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bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info |
Date: |
Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:29:25 +0300 |
> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:35:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 24597@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > > Why use, by default, two **slightly** different looking fonts? They are
> > > not different enough to make ‘...’ very noticeable. Nor are they the
> > > same. What's the point of this choice?
> >
> > The point is exactly to have a different face for symbols.
>
> I don't disagree with that point.
>
> What's the point of using family Courier for one and Courier New for
> the other? That's the question. Doesn't seem like a great choice.
I believe we don't specify Courier, it's just what Emacs picks up on a
typical Windows machine when we ask for a "Monospace Serif" font. See
the definition of the Info-quoted face in info.el.
- bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info, Drew Adams, 2016/10/03
- bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/03
- bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info, Drew Adams, 2016/10/03
- bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info, Drew Adams, 2016/10/03
- bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/03
- bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info, Andreas Schwab, 2016/10/03
- bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/03
- bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info, Andreas Schwab, 2016/10/03
- bug#24597: 25.1; Fonts used by default in Info, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/10/04