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29.1; fonts use synthetic bold on Linux / pgtk

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Message #50 received at 67810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Tim Ruffing <crypto <at> timruffing.de>, Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, 
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 67810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67810: 29.1; fonts use synthetic bold on Linux / pgtk
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:55:51 -0800

Tim Ruffing <crypto <at> timruffing.de> writes:

>> Yes, and don't these packages require using their own specialized
>> icon fonts to begin with?
>
> Yes, packages like all-the-icons and nerd-icons do require specialized.
> fonts. But I'm not sure what this implies. What do you suggest that
> these packages do?

They should use .svg files, I think.  See the branch scratch/icons for
the basic approach.

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