GNU bug report logs - #3228
23.0.93; GTK font selection: asked for Courier, got Nimbus

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>

Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 08:25:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #30 received at 3228 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 3228 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
Subject: Re: bug#3228: 23.0.93; GTK font selection: asked for Courier, got Nimbus
Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 15:21:26 -0400

>>> ftfont-list: -adobe-courier-*--*-m-*-iso10646-1
>> [...]
>> 
>> It's strange that the first font listing is for that
>> pattern.  The first one should be:
>> 
>> ftfont-list: -Adobe-courier-*-iso8859-1
>> 
>> Are you sure that you followed the above procedure exactly
>> without doing anything else?

> Yes.  It is probably due to my X resource setting:

> Emacs.font:-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-m-*-iso10646-1

> Should I replace iso10646 with iso8859?

It's usually better to leave it unspecified:

  Emacs.font:-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-m-*-*-*

but Emacs should (hopefully) be able to handle your case as well.


        Stefan
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