From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 755 invoked by alias); 30 Sep 2009 15:01:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 496 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Sep 2009 15:01:03 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (HELO smtpout.karoo.kcom.com) (212.50.160.34) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:00:56 +0000 Received: from 213-152-38-55.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO [192.168.0.8]) ([213.152.38.55]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 30 Sep 2009 16:00:53 +0100 Message-ID: <4AC372B0.4070703@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:01:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.4pre) Gecko/20090915 Thunderbird/3.0b4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: GNU emacs fonts again References: <25678987.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <25678987.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-09/txt/msg00096.txt.bz2 On 30/09/2009 12:04, Marc Girod wrote: > > Hello, > > My last cygwin upgrade changed the fonts used in GNU emacs. > This is: > xorg-server 1.6.3-1 OK > emacs 23.1-10 OK > cygwin 1.7.0-61 OK > font-alias 1.0.1-1 OK A big change with emacs 23 is that it now uses Fontconfig and Xft for font rendering. All other things being equal this should improve things, allowing anti-aliasing etc. > Until now, I belive I was using: > font-bh-lucidatypewriter-dpi75 1.0.0-1 OK > > I get now under emacs: > > (list-fontsets) > Fontset: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-default > Fontset: -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-standard > Fontset: -monotype-Courier > New-normal-normal-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-0-fontset-startup I'm not sure where monotype-Courier New font is coming from, I don't think it's one of the fonts we provide. However, I believe the latest fontconfig package had a tweak by Yaakov to allow it to find the fonts in the Windows fonts directory as well. How emacs selects it's default font is a mystery to me. > In fact, I might be happy with 'Courier New' (fixed fonts anyway!) if it > wasn't for one glitch: > the bold font is narrower than the normal one!? > > In my emacs shell, the command is in bold once you have run it, but not > while you edit it. > It means that the command you edit doesn't align with the previous one which > failed, > and which you are just fixing. > > Of the two widths, I prefer the narrower one (I find the width/height ratio > of the medium > Courier New less readable). > > So, may I align the widths? > > Thanks, > Marc Perhaps try 'emacs -fn "bitstream vera sans mono"' -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/