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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 04:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Done: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 59347 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59347: 29.0.50; `:family` face setting ignored
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:09:46 -0500

>> So my guess is that if the face uses the :family attribute, it
>> inherits the weight from default, and if Emacs cannot find that
>> weight in that font, it falls back to some other font.

But my `font` pattern doesn't specify a "weight".

>> Personally I think falling back to the same font but different weight
>> is probably less confusing.

Ignoring a "bold" setting would probably surprise/disappoint users just
as often.

> Basically the culprit in Stefan’s recipe is probably semicondensed
> rather than Dejavu.

Could be, indeed.  I don't actually care about the width of the font
when I request `DejaVu Sans`.  This said, if I use

    (:family "DejaVu Sans" :width normal)

I still don't get `DejaVu Sans` but I get a "normal" (hence wider)
misc-fixed instead :-(


        Stefan
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