Subject: bug#2334: 23.0.90; emacs-snapshot has ugly fonts when using set-default-font elisp function

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:26:16 -0500

"Theodore Ts'o" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Using emacs-snapshot-20090207, the text display becomes very ugly when
> set via:
> (set-default-font "DejaVu Sans Mono-10")
> However, if the font is set via the menu bar: Options->Set Default Font
> then the fonts look good (i.e., with proper anti-aliasing).

Hi Handa-san,

I think we should give the xft font backend (where it is available) a
higher priority than the x backend; otherwise, users will keep
experiencing bugs like this.

WDYT?