GNU bug report logs - #54646
29.0.50; set-fontset-font and font clipping issues

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 03:38:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 73752

Found in versions 29.0.50, 29.4

Fixed in version 30.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 54646 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, visuweshm <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#54646: 29.0.50; set-fontset-font and font clipping issues
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 08:55:15 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  rpluim <at> gmail.com,  54646 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 09:34:39 +0800
> 
> >     configure: WARNING: This configuration uses libXft, which has a number of
> >         font rendering issues, and is being considered for removal in the
> >         next release of Emacs.  Please consider using Cairo graphics +
> >         HarfBuzz text shaping instead (they are auto-detected if the
> >         relevant development headers are installed).
> 
> We will not remove the Xft font backend as long as I'm still using it,
> which will be quite a while.

That might be so, but libXft does have a number of grave issues that
aren't being fixed, so if you use that, you are at their mercy.  You
HAVE been warned!
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