GNU bug report logs - #59347
29.0.50; `:family` face setting ignored

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Message #206 received at 59347 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 59347 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59347: 29.0.50; `:family` face setting ignored
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 16:53:57 +0200

> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:45:20 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
> cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 59347 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >> That's the purpose of the loop at the end of font_find_for_lface.  It 
> >> starts with a specific spec and gradually makes it less specific if 
> >> necessary (that is, if no suitable font has been found with a more 
> >> specific spec).
> >
> > So we will be back to the same problem with those.
> >
> 
> Sorry, I don't understand what you mean.

I mean that the basic algorithm that gradually makes the spec less specific
is used for non-numerical attributes, and so can potentially reject valid
fonts, just like it happens with these 3 numerical attributes.

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