GNU bug report logs - #51405
Set default font on Windows to Consolas-11

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vince Salvino <salvino <at> coderedcorp.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:58:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51405: Set default font on Windows to Consolas-11
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:31:05 -0400

Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> AFAICT, Consolas still supports fewer Unicode blocks that
>> Courier new, even on Windows 10.

> Is there some place that actually lists the unicode block
> support for each font?

Based on:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/consolas
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/courier-new

It seems the difference is that Courier New supports Hebrew
and Arabic while Consolas does not.

-- 

Howard
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