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28.2; Default font 'not available' when running dictionary

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Message #17 received at 58335 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alejandro Pérez Carballo <apc <at> umass.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 58335 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58335: 28.2; Default font 'not available' when running
 dictionary
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 15:57:25 -0400

I see. Somehow it accepts Arial, though… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

At any rate, I think the real problem is what you point out—it should take as fallback whatever is the default face, and not a font called ‘default’!

> On Oct 6, 2022, at 2:06 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: Alejandro Pérez Carballo <apc <at> umass.edu>
>> Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 13:33:49 -0400
>> Cc: 58335 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> If I try
>> 
>> emacs -Q -fn Input
>> 
>> I get Emacs to open with Input as the default font just fine. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I’ve been using Input with Emacs for over two years without any trouble. In what sense is Emacs rejecting it? 
> 
> Not Emacs (forgive me my inaccurate wording), but dictionary.el: it
> wants a serif font, AFAIU, whereas Input is a sans-serif font.
> 
> I don't understand why dictionary insists on a serif font.  But the
> fallback used there should not use a non-existent font family name.

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