The :stipple face attribute is not consistently supported across all Emacs 30 builds, with incorrect or missing stipple display for NS and GTK+Cairo builds. The following test of :stipple should lead to an image similar to the attached. (let* ((w (window-font-width)) (stipple `(,w 1 ,(apply #'unibyte-string (make-list (/ (+ w 7) 8) 186))))) (insert "\n" (propertize (concat (make-string 15 ?\s) "THIS IS A TEST" (make-string 15 ?\s)) 'face `(:background "red" :foreground "blue" :stipple ,stipple)))) Only some Emacs 30 builds correctly render this simple stipple. There has been some progress on :stipple support recently, but it remains incomplete. To my knowledge, the current situation for :stipple support in Emacs 30 is as follows: NS (partially working): Commit ef6ffbdc79 from last May provided a partial fix, but stipples are black and white only (bug#70712) Windows (working?): patched in June (bug#71159) PGTK (working): incorrect stipple display patched July, 2023 (bug#64969) GTK, non-Cairo (working): appears to be working correctly GTK + Cairo (not working uniformly): Stipples are reported to be missing with some Cairo builds of Emacs 30 Other X11 builds (?): Unsure if these are supported (but suspect they are given the legacy of stipple)