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bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:39:06 +0300 |
> From: Utkarsh Singh <utkarsh190601@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:45:41 +0530
>
> On 2021-09-21, Arch Linux updated their Cantarell font package, which
> removed classic font with variable fonts. According to Jan Alexander
> Steffens (package maintainer):
>
> > Yeah, we only packaged VF because upstream requested to either package
> > the classic fonts *or* the variable font. The VF is more powerful as
> > it not just contains all the classic weights but can also interpolate
> > between them.
>
> But with these changes Emacs in now unable to distinguish between light
> and regular weights. To reproduce the bug you would have to:
>
> 1. Install latest version of font from upstream:
> <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/cantarell-fonts>
>
> 2. Evaluate in "emacs -Q" session:
> (progn
> (set-face-attribute 'variable-pitch nil :family "Cantarell" :weight
> 'regular)
> (face-font 'variable-pitch))
>
> Also see bug report on Arch Linux bug tracker:
> <https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/72212>
What are the numerical values of weight in these fonts?
- bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF, Utkarsh Singh, 2021/10/12
- bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF, Utkarsh Singh, 2021/10/13
- bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF, Utkarsh Singh, 2021/10/13
- bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/13
- bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/10/13
- bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF, Utkarsh Singh, 2021/10/13
- bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/14
- bug#51155: 29.0.50; Incorrect weight used in Cantarell VF, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/14