GNU bug report logs - #5187
23.1.90; default fonts have gotten worse in the last month

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Reported by: Joseph Brenner <doom <at> kzsu.stanford.edu>

Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:15:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

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From: Joseph Brenner <doom <at> kzsu.stanford.edu>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.90; default fonts have gotten worse in the last month
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:09:02 -0800
Recently, emacs seemed to have been using some nicer looking
fonts by default, for example in the cvs build as of nov 18, 2009:

  http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/default_font_111809_emacs_build.jpg

The 23.1.90 pretest and the latest cvs build (dec 11, 2009) have
much weaker default fonts:

  http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/emacs-23.1.90-fonts.jpg
  http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/default_font_121109_emacs_build.jpg


In GNU Emacs 23.1.90.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.1)
 of 2009-12-11 on fineline
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10600000
configured using `configure  '--prefix' '/usr/local/emacs/cvs-121109''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Shell

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
C-n C-n M-f C-f n o SPC l o n g e r SPC w o r k s ,
SPC <backspace> <backspace> SPC i n SPC t h e SPC M-d
M-d M-d M-d C-d M-f M-f M-f SPC o f C-f C-d C-e <backspace>
<backspace> SPC ( t h o u g h SPC i t SPC w a s SPC
d e f i n i t e l y SPC w o r k i n g SPC w i t h SPC
a SPC <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> a s SPC o f SPC
n o v SPC 1 8 . SPC 2 0 0 9 ) : C-a C-n C-x C-s C-n
C-p C-p M-f M-f C-a C-n C-x C-s C-n C-p C-p C-l C-e
<backspace> . SPC SPC S t a r t i n g SPC w t h i <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> i t h SPC - - d e b u g - i
n i t , SPC i t SPC r e p o r t s : C-a C-n C-x C-s
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-l C-n C-n C-n
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-l C-SPC C-n C-w
C-x C-o C-x C-s C-o C-x C-s C-n M-x m e a <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> e m a v s <backspace> <backspace>
c s SPC b e r SPC <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
b e r s SPC M-b C-d v e <backspace> <C-tab> C-e <tab>
<return> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-l C-n C-v
C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v <escape> > C-c C-c y e s <return>
C-e <return> M-x r e p o r t SPC e m SPC b SPC <re
turn>

Recent messages:
Mark set
Saving file /home/doom/Mail/drafts/*message*-20091211-194721...
Wrote /home/doom/Mail/drafts/*message*-20091211-194721
Saving file /home/doom/Mail/drafts/*message*-20091211-194721...
Wrote /home/doom/Mail/drafts/*message*-20091211-194721
GNU Emacs 23.1.90.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.1) of 2009-12-11 on fineline
Mark set
Sending...
Sending via mail...
Sending...done

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bug#5187; Package emacs. (Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:20:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>. (Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:20:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Joseph Brenner <doom <at> kzsu.stanford.edu>, 5187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5187: 23.1.90; default fonts have gotten worse in the last
 month
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:17:22 +0100
Joseph Brenner skrev:
> Recently, emacs seemed to have been using some nicer looking
> fonts by default, for example in the cvs build as of nov 18, 2009:
> 
>   http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/default_font_111809_emacs_build.jpg
> 
> The 23.1.90 pretest and the latest cvs build (dec 11, 2009) have
> much weaker default fonts:
> 
>   http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/emacs-23.1.90-fonts.jpg
>   http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/default_font_121109_emacs_build.jpg
> 

What environment are you using (KDE, Gnome, Xfce, other)?
Does other Gnome applications have fonts as your Emacs had in nov 18?
What does
% xrdb -query|grep Xft
give?

Does
% emacs -fn 'Monospace-10:hintstyle=3'
give the results you want?

	Jan D.




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From: Joe Brenner <doom <at> kzsu.stanford.edu>
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Cc: 5187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5187: 23.1.90; default fonts have gotten worse in the last month
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:20:31 -0800
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se> wrote:
> Joseph Brenner skrev:
> > Recently, emacs seemed to have been using some nicer looking
> > fonts by default, for example in the cvs build as of nov 18, 2009:
> >
> >   http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/default_font_111809_emacs_build.jpg
> >
> > The 23.1.90 pretest and the latest cvs build (dec 11, 2009) have
> > much weaker default fonts:
> >
> >   http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/emacs-23.1.90-fonts.jpg
> >   http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/default_font_121109_emacs_build.jpg

> What environment are you using (KDE, Gnome, Xfce, other)?

I'm using the icewm window manager on what is technically a "kubuntu"
installation (jaunty).

> Does other Gnome applications have fonts as your Emacs had in nov 18?

I should explain that I'm comparing different builds on the same machine
at the same time -- Gnome/KDE/etc are identical in both cases.

> What does
> % xrdb -query|grep Xft
> give?

Nothing.

Withouth the grep filter:

xrdb -query
*customization:	-color

> Does
> % emacs -fn 'Monospace-10:hintstyle=3'
> give the results you want?

No, I don't see any change with that.

But actually, I think I should apologize for giving you an unclear bug
report.  I was complaining about the new fonts not being "as nice",
but now that I look at it more closely, really the only difference is
the fonts with the latest emacs are smaller by default.  In this screen
shot, the emacs on the right looks the same as the one in the upper left,
but it's the same version as the ones on the lower left, I've just
manually scaled up the font a notch with "C-x C-+":

  http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/emacs-23.1.90-default-font-size.jpg

So the "bug" here is that the default font size for 23.1.90 is
smaller than for 23.1.50.




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From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Joe Brenner <doom <at> kzsu.stanford.edu>
Cc: 5187 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org,
        5187-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5187: 23.1.90; default fonts have gotten worse in the last
 month
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:40:20 +0100
Joe Brenner skrev:

> But actually, I think I should apologize for giving you an unclear bug
> report.  I was complaining about the new fonts not being "as nice",
> but now that I look at it more closely, really the only difference is
> the fonts with the latest emacs are smaller by default.  In this screen
> shot, the emacs on the right looks the same as the one in the upper left,
> but it's the same version as the ones on the lower left, I've just
> manually scaled up the font a notch with "C-x C-+":
> 
>   http://obsidianrook.com/data/emacs/emacs-23.1.90-default-font-size.jpg
> 
> So the "bug" here is that the default font size for 23.1.90 is
> smaller than for 23.1.50.

Ah, then it is just the case of differing DPI:s.  Emacs now uses the DPI set 
by the system as indicated by xsettings 
(http://standards.freedesktop.org/xsettings-spec/xsettings-spec-0.5.html).

We do that so Emacs looks like other applications for the same font.
Note that the text in the menus are the same in both your cases (large and 
small Emacs font).  This is because Gtk uses the system DPI setting for both 
your Emacses.

If you wan't the old size, either customize Emacs with that font (I guess 
monospace-11, but you have to try) or adjust the systems notion of DPI (in 
system settings, appearence somewhere).  Note if you do the latter, the font 
size in the menu will change.

So there is no bug here.  Well, the bug can be said to be that the older Emacs 
picked the larger font.

	Jan D.



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