GNU bug report logs - #46853
Confusing terminology "face height" instead of "font size"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 16:41:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 46853 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: bug#46853: Confusing terminology "face height" instead of "font size"
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:45:28 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> No, it's because enlarging _all_ faces makes no sense.

I really thought that's how this command worked, but

emacs -Q -f list-faces-display

and then `C-x C-+' in the buffer enlarges all the faces, even
variable-pitch...

Is this something that varies by system Emacs is running on?  

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