GNU bug report logs - #24175
artist mode rectangle shows ugly in Emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dean Chen <dean.chen <at> graphsql.com>

Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 06:08:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dean Chen <dean.chen <at> graphsql.com>
Cc: 24175 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24175: artist mode rectangle shows ugly in Emacs
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2016 17:00:55 +0300

> From: Dean Chen <dean.chen <at> graphsql.com>
> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 13:22:12 +0800
> 
> I am trying draw rectangle today in Emacs with artist mode. It looks weird, see following screenshot.
> Inline image 1
> 
> But if I open this text file with chromium browser instead of emacs, it looks normally. I guess the way that
> Emacs render this rectangle has a bug.

I think the problem is that your default font is a proportional one.
You should use a fixed-pitch font when you work with artist mode.
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