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29.0.50; Odd font choices

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 57962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57962: 29.0.50; Odd font choices
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:07:31 +0300

> Cc: 57962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:41:12 +0200
> 
> So -- we're using the `fixed-pitch' face for keyboard stuff because the
> `default' font may well use a proportional font.  (It's unusual, but
> feasible.)
> 
> But in the common case, where `default' uses a fixed width font, then I
> think the `fixed-pitch' face should use exactly the same font.

It depends on whether we want the fixed-pitch face to look differently
from the default face, even when the default face uses a monospaced
font.  I always thought that fixed-pitch face was supposed to look
differently.

> Is there some easy way to achieve this, by any chance?

Did you try using font-spec with (:spacing 'mono) ?

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