GNU bug report logs - #25168
25.1; variable-pitch face misbehaves

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>
Cc: 25168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25168: 25.1; variable-pitch face misbehaves
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:35:37 +0200

> From: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>
> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 05:47:25 -0500
> 
> I'm using Emacs with a rather large default font.  One thing that
> doesn't work well on Windows is variable-pitch face: it is much
> smaller than my usual font.  Another way to see this without
> customizing the font:
> 
> * run `info`
> 
> * use `text-scale-adjust` to make the font larger
> 
> * notice that variable-pitch headers stay at the same size

Is this really related to variable-pitch fonts, or is this related to
the fact that the face is defined with a height attribute relative to
the default face?

AFAIR, text-scale-adjust only affects the basic faces, not any
arbitrary face defined by modes.  But maybe I misremember.

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