Re: [Bug: 21.4.17] Proportional font too large
Ar an seachtú lá déag de mí Márta, scríobh Ralf Angeli:
[...] As you are referring to GNU Emacs with the crash you are
mentioning, I am tempted to refer to it as well when I say that there are
applications which actually are able to avoid horribly looking fonts. (c;
Eh, that’s a subjective call. And we do have a whisper of a decent redisplay
infrastructure on X11 in the pipeline;
http://www.parhasard.net/aidan-gnus-sjt-xft-2005-03-02.png .
> > I found that I can help XEmacs a bit if I explicitely
specify the size
> > of the face. That means when customizing the face it does not come
> > out as big as before if I activate the "Size" specifier and insert
> > "18pt" besides the "helvetica" for the font family. But
it still is
> > noticably larger than the 18-pixel default font.
>
> Oww! When I do that on my machine, it’s even huger and more surprising.
> Though perhaps just about acceptable for section
> headings. “-Adobe-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--25-180-100-100-P-130-ISO8859-1”
> is the full xlfd.
That's actually what I am getting as well. So XEmacs seems to have a
problem only if there is no size specified.
Let me re-iterate that, but more concisely; I see a problem when the size is
specified, and not otherwise. In your place, I would consult with more
people before specifying a size by default, because your setup seems strange
enough that what works there may look horrible with more widespread
defaults.
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