From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Italics with Inconsolata font Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 00:12:10 +0800 Message-ID: <87pptmc085.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376064742 17502 80.91.229.3 (9 Aug 2013 16:12:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:12:22 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 09 18:12:23 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V7pId-0007Dr-Ek for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:12:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50665 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7pIc-0000Be-R2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:12:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44042) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7pIA-0008Qi-TZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7pI3-00079b-KD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:11:54 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:54561) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7pI3-00079M-EG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:11:47 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V7pI0-0006gc-Fm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:11:44 +0200 Original-Received: from 114.250.121.65 ([114.250.121.65]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:11:44 +0200 Original-Received: from eric by 114.250.121.65 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:11:44 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 42 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 114.250.121.65 User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:V7P8/hGSBMYDvhod4fQQ5cOVWJg= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:92801 Archived-At: Frederik writes: > Hey there! > > I don't manage to display italics in emacs with the Inconsolata font. I > searched the web and found some bug reports, but they date back to 2009. > > I remember when using Windows some years ago everything worked out of > the box -- Inconsolata does have oblique/italic glyphs, doesn't it? No, I don't think Inconsolata has italics -- most monospace fonts don't (though apparently DejaVu does!). I'm also using the Arch package as well, and I've noticed Inconsolata doesn't provide beyond basic ascii. > I encountered something odd: When I do S- -> `Change buffer > font' the dialogue shows me Inconsolata Medium (Regular), Italics, Bold > and Bold-Italics. But selecting `Regular' will make the whole buffer > font bold, selecting `Italics' will change back to the regular font > face; the other two options result both in a bold face. > > My settings: > > .Xresources: > Emacs.FontBackend: xft > Emacs.font: Inconsolata:pixelsize=15:slant=italic > > .emacs > (custom-set-faces > ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom. > ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful. > ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance. > ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right. > '(italic ((t (:slant italic))))) > > (Emacs 24.3.1 on Arch Linux.) > > However, I do get italics in emacs when changing the .Xresources to > Emacs.font: DejaVu Sans Mono > > Any hints greatly appreciated! > > Regards