* bug#55740: 27.2; Emacs GNU FAQ 10.4 - Old Information
@ 2022-05-31 11:06 Vinicius Provenzano
2022-05-31 16:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Vinicius Provenzano @ 2022-05-31 11:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 55740
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Hi to all,
I've found information on the Emacs GNU FAQ, distributed with Emacs
28.1, that is not relevant anymore - 10.4 How to add fonts for use
with Emacs. Here is the url of the FAQ:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/How-to-add-fonts.html
On the FAQ there is a set of instructions on how to add fonts that refer to
bdf fonts.
Bdf fonts are not supported on Emacs since
version 23 on Windows, as per the etc/NEW file.
Reference: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/news/NEWS.23.1
** BDF fonts no longer supported on MS-Windows. The font backend was
completely rewritten for this release. The focus on Windows has been
getting acceptable performance and full unicode support, including
complex script shaping for native Windows fonts. A rewrite of the BDF
font support has not happened due to lack of time and developers. If
demand still exists for such a backend even with the improved
language support for native Windows fonts, future development in this
direction will most likely be based on the freetype library, giving
access to a wider range of font formats.
I am not sure if this is the correct way of reporting this kind of
issue, that is not a technical bug, but a documention on need of
update.
Thank you.
Vinicius
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* bug#55740: 27.2; Emacs GNU FAQ 10.4 - Old Information
2022-05-31 11:06 bug#55740: 27.2; Emacs GNU FAQ 10.4 - Old Information Vinicius Provenzano
@ 2022-05-31 16:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <CA+nNV8HzTKRqgDTbLrkZgOzO5fpb+t62ka1cPL708UCdWKctCA@mail.gmail.com>
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2022-05-31 16:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vinicius Provenzano; +Cc: 55740
> From: Vinicius Provenzano <viniciusxp@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 13:06:58 +0200
>
> Hi to all,
>
> I've found information on the Emacs GNU FAQ, distributed with Emacs
> 28.1, that is not relevant anymore - 10.4 How to add fonts for use
> with Emacs. Here is the url of the FAQ:
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/How-to-add-fonts.html
>
> On the FAQ there is a set of instructions on how to add fonts that refer to bdf fonts.
>
> Bdf fonts are not supported on Emacs since
> version 23 on Windows, as per the etc/NEW file.
> Reference: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/news/NEWS.23.1
>
> ** BDF fonts no longer supported on MS-Windows. The font backend was
> completely rewritten for this release. The focus on Windows has been
> getting acceptable performance and full unicode support, including
> complex script shaping for native Windows fonts. A rewrite of the BDF
> font support has not happened due to lack of time and developers. If
> demand still exists for such a backend even with the improved
> language support for native Windows fonts, future development in this
> direction will most likely be based on the freetype library, giving
> access to a wider range of font formats.
The lack of support for BDF fonts is only on MS-Windows. AFAIK, these
fonts are still supported on Posix platforms. The FAQ is not just for
MS-Windows, it is a general FAQ.
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