Re: Font in mode line

[Jason Rumney <jasonrumney@gmail.com>]

On Thursday, 28 November 2013 08:30:47 UTC+8, Francesco Mazzoli  wrote:

> What I don't understand is this font change (in this case in terms of
> typographic style) happens only in the mode-line faces.  To make it
> clear again, I use that font successfully elsewhere (e.g. in the
> `default' face).

I think the default face prefers Latin fonts (other scripts are pulled in by the default fontset rules).  Probably if the default font is set first, mode-line face subsequently prefers the font that is already loaded over one that is not, but otherwise it seems it is not prefering latin fonts in the same way the default face does, so it takes the first one it sees (which may be as simple as medium coming alphabetically before normal, or it may be to do with paths where the fonts are found or the backend that is serving them).