bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[goncholden via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

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I have called in my init file

(set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 160 :weight 'ultra-bold)

But (princ (face-attribute 'default :weight)) gives bold.

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bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

goncholden <goncholden@protonmail.com> writes:

> I have called in my init file
>
>   (set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 160 :weight 'ultra-bold)
>
> But (princ (face-attribute 'default :weight)) gives bold.

Please use `M-x report-emacs-bug' when reporting bugs so that we can see
the information about your Emacs build and OS.

Does the font you use have an ultra-bold variation?  Very few fonts have
that weight (but many have the "black" weight, which is heavier).

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bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[goncholden via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

------- Original Message -------
On Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 at 5:54 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> goncholden goncholden@protonmail.com writes:
>
> > I have called in my init file
> > (set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 160 :weight 'ultra-bold)
> > But (princ (face-attribute 'default :weight)) gives bold.
>
> Please use `M-x report-emacs-bug' when reporting bugs so that we can see
> the information about your Emacs build and OS.
>
> Does the font you use have an ultra-bold variation? Very few fonts have
> that weight (but many have the "black" weight, which is heavier).

Now that you mention it, I do not know exactly what font emacs is using.
I have modus-themes activated.  Are there monospace fonts which go to
ultra-bold?  I do not know whether emacs should report about whether
a weight setup fails for the font being used.

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bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

goncholden <goncholden@protonmail.com> writes:

> Now that you mention it, I do not know exactly what font emacs is using.
> I have modus-themes activated.  Are there monospace fonts which go to
> ultra-bold?

I have no such fonts.  But Sauce Code Pro, for instance, has a Black
variation, which is heavier than ultra-bold.

`C-u C-x =' will tell you what font you're using.

> I do not know whether emacs should report about whether
> a weight setup fails for the font being used.

Emacs chooses the nearest variation it can find -- it's very common to
not have exactly the variety requested installed, so if Emacs were to
complain about this, it'd be a lot of noise.

-- 
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   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[goncholden via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

------- Original Message -------
On Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 at 6:42 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> goncholden goncholden@protonmail.com writes:

> > Now that you mention it, I do not know exactly what font emacs is using.
> > I have modus-themes activated. Are there monospace fonts which go to
> > ultra-bold?

> I have no such fonts. But Sauce Code Pro, for instance, has a Black
> variation, which is heavier than ultra-bold.

Is there an easy way to find a font supporting some weight attribute.  Currently,
it is quite difficult to know what font one can use.

> `C-u C-x =' will tell you what font you're using.

I just get "point=146 of 145 (EOB) column=0"

> > I do not know whether emacs should report about whether
> > a weight setup fails for the font being used.

> Emacs chooses the nearest variation it can find -- it's very common to
> not have exactly the variety requested installed, so if Emacs were to
> complain about this, it'd be a lot of noise.

Ok

bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[Stephen Berman]

On Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:56:12 +0000 goncholden via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:

> ------- Original Message -------
> On Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 at 6:42 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
>> goncholden goncholden@protonmail.com writes:
>
> Is there an easy way to find a font supporting some weight attribute.  Currently,
> it is quite difficult to know what font one can use.
>
>> `C-u C-x =' will tell you what font you're using.
>
> I just get "point=146 of 145 (EOB) column=0"

Point has to "see" a character for that command to give information
about it, so execute it with point not at the end of the buffer
(including an empty buffer).

Steve Berman

bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[goncholden via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

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------- Original Message -------

On Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 at 8:26 AM, Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:56:12 +0000 goncholden via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org wrote:
>
> > ------- Original Message -------
> >
> > On Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 at 6:42 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen larsi@gnus.org wrote:
> >
> > > goncholden goncholden@protonmail.com writes:
> >
> > Is there an easy way to find a font supporting some weight attribute. Currently,
> >
> > it is quite difficult to know what font one can use.
> >
> > > `C-u C-x =' will tell you what font you're using.
> >
> > I just get "point=146 of 145 (EOB) column=0"
>
> Point has to "see" a character for that command to give information
>
> about it, so execute it with point not at the end of the buffer
>
> (including an empty buffer).
>
> Steve Berman

