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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #50 received at 46853 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 46853 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: Re: bug#46853: Confusing terminology "face height" instead of "font
 size"
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:59:41 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se,  46853 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 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...

It only enlarges those faces which inherit their size from 'default'.
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