From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Lost antialias? Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:12:41 -0400 Message-ID: References: <485230EB.9070203@alice.it> <48546807.8010406@alice.it> <87abhmgmko.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87abhkndo9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87skv7d6sa.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87lk0z1w3e.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ej6rpqh0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214014385 32652 80.91.229.12 (21 Jun 2008 02:13:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:13:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Kenichi Handa , emacs-devel@gnu.org, angelo.graziosi@alice.it, Miles Bader To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 21 04:13:49 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K9sbs-0004qm-Rf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:13:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55500 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K9sb3-0005jW-PC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:12:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K9say-0005fk-Qk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:12:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K9say-0005f3-7D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:12:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58628 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K9say-0005ev-3y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:12:52 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:61832) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K9sao-0002MP-GZ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:12:42 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvQEABMAXEjO+KWv/2dsb2JhbACBW64M X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,683,1204520400"; d="scan'208";a="23043868" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 20 Jun 2008 22:12:42 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.165.175]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id BIH06242; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:12:42 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BCCA97F05; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:12:41 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87ej6rpqh0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:43:39 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:99575 Archived-At: > (defface fixed-pitch > '((t :family "Monospace")) > "The basic fixed-pitch face." > :group 'basic-faces) > (defcustom face-font-family-alternatives > '(("Monospace" "DejaVu Sans Mono" [WINDOWS AND MAC FONTS] "fixed") > ....)) > 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). >> Maybe it would be also useful to support something like web-browsers >> use, where you could specify a "family" of "Dejavu Sans,Helvetica,Sans", >> and it would split the list at the commas and use the first one it could >> find. We can already do exactly that with an additional indirection through face-font-family-alternatives, and indeed that's exactly what we do for fixed-pitch and variable-pitch. Stefan