From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 2334@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
Subject: bug#2334: 23.0.90; emacs-snapshot has ugly fonts when using set-default-font elisp function
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:00:05 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090216160005.GA11788@mini-me.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8763jaqu7b.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:26:16AM -0500, Chong Yidong wrote:
> "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
>
> > Using emacs-snapshot-20090207, the text display becomes very ugly when
> > set via:
> > (set-default-font "DejaVu Sans Mono-10")
> > However, if the font is set via the menu bar: Options->Set Default Font
> > then the fonts look good (i.e., with proper anti-aliasing).
>
> Hi Handa-san,
>
> I think we should give the xft font backend (where it is available) a
> higher priority than the x backend; otherwise, users will keep
> experiencing bugs like this.
>
> WDYT?
Stupid question --- is there a way to force the right thing to happen
from emacs-lisp? My biggest gripe is that I couldn't figure out a way
to make the right thing happem from my .emacs.el file, despite a lot
of time spent trying to find the right interfaces via M-x apropos. So
at the moment, I'm firing up emacs, and then having to use
Options->Set Default Font from the menu bar to change to a small font
size. (And I'm an old-school emacs person who normally would run with
the menu bar and tool bar disabled. :-)
I suspect the correct default though should be to give the xft font
backend a higher priority; especially at the moment, where many people
are using emacs-snapshot *because* of the nicer font display.
Thanks, regards,
- Ted
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-16 15:26 bug#2334: 23.0.90; emacs-snapshot has ugly fonts when using set-default-font elisp function Chong Yidong
2009-02-16 16:00 ` Theodore Tso [this message]
2009-02-16 18:22 ` Chong Yidong
2009-02-18 6:00 ` Kenichi Handa
2009-02-18 13:48 ` Chong Yidong
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2009-02-15 5:32 Theodore Ts'o
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