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23.0.60; variable-pitch face corruption when Helvetica Type 1 font installed

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: gdedwards <at> blueyonder.co.uk
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60;
      variable-pitch face corruption when Helvetica Type 1 font installed
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 10:15:24 +0100 (BST)

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

When I installed a CVS build of Emacs for Windows 32 I found that the
splash screen had corrupted fonts. Further investigation revealed that
removing the Helvetica Type 1 PostScript font from my font folder made the
issue go away (presumably because it has fallen through to Arial).

Screenshot when Helvetica installed:

http://www.muppetlabs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/emacs/emacs_corrupted.png

Screenshot when Helvetica not installed:

http://www.muppetlabs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/emacs/emacs_not_corrupted.png

In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-09-27 on LENNART-69DE564
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/g/include -fno-crossjumping'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENG
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

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  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
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  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
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Message #10 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <gdedwards <at> blueyonder.co.uk>, <1100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
        <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#1100: 23.0.60;variable-pitch face corruption when Helvetica Type 1 font installed
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:02:36 -0700

> From: gdedwards <at> blueyonder.co.uk Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 2:15 AM
> 
> When I installed a CVS build of Emacs for Windows 32 I found that the
> splash screen had corrupted fonts. Further investigation revealed that
> removing the Helvetica Type 1 PostScript font from my font 
> folder made the
> issue go away (presumably because it has fallen through to Arial).
> 
> Screenshot when Helvetica installed:
> 
> http://www.muppetlabs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/emacs/emacs_corrupted.png
> 
> Screenshot when Helvetica not installed:
> 
> http://www.muppetlabs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/emacs/emacs_not_cor
> rupted.png
> 
> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2008-09-27 on LENNART-69DE564
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags
> -Ic:/g/include -fno-crossjumping'

Sounds like this might well be the same issue as bug #642. I too have Helvetical
Type 1 PostScript installed. Bravo for narrowing this down.

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