From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proportional fonts in the mode line (one month test) Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:03:43 +0200 Message-ID: <83ilwg7jc0.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87h7c1u0cg.fsf@gnus.org> <878rxchhtl.fsf@protesilaos.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22018"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Protesilaos Stavrou Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 25 09:21:41 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mqA0i-0005ZB-59 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:21:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41018 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mqA0e-0006zI-Ty for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 03:21:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35320) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mq9jL-0004VR-3o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 03:03:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=60026 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mq9jK-0007vd-FG; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 03:03:42 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=YWw3RcEjiNb95fuot9z7yWG5kOQR7iTnl/5Kz5KYVyg=; b=N8mEBZyXJftG clk0AGBlInvz5NC4NaqeI4cqHR/0jTu7MYV7IXQ1GxXjFZXco50Lj8glQDY8hp66Ir5dLFCxErWJK PxEjmIT00N9mPWocHqjVIONgfmsDTVBUms1bh+4f95hrsxqaDB23aiGpCV9C7NNFrSF3mSLRQ7JLR kb/cNjUnyL89fqXSz1Kx32cZN8yQsSQOV52CS1AOHbInhXB2e4PRI6RIkzrcma4UPtFaXwxLVjQ/P QOAhgAyxwtRxUH+Jsx2n3rUWtDDnRBLJ2hIU60hdpfNVDkvSOj47CplPq3iKNKn0EGGv/KPbywk2p nLV+qTEsJsgdNeFOM3fZCw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=1860 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mq9jK-00054e-1R; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 03:03:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: <878rxchhtl.fsf@protesilaos.com> (message from Protesilaos Stavrou on Thu, 25 Nov 2021 08:26:14 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:280075 Archived-At: > From: Protesilaos Stavrou > Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 08:26:14 +0200 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > The general constraint with mixed fonts is that the heights and overall > design character of the two typefaces seldom coincide. So in this > scenario the mode-line will be a bit taller/shorter than a regular line > in the buffer and/or it will feel out of place if the design of the > glyphs is different. In all fairness, the mode line is already taller than a regular line with buffer text, because the mode line has the :box face. I do agree with the general point you make about mixing different typefaces.