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29.1; fonts use synthetic bold on Linux / pgtk

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Message #83 received at 67810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, Tim Ruffing <crypto <at> timruffing.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 67810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67810: 29.1; fonts use synthetic bold on Linux / pgtk
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:37:41 -0600

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> I suggest not using SVG icons for monochrome symbolic icons of the kind
> doom-modeline often displays.  Libraries rendering SVG are relatively
> memory-intensive and slow, while outline fonts are optimized for memory
> consumption and scaler speed.

I've displayed many hundreds of SVG icons in an Emacs buffer without
running into any issues.  I therefore find the above claim surprising.

If you have any evidence that this is a problem in practice, then let's
see it.

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