From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Robert Pluim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: 26.3, 28; Set Default Font... 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X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4864:20::429 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:122298 Archived-At: >>>>> On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:08:35 +1100, VanL said: VanL> Robert Pluim writes: >> >> Emacs.FontBackend: ftcrhb,x >>=20 VanL> Emacs.FontBackend: ftcrhb,xft,x >>=20 VanL> Emacs must use FreeType as the above JustWorks=E2=84=A2 for the VanL> context its in. >>=20 >> Why are you messing with Emacs.FontBackend? I can=CA=BCt think of any >> reason why you should need to set that explicitly rather than letting >> Emacs work it out by itself. VanL> The creepy crawly spidery font that occurs in Emacs-28 between qu= ote VanL> marks, by default, was something I lived with to the moment it was VanL> raised in a thread on emacs-devel.=C2=A0=C2=A0 Then on, I followe= d the discussion VanL> on fonts to improve that setting.=C2=A0=C2=A0 And, pieced togethe= r the info that VanL> is at the head of this thread.=C2=A0=C2=A0 Another discomfort I l= ive with is a VanL> long delay when I first open a file with a mix of CJ asia east fo= nts. OK, but that has nothing to do with FontBackend. If the default font is not to your liking, you can change it easily enough. The delay I think is inevitable when Emacs has to search through lots of fonts. Robert