[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 c2fd04c: Improve definition of 'variable-pitch' face on MS-Windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

branch: emacs-25
commit c2fd04c8d504b601471fe7c13011bc39abc6b921
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>

    Improve definition of 'variable-pitch' face on MS-Windows
    
    * lisp/faces.el (variable-pitch): Don't specify too many
    attributes of the font, otherwise faces that request different
    weight or slant or size will not get them.
---
 lisp/faces.el |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/faces.el b/lisp/faces.el
index 2d1c4ce..d779543 100644
--- a/lisp/faces.el
+++ b/lisp/faces.el
@@ -2311,10 +2311,13 @@ If you set `term-file-prefix' to nil, this function 
does nothing."
 
 (defface variable-pitch
   '((((type w32))
-     ;; This is a kludgy workaround for an issue discussed in
+     ;; This is a workaround for an issue discussed in
      ;; http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-04/msg00746.html.
-     :font "-outline-Arial-normal-normal-normal-sans-*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1")
-    (t :family "Sans Serif"))
+     ;; We need (a) the splash screen not to pick up bold-italics variant of
+     ;; the font, and (b) still be able to request bold/italic/larger size
+     ;; variants in the likes of EWW.
+     :family "Arial" :foundry "outline")
+  (t :family "Sans Serif"))
   "The basic variable-pitch face."
   :group 'basic-faces)