From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org, angelo.graziosi@alice.it,
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
Subject: Re: Lost antialias?
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:34:05 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87abhf1mxe.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv4p7n5yj2.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:12:41 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> What font should we use for variable-pitch? Bitstream Vera Sans?
>
> I'd put "Sans-Serif" first, so as to re-use fontconfig's default.
> Similarly for fixed-pitch (not sure if that's "mono" or "monospace" or
> what).
Fontconfig's generic handling seems aimed more at finding something
"usable" rather than something "good", and the ordering seems almost
random (Bitstream Vera comes before Dejavu, even though the latter is
more or less a better version of the former, and on my system "Sans
Serif" resolves to "Kochi Gothic", apparently simply because I have that
installed).
So I think using generic names as the first choice would often give
suboptimal results.
-Miles
--
Generous, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly
applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is
taking a bit of a rest.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-21 3:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-13 8:33 Lost antialias? Angelo Graziosi
2008-06-13 11:21 ` Kenichi Handa
2008-06-13 13:01 ` Angelo Graziosi
2008-06-13 17:55 ` Thomas Baumann
2008-06-17 12:33 ` Christian.Lynbech
2008-06-15 0:53 ` Angelo Graziosi
2008-06-16 2:03 ` Kenichi Handa
2008-06-16 2:06 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-16 5:55 ` Kenichi Handa
2008-06-16 6:30 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-16 11:36 ` Kenichi Handa
2008-06-16 16:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-17 0:46 ` Kenichi Handa
2008-06-17 18:01 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-17 20:28 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-17 21:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-17 22:16 ` Angelo Graziosi
2008-06-20 23:29 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-21 0:16 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-21 0:43 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-21 1:04 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-21 2:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-21 3:34 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2008-06-21 4:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-21 4:52 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-21 6:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-06-21 6:56 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-21 8:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-06-21 8:29 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-21 9:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-06-21 21:06 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-06-21 7:46 ` James Cloos
2008-06-21 7:57 ` Miles Bader
2008-06-21 8:15 ` Werner LEMBERG
2008-06-21 11:40 ` Kenichi Handa
2008-06-21 11:33 ` Kenichi Handa
2008-06-21 18:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-21 19:42 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-22 1:57 ` James Cloos
2008-06-24 18:14 ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-16 8:23 ` Angelo Graziosi
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