Re: 23.0.60; Bold screen fonts have been unbolded

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
>> This is pretty weird: I don't replace my Emacs that often, so I am not
>> sure when this started: some place in the last months.  The effect I see
>> is that bold (and strong-colored) fonts don't appear bold or
>> strong-colored but with normal stroke width and somewhat dulled.
>>   
>
> Is this the first version you've installed that has had the new font
> backend enabled?

Possible.  I am sorry that I have not tracked this more closely.

> There appear to be various problems with italic and bold variations in
> the new font backend.  The momentary proper display while dragging the
> window may be because of a bug where the old font code is called in
> some circumstances.

Interesting.

-- 
David Kastrup