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24.5; XLFD font specification ignore empty style preference.

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Message #15 received at 24528-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 24528-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#24528: 24.5; XLFD font specification ignore empty style
 preference.
Date: Mon, 04 May 2020 14:08:41 +0200

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

> Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have 2 server side fonts:
>>
>>   -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
>>   -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
>>
>> When I run:
>>
>>   (set-frame-font "-misc-*-*-*-*--13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")
>>
>> unfortunately next font selected:
>>
>>   -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
>>
>>   /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/12x13ja.pcf.gz
>>
>> which looks very ugly.
>
> (This bug report unfortunately got no feedback at the time.)
>
> If I (on this Debian system) tries
>
> (set-frame-font "-misc-*-*-*-*--13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")
>
> I get
>
>     x:-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-koi8-r (#x2D)
>
> If I say
>
> (set-frame-font "-misc-*-*-*-*-ja-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*")
>
> I get
>
>     x:-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ja-13-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1 (#x2A)
>
> So I don't seem to be able to reproduce this error, but that may be
> because I don't have the same fonts installed as you have.  On the other
> hand, there's been some changes in the font handling in Emacs since the
> bug was reported.
>
> Are you still seeing this problem in Emacs 27?

More information was requested, but none was given within 6 months, so
I'm closing this bug.

If this is still an issue, please reply to this
email (use "Reply to all" in your email client) and we can reopen the
bug report.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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