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24.3; Odd vertical height of some glyphs in certain fonts

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 14220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14220: 24.3;
	Odd vertical height of some glyphs in certain fonts
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 23:21:48 +0100

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On 17 April 2013 15:14, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> wrote:

> On 17 April 2013 12:45, Kenichi Handa <handa <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> In article <87obddd13n.fsf <at> sc3d.org>, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
>> writes:
>>
>> > If I set variable-pitch-face to Droid Serif, the right arrow → is much
>> > taller than most other glyphs, effectively forcing extra space after
>> > lines containing it. In DejaVu Serif, this does not happen.
>> Please
>> check which font is used for → in your Emacs by putting
>> cursor on that character and type C-u C-x =.  If you do find
>> that your Emacs is using the Droid Serif font, could you
>> please send me that font?
>>
>
> The font being used is:
>
>     xft:-unknown-Asana Math-normal-normal-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1
> (#x1D5)
>
> The glyph is shown with the correct baseline, but a large descender space
> (the entire glyph appears to sit above the baseline). Normally, Emacs only
> makes the line taller when there's a glyph which actually needs the space.
>

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