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23.1.91; Tooltips lose descenders in Windows 7

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Message #15 received at 5465-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 5465-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, f.j.wright <at> live.co.uk
Subject: Re: bug#5465: 23.1.91; Tooltips lose descenders in Windows 7
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:28:42 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 01:30:33 +0200
> Cc: 5465 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> "Francis Wright" <f.j.wright <at> live.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > Start emacs with the -Q option. Use the Options menu to set the default font to
> > Lucida Console. Lay the mouse pointer over any button on the
> > toolbar. The descenders are missing from all the letters. The same applies to
> > menu tooltips.
> >
> > In GNU Emacs 23.1.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7600)
> > of 2010-01-03 on PRETEST
> > Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7600
> > configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'
> 
> That was over 9 years ago.  Are you still seeing this in a modern
> version of Emacs?

I don't see it on the current master, and I think this problem was
fixed long ago, in commit 39321b9 as part of fixing bug#7398 (which is
a duplicate of this one).

Closing.

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