GNU bug report logs - #67810
29.1; fonts use synthetic bold on Linux / pgtk

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Message #101 received at 67810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: crypto <at> timruffing.de, 67810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#67810: 29.1; fonts use synthetic bold on Linux / pgtk
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:09:10 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> OK, so what is the problem with allowing those users to have the
> variable I proposed, for use with such fonts?

Because packages using such fonts should display these icons with a face
that isn't bold?  I don't understand why we should provide an option for
code which requests bold text to display such text in a normal font...if
that makes any sense.

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