Using Emacs master with the NeXTStep interface on macOS, I get display corruption on lines where features such as Flymake, Flycheck, or diff-hl display something in the fringe. This is a bit hard to describe, so I'm attaching a screen shot, and I've also made a short movie of this happening: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9eqixqxst4wg37/emacs_27_small_font_fringe_problem.mp4?dl=0 Steps to reproduce: 1. Build or obtain Emacs from master (I did both, report data below is with nightly build from emacsformacosx.com[1]) 2. ~/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -Q 3. Change font to Menlo 9 pt (default font here is Menlo 12 pt) 4. M-x find-library RET flymake RET (or open any file where Flymake will produce anything in the fringe) 5. Turn on Flymake: M-x flymake-mode RET 6. M-x flymake-goto-next-error RET so that point moves to a line where Flymake has indicated an error/warning/whatever in the left fringe 7. Move left and right on the line (using arrow keys or C-f/C-b) Expected results: point moves but the line is otherwise unchanged Observed results: parts/most/all of the line starts turning grey-on-grey as you move left/right [1]: https://emacsformacosx.com/emacs-builds/Emacs-2018-12-24_01-40-33-fd244507c5ea1e7e425f09585fcf15cc90598e9b-universal.dmg Just to be clear, this makes Emacs GUI unusable for me on macOS as long as I want to use anything that utilizes the fringe. Additional information: * The display corruption will linger on lines if you have multiple lines with something in the fringe in the viewport and you move vertically between them * This problem does not happen with Flymake and the default 12 pt Menlo font * I have not seen this problem occur on lines without something in the fringe, even when using the smaller-than-default Menlo 9 pt font * This doesn't happen for me on the emacs-26 branch at any font size * I have also reproduced this with the Fira Mono font at 8 pt (which is my normal font) I am using macOS 10.13.6 on a late 2013 MacBook Pro 15" that has a Retina ("high DPI") display. Happy to provide more information or do more troubleshooting, just let me know. Thanks! Dale In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0, NS appkit-1348.17 Version 10.10.5 (Build 14F2511)) of 2018-12-24 built on builder10-10.porkrind.org Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.1561 System Description: Mac OS X 10.13.6 Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. Quit Entering debugger... Back to top level nil Flymake mode enabled in current buffer Mark set Mark saved where search started [2 times] Making completion list... Configured using: 'configure --with-ns '--enable-locallisppath=/Library/Application Support/Emacs/${version}/site-lisp:/Library/Application Support/Emacs/site-lisp' --with-modules' Configured features: NOTIFY KQUEUE ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS NS MODULES THREADS Important settings: value of $LC_COLLATE: C value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Emacs-Lisp Minor modes in effect: flymake-mode: t diff-auto-refine-mode: t tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Load-path shadows: None found. 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