GNU bug report logs - #321
Underline drawing that leaves gaps for descenders

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David De La Harpe Golden <david <at> harpegolden.net>

Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 04:55:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 23.0.60

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 321-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: David De La Harpe Golden <david <at> harpegolden.net>
Cc: 321-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
Subject: Re: bug#321: Underline drawing that leaves gaps for descenders
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:08:34 +0200

David De La Harpe Golden <david <at> harpegolden.net> writes:

> Ideally, underlining would be able to break at (leave gaps for)
> descenders (in latin script typically gjpqy and some old-style
> numerals), to improve legibility.

Looking at the images, it does improve legibility in some cases, but in
other cases it looks kinda awkward -- as if the underlining stops and
then starts again.

So I don't really feel that something like this would be a display
improvement.

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