From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Height of Unicode chars is not right Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:10:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <1d60e77d-ab45-46e5-b0c7-39c653a9fda8@googlegroups.com> <87si664cs9.fsf@wanadoo.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1442942127 14478 80.91.229.3 (22 Sep 2015 17:15:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:15:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 22 19:15:27 2015 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 1ZeRA5-0001Uw-7D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:15:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41665 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZeRA4-0005Gq-Lt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:15:24 -0400 X-Received: by 10.182.78.65 with SMTP id z1mr12016760obw.4.1442941846168; Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:10:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.30.102 with SMTP id r6mr204283igh.3.1442941846148; Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:10:46 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!kq10no6965403igb.0!news-out.google.com!f6ni12727igi.0!nntp.google.com!kq10no7745284igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=59.93.202.235; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 59.93.202.235 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:10:46 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:215007 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:107290 Archived-At: On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 10:35:15 PM UTC+5:30, Eli Zaretskii wrote= : > > From: =C3=93scar Fuentes > > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:52:22 +0200 > >=20 > > Rusi writes: > >=20 > > > So I guess I need to install some comprehensive unicode font like > > > adobe source code pro?? > >=20 > > It is worth a try (Deja Vu Sans Mono covers a lot too), altough as > > mentioned on my previous message, Emacs sometimes uses another font whe= n > > the default one encodes the Unicode char. On a discussion with an Emacs > > hacker long time ago he mentioned that maybe such font does not correct= y > > report the chars it covers. >=20 > Emacs doesn't open fonts it considers for a given character, to avoid > a long delay when many fonts are tried (opening a font is expensive). > Without opening a font, it is impossible to know with 100% certainty > whether a font that declares coverage of some range of characters > indeed includes a glyph for each character in that range. >=20 > > On my Emacs v 25.0.50.1 on Kubuntu 15.04, started with -Q and setting > > the default font to "Source Code Pro" or Consolas, "Ume Mincho" is used > > for =E2=88=80, but with "Deja Vu Sans Mono" as the default font there i= s no > > problem. >=20 > Your Emacs has the problem reported by the OP solved, so the fonts you > use not necessarily will solve his problem with Emacs 24.4. dejavu sans mono solves it for the ForAll sign but not for the Fraktur L since that remains in a math font [And Adobe source code pro shows only boxes]