From: Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Proportional fonts in the mode line (one month test)
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:58:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4868EFF8-975A-4027-9488-62E08B5F12A4@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6ab5879d-8b0b-8205-a8c7-f2c1d61afba2@yandex.ru>
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> On Nov 24, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> wrote:
>
> On 24.11.2021 16:53, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
>> This is just a test: If everybody hates this default, we won't proceed,
>> but we won't know unless we test it. So we're now testing this on the
>> trunk for a month. Vote in a month.
>
> I don't mind having a test, but FWIW I don't like the result either.
>
> It's possible that the crux of the matter is that the monospaced font has been hand-picked and tweaked over the years, whereas the proportional one is something automatically selected by the system.
>
> Comparison screenshot attached.
>
> Speaking in more detail, I probably like how the buffer name is rendered and emphasized more, but the modes section (in parens) - not so much.
> <Screenshot from 2021-11-24 19-16-57.png>
I find the trick of looking nice (for me at least) to be using a sans serif font in light (or ultra light) weight, and add some padding on top and bottom:
Yuan
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Thread overview: 130+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-24 13:53 Proportional fonts in the mode line (one month test) Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 13:54 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 14:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 14:16 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 14:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 14:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 14:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 15:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 15:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 17:01 ` Crash with --enable-checking and some glyphs Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 17:55 ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-25 12:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 13:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-11-25 13:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 14:36 ` Robert Pluim
2021-11-25 14:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 14:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 15:02 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-11-25 15:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 15:36 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-11-25 16:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 16:18 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-11-26 12:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 15:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-26 12:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-26 12:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-26 14:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-26 15:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-26 15:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-26 16:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 8:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 14:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-27 15:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 15:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-28 0:41 ` Po Lu
2021-11-27 21:28 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-11-27 21:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-27 22:01 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-11-28 7:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-29 13:55 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-11-29 14:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 15:23 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-11-25 21:29 ` Gregor Zattler
2021-11-26 13:01 ` Po Lu
2021-11-27 0:18 ` Po Lu
2021-11-24 18:49 ` Proportional fonts in the mode line (one month test) Uwe Brauer
2021-11-24 19:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 19:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 0:52 ` Po Lu
2021-11-25 12:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 12:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 1:01 ` Po Lu
2021-11-24 14:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 14:44 ` Manuel Uberti
2021-11-24 16:25 ` Yuri D'Elia
2021-11-24 16:38 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-11-24 16:50 ` Yuan Fu
2021-11-24 17:09 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-11-24 17:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 17:26 ` Yuan Fu
2021-11-24 17:18 ` Yuan Fu
2021-11-24 16:49 ` Yuan Fu
2021-11-24 16:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 17:32 ` Yuan Fu
2021-11-24 16:51 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-11-24 16:58 ` Yuan Fu [this message]
2021-11-24 17:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 17:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 17:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 17:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 18:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 12:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 13:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-24 17:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-24 18:57 ` Manuel Uberti
2021-11-25 12:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 14:04 ` Manuel Uberti
2021-11-25 22:20 ` Tim Cross
2021-11-24 19:20 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-11-24 16:51 ` Filipp Gunbin
2021-11-24 17:36 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-11-24 17:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 0:18 ` Po Lu
2021-11-25 0:39 ` Po Lu
2021-11-25 1:48 ` Jim Porter
2021-11-25 13:29 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 14:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 19:41 ` Jim Porter
2021-11-25 23:04 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-11-26 2:44 ` Jim Porter
2021-11-26 17:07 ` Yuan Fu
2021-11-27 0:18 ` Po Lu
2021-11-26 4:53 ` Yuri Khan
2021-11-26 5:04 ` Po Lu
2021-11-26 12:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-27 21:50 ` Jim Porter
2021-11-25 7:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 7:59 ` Po Lu
2021-11-25 13:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 13:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 14:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-26 13:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 6:26 ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2021-11-25 8:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 9:00 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-11-25 13:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 9:06 ` Simen Heggestøyl
2021-11-25 13:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-25 14:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-29 14:52 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2021-11-29 15:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-29 15:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-01 5:59 ` Jim Porter
2021-12-01 8:26 ` Davide Masserut
2021-12-01 12:30 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-12-01 13:41 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-01 13:46 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-12-01 13:54 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-01 14:19 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-12-01 14:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-01 14:45 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-12-03 3:09 ` João Pedro de Amorim Paula
2021-12-03 11:45 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-12-04 5:41 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-04 6:24 ` Po Lu
2021-12-05 13:04 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-12-05 20:46 ` James Cloos
2021-12-05 22:06 ` João Pedro de Amorim Paula
2021-12-01 15:00 ` Yuri Khan
2021-12-01 15:08 ` Eric S Fraga
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