It is very confusing.  I loaded a random elisp file and run the command in the middle of the buffer
to get

---------

Type C-x 1 to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help.
Char: C-j (10, #o12, #xa) point=11866 of 22678 (52%) column=0
End of buffer

             position: 11866 of 22678 (52%), column: 0
            character: C-j (displayed as C-j) (codepoint 10, #o12, #xa)
              charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))
code point in charset: 0x0A
               script: latin
               syntax: > 	which means: endcomment
             to input: type "C-x 8 RET a" or "C-x 8 RET LINE FEED (LF)"
          buffer code: #x0A
            file code: #x0A (encoded by coding system prefer-utf-8-unix)
              display: no font available

Character code properties: customize what to show
  old-name: LINE FEED (LF)
  general-category: Cc (Other, Control)

There are text properties here:
  fontified            nil

bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 53866@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:00:38 +0000
> From:  goncholden via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> It is very confusing.  I loaded a random elisp file and run the command in the middle of the buffer
> to get
> 
> ---------
> 
> Type C-x 1 to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help.
> Char: C-j (10, #o12, #xa) point=11866 of 22678 (52%) column=0
> End of buffer
> 
>              position: 11866 of 22678 (52%), column: 0
>             character: C-j (displayed as C-j) (codepoint 10, #o12, #xa)
>               charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))
> code point in charset: 0x0A
>                script: latin
>                syntax: > 	which means: endcomment
>              to input: type "C-x 8 RET a" or "C-x 8 RET LINE FEED (LF)"
>           buffer code: #x0A
>             file code: #x0A (encoded by coding system prefer-utf-8-unix)
>               display: no font available

Put the cursor on a character that has a visible glyph.  You have put
it on a newline, which leaves no trace on display, so you get "no
font" for that.

bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[goncholden via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

------- Original Message -------
On Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 at 7:38 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 53866@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:00:38 +0000
> From: goncholden via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> the Swiss army knife of text editors" bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>
> It is very confusing. I loaded a random elisp file and run the command in the middle of the buffer
>
> to get
>
> Type C-x 1 to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help.
>
> Char: C-j (10, #o12, #xa) point=11866 of 22678 (52%) column=0
>
> End of buffer
>
>              position: 11866 of 22678 (52%), column: 0
>             character: C-j (displayed as C-j) (codepoint 10, #o12, #xa)
>               charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))
>
>
> code point in charset: 0x0A
> script: latin
> syntax: > which means: endcomment
> to input: type "C-x 8 RET a" or "C-x 8 RET LINE FEED (LF)"
> buffer code: #x0A
> file code: #x0A (encoded by coding system prefer-utf-8-unix)
> display: no font available

Put the cursor on a character that has a visible glyph. You have put
it on a newline, which leaves no trace on display, so you get "no
font" for that.

Now I understand what I have to do.  I went on a word and I get the
font name when I execute the command C-u C-x =

Is there a way emacs can list fonts that closely match some attribute
like ultra-bold.  Deos emacs know the list of fonts one could use?

bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:34:39 +0000
> From: goncholden <goncholden@protonmail.com>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, stephen.berman@gmx.net, 53866@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Is there a way emacs can list fonts that closely match some attribute
> like ultra-bold.

We don't have such a command, but it could be written if needed.

However, you should really use the dedicated font tools for exploring
the fonts on your system, and Emacs is not such a tool.

> Deos emacs know the list of fonts one could use?

It does, but only in general.

bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[goncholden via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

------- Original Message -------
On Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 at 3:30 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:34:39 +0000
> From: goncholden goncholden@protonmail.com
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, stephen.berman@gmx.net, 53866@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Is there a way emacs can list fonts that closely match some attribute
> like ultra-bold.

We don't have such a command, but it could be written if needed.

However, you should really use the dedicated font tools for exploring

the fonts on your system, and Emacs is not such a tool.

> Does emacs know the list of fonts one could use?

It does, but only in general.

Could emacs describe (with a few examples) some good tools to help users define
the font they would want to use.

bug#53866: face-attribute giving bold for ultra-bold attribute

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

So this doesn't seem to be a bug in Emacs, and I'm therefore closing
this bug report.

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