Subject: bug#59347: 29.0.50; `:family` face setting ignored

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 22:01:25 +0200

> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 19:45:19 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <[email-masked]>
> cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> 
> 
> >>> No, the spec was -misc-fixed-*-r-semicondensed-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*, so 
> >>> any weight should be okay.  See Stefan's original recipe.
> >>
> >> It's the spec of the default face, so its realization takes place 
> >> before the realization of the other one (DejaVu Sans), and the medium 
> >> weight is selected.
> >
> > Yes, but why medium?  Is that the default (I don't think so)?
> >
> 
> Because -misc-fixed-*-r-semicondensed-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-* only matches two 
> weights: medium and bold.

Where is that coded?  Or is that something general about semicondensed width
fonts?