GNU bug report logs - #19993
25.0.50; Unicode fonts defective on Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse <at> ilyaz.org>

Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 22:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

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Message #92 received at 19993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya <at> math.berkeley.edu>
Cc: 19993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19993: 25.0.50; Unicode fonts defective on Windows
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:21:23 +0200

> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:49:39 -0700
> From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya <at> math.berkeley.edu>
> Cc: 19993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> So the real question is not whether the presence of a Subset is used
> as filters, but: is
> 
>     the presence of the required character in the font
> 
> used as a filter.

When a font matches all the other constraints, then yes, it is
actually tested for whether it supports the specific character we need
to display.  See font_has_char and its callers.
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