From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#642: 23.0.60; garbled text (wrong font?) in About GNU Emacs screen Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:30:13 -0800 Message-ID: <000401c9647c$7a8f6530$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <001001c8f4dd$9e12a170$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><4894CC33.4000501@gnu.org> <005101c93a0b$44fe0840$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <002a01c9488c$a4fb8c60$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <49297533.3040505@f2s.com> <00fc01c95274$d8ebb620$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <49320379.6050402@f2s.com> Reply-To: Drew Adams , 642@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229982227 6260 80.91.229.12 (22 Dec 2008 21:43:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:43:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 642@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, 642-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, 'Miles Bader' To: "'Jason Rumney'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 22 22:44:52 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LEsZy-0003vc-Fq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:44:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53640 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LEsYl-0002Ba-Ru for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:43:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LEsYe-00029V-Mv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:43:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LEsYd-00028t-2N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:43:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58230 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LEsYc-00028m-U4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:43:22 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:40646) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LEsYc-0002QE-Ek for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:43:22 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mBMLhKWC008925; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:43:20 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id mBMLZ2L8005905; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:35:02 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs , owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:35:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 642 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs,w32 X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 642-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B642.12299814184731 (code B ref 642); Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:35:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 642) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 22 Dec 2008 21:30:18 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from rgminet12.oracle.com (rcsinet12.oracle.com [148.87.113.124]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mBMLU9IE004249; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:30:11 -0800 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rgminet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id mBMLTjvo031455 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:29:46 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt704.oracle.com (acsmt704.oracle.com [141.146.40.82]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id mBMLU8CP007124; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:30:10 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.135.148) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:29:58 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <49320379.6050402@f2s.com> Thread-Index: AclSmRMPOb4qCHOgQNOFD/dW/0ZekQR4ug2Q X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Source-IP: acsmt704.oracle.com [141.146.40.82] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090202.495006D8.019C:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:43:24 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:23434 Archived-At: > From: Jason Rumney Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 7:08 PM > > However, FWIW, the fonts used are less readable than in Emacs 22 > I think Emacs 22 probably got the system defined font substitutions, > rather than the fonts that were being asked for (ie Arial > instead of the > real Helvetica). If you customize the `variable-pitch' face to use > Arial, do the screenshots look the same? Yes, that solved the problem. The default family is Sans Serif. Changing it to Arial gives the same appearance as Emacs 22, which is more readable, IMO. Thx. Sorry I took so long; I misplaced your reply.