Re: Emacs 24.0.90 Pretest Windows Binaries

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:12:29 +0800
> From: Kevin Yu <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I cannot reproduce this with DejaVu Sans Mono (I don't have the other
> > font you mention).  Can you show a reproducible recipe starting from
> > "emacs -Q"?
> 
> Sorry i couldn't reproduce it with DejaVu Sans Mono either.
> 
> I got Monaco from here http://www.gringod.com/2006/02/24/return-of-monacottf/

Yes, I see it with Monaco.

> Here's reproducing steps:
> 
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. M-x load-theme misterioso
> 3. set the buffer (*scratch* buffer) font to Monaco (shift-left-mouse-button)
> 4. type in following text in *scratch* buffer
>      (defun D(
>     the letter D is displayed in 'bold' face but the last '(' isn't.
> 5. put your cursor on last '(', you will find out that the last pixel
> column of 'D' is overlapped
> 6. if you move your cursor two chars back, the overlapped pixels come out 
> again.

Please submit a bug report about this, including the URL where the
font can be downloaded.  Font drivers and drawing are really not my
cup of tea in Emacs, but maybe someone could reproduce this on a Posix
system, or maybe Jason will find time to dig into this.

> The monaco font doesn't provide a bold version. Does emacs generated
> it for displaying?

Sorry, I don't know.