From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Cc: 29078@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29078: 25.2; font issue with FreeType 2.8; should not use the rounded ascender and descender
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:53:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874lqfmvvj.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d153pqw0.fsf@cventin.lip.ens-lyon.fr> (Vincent Lefevre's message of "Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:12:47 +0100")
Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> writes:
> For TrueType fonts, FreeType 2.8 uses different rounding rules for
> values in the FT_Size_Metrics structure, which is apparently used
> by Emacs (since there are visible changes). In particular, one can
> now have ascender + descender > height. The consequences are:
>
> 1. Tables look a bit ugly.
>
> 2. Windows (with the same number of text lines) are unnecessarily
> higher than before.
>
> 3. This can break existing configurations, where Emacs would be
> opened at start up, with an expected window size.
>
> I could notice changes at least with the default Mono font, which
> appears to be DejaVu Sans Mono.
>
> Upstream now recommends to use the values from the FT_Face structure
> and scale them manually:
>
I don't have FreeType2.8 to test, but you're saying we need to do this?
diff --git a/src/ftfont.c b/src/ftfont.c
index 35f5923376..d16bf09a1e 100644
--- a/src/ftfont.c
+++ b/src/ftfont.c
@@ -1153,18 +1153,9 @@ ftfont_open2 (struct frame *f,
upEM = ft_face->units_per_EM;
scalable = (INTEGERP (AREF (entity, FONT_AVGWIDTH_INDEX))
&& XINT (AREF (entity, FONT_AVGWIDTH_INDEX)) == 0);
- if (scalable)
- {
- font->ascent = ft_face->ascender * size / upEM + 0.5;
- font->descent = - ft_face->descender * size / upEM + 0.5;
- font->height = ft_face->height * size / upEM + 0.5;
- }
- else
- {
- font->ascent = ft_face->size->metrics.ascender >> 6;
- font->descent = - ft_face->size->metrics.descender >> 6;
- font->height = ft_face->size->metrics.height >> 6;
- }
+ font->ascent = ft_face->ascender * size / upEM + 0.5;
+ font->descent = - ft_face->descender * size / upEM + 0.5;
+ font->height = ft_face->height * size / upEM + 0.5;
if (INTEGERP (AREF (entity, FONT_SPACING_INDEX)))
spacing = XINT (AREF (entity, FONT_SPACING_INDEX));
else
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-31 10:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-31 10:12 bug#29078: 25.2; font issue with FreeType 2.8; should not use the rounded ascender and descender Vincent Lefevre
2017-10-31 10:53 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2017-10-31 11:22 ` Werner LEMBERG
2017-10-31 13:43 ` Vincent Lefevre
2017-10-31 15:45 ` Werner LEMBERG
2017-10-31 14:00 ` Robert Pluim
2017-10-31 16:24 ` Werner LEMBERG
2019-11-17 8:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-18 7:47 ` Vincent Lefevre
2019-11-18 8:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-18 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-19 10:07 ` Robert Pluim
2019-11-19 11:34 ` Vincent Lefevre
2019-11-19 16:41 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-19 17:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-18 15:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-18 16:04 ` Vincent Lefevre
2019-11-18 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-18 17:23 ` Vincent Lefevre
2019-11-18 17:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-18 17:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-18 18:20 ` Vincent Lefevre
2019-11-18 18:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-18 18:15 ` Vincent Lefevre
2019-11-18 18:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-18 20:26 ` Vincent Lefevre
2019-11-18 20:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-19 15:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
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