From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:29:25 +0300 Message-ID: <8337kdpci2.fsf@gnu.org> References: <837f9ppfz5.fsf@gnu.org> <3d8c3427-b5da-4d88-a0de-044bec367b34@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1475515827 22561 195.159.176.226 (3 Oct 2016 17:30:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 17:30:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24597@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 03 19:30:18 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br74D-0004qN-JA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:30:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38342 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br74C-00011F-22 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:30:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53439) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br743-0000xV-2J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:30:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br73y-000180-Ah for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:30:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:37021) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br73y-00017u-7G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:30:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br73y-0007BJ-3p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:30:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:30:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24597 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24597-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24597.147551577927535 (code B ref 24597); Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:30:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24597) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Oct 2016 17:29:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43211 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br73b-0007A3-Gq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:29:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34143) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1br73Z-00079m-Mu for 24597@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:29:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br73R-0000oi-Gz for 24597@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:29:32 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34311) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1br73R-0000oY-Da; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:29:29 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1902 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1br73P-0003sL-Hf; Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:29:28 -0400 In-reply-to: <3d8c3427-b5da-4d88-a0de-044bec367b34@default> (message from Drew Adams on Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:35:53 -0700 (PDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:123966 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:35:53 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 24597@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > Why use, by default, two **slightly** different looking fonts? They are > > > not different enough to make ‘...’ very noticeable. Nor are they the > > > same. What's the point of this choice? > > > > The point is exactly to have a different face for symbols. > > I don't disagree with that point. > > What's the point of using family Courier for one and Courier New for > the other? That's the question. Doesn't seem like a great choice. I believe we don't specify Courier, it's just what Emacs picks up on a typical Windows machine when we ask for a "Monospace Serif" font. See the definition of the Info-quoted face in info.el.