0200 > >=20 > > I noticed the following entry in NEWS: > >=20 > > > ** The Cairo graphics library is now used by default if present. > > > '--with-cairo' is now the default, if the appropriate development > > > files are found by 'configure'. Building with Cairo is known to > > > cause some problems with bitmap fonts. This may require you to > > > adjust your font settings, or to build with Xft support instead. > >=20 > > Unfortunately, this is not very specific. Do =E2=80=9Csome problems=E2= =80=9D mean > > that fonts like Terminus no longer work and that I have to recompile > > Emacs if I want to use them, or is there some workaround? I tried > > to find one, but so far without success. >=20 > Basically, Cairo dropped support for bitmap fonts. So I'd expect them > not to work at all in an Emacs built with Cairo. Thanks for the quick clarification! Perhaps that NEWS entry could be reformulated to be more categorical? =E2=80=9CSome problems=E2=80=9D sound= ed to me like there could be ways to work around the problem, and I wasted too much time trying to find one. 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