From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David De La Harpe Golden Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Monospace font bug? Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:17:13 +0100 Message-ID: <49029DC9.9050804@harpegolden.net> References: <87fxmllas3.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <49028D9F.9030505@harpegolden.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224908253 9631 80.91.229.12 (25 Oct 2008 04:17:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:17:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 25 06:18:33 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ktabg-0005N1-DC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:18:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58059 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ktaaa-0003Fm-EF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:17:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KtaaV-0003EJ-W2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:17:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KtaaT-0003Cy-Bf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:17:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34271 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KtaaT-0003Cv-8X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:17:17 -0400 Original-Received: from harpegolden.net ([65.99.215.13]:58755) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KtaaT-0005p2-2H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:17:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [87.198.54.44] (87-198-54-44.ptr.magnet.ie [87.198.54.44]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "David De La Harpe Golden", Issuer "David De La Harpe Golden Personal CA rev 3" (verified OK)) by harpegolden.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 700248088; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:17:15 +0100 (IST) User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081018) In-Reply-To: <49028D9F.9030505@harpegolden.net> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:104980 Archived-At: David De La Harpe Golden wrote: > That's not to say there isn't one lurking in the some > package in the repos or something. > Ah. George Williams has produced a font literally called "Monospace" http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/sfds/index.html It's not _currently_ included in the ttf-georgewilliams debian package, but has sometimes been included in at least ubuntu's on occasion. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/i386/ttf-georgewilliams/1.0-1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gw-fonts-ttf/1.0-1 (after installing monospace.ttf) david@golden1:~/gw-fonts-ttf-1.0$ fc-list | grep -i monospace Monospace:style=Oblique Monospace:style=Medium Monospace:style=Bold emacs can pick it up and use it if it's there, unsurprisingly. character: % (37, #o45, #x25) preferred charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV)) code point: 0x25 syntax: _ which means: symbol category: a:ASCII graphic characters 32-126 (ISO646 IRV:1983[4/0]) l:Latin r:Japanese roman buffer code: #x25 file code: #x25 (encoded by coding system utf-8-unix) display: by this font (glyph code) xft:-unknown-Monospace-normal-normal-normal-*-15-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1 (#x08)