Re: How to make Emacs popular again: Use monospaced fonts less

[Stefan Kangas]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> One of the reasons Emacs looks kinda old-fashioned is that we use
> monospaced fonts all over the place.  Now, when programming and stuff, a
> monospaced font is preferred, but in other contexts, it looks pretty
> old-fashioned.
>
> So here's my most controversial suggestion ever:
>
> diff --git a/lisp/faces.el b/lisp/faces.el
> index 5b7e0a5aee..e6f65a5901 100644
> --- a/lisp/faces.el
> +++ b/lisp/faces.el
> @@ -2553,6 +2553,7 @@ mode-line-faces
>  (defface mode-line
>    '((((class color) (min-colors 88))
>       :box (:line-width -1 :style released-button)
> +     :inherit variable-pitch
>       :background "grey75" :foreground "black")
>      (t
>       :inverse-video t))
>
> In addition to looking nicer, it means we can fit more data into the
> mode line.

What happened to this?

I have noticed that the modus themes has the option
`modus-themes-variable-pitch-ui':

    Use proportional fonts (variable-pitch) in UI elements.
    This includes the mode line, header line, tab bar, and tab line.

It is useful if one wants to experiment with how this works in
practice.  Just set it to t and `M-x load-theme RET modus-operandi RET'.