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[cygwin] Setting fonts with non-ascii names throws error

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp>
Cc: 12693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12693: [cygwin] Setting fonts with non-ascii names throws
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:16:50 +0200

Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp> writes:

> When I run Emacs on Cygwin with the native Windows UI, I can't specify
> font by non-ascii font name.  For example, the below code success on
> precompiled binary on Windows (Japanese edition) but raises error on
> Cygwin with the native Windows UI.
>
> (set-default-font "ＭＳ ゴシック-14")

This was seven years ago, and this function no longer exists, so
obviously things have changed in this area.  Are you still seeing this
bug in a recent version of Emacs?

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