Re: [PATCH] gnu: emacs: Use libotf.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:

> Roel Janssen (2016-03-14 15:22 +0300) wrote:
>
>> I attached two screenshots, emacs-from-guix.png and
>> emacs-from-fedora.png.  Both are compiled with libotf support.  Besides
>> the missing Fira font, the text on the Emacs from Guix looks stretched
>> and not properly anti-aliased to me.
>
> For me, Emacs displays font properly (something similar to your
> "emacs-from-fedora.png") even without libotf support.  Did you install
> any ttf fonts in your user profile (like "font-dejavu" or
> "font-liberation")?  After installing the fonts you can run "fc-cache
> -fv", though it is probably not needed.
>
> I use the following in my emacs config to set up the default font:
>
>   (set-frame-font "Liberation Mono-12" nil t)

I have:

  (set-frame-font "DejaVu Sans Mono-12" nil)

and it seems to display correctly too.

Ludo’.