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bug#54646: 29.0.50; set-fontset-font and font clipping issues
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#54646: 29.0.50; set-fontset-font and font clipping issues |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Jun 2022 08:55:15 +0300 |
> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, rpluim@gmail.com, 54646@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 09:34:39 +0800
>
> > configure: WARNING: This configuration uses libXft, which has a number
> > of
> > font rendering issues, and is being considered for removal in the
> > next release of Emacs. Please consider using Cairo graphics +
> > HarfBuzz text shaping instead (they are auto-detected if the
> > relevant development headers are installed).
>
> We will not remove the Xft font backend as long as I'm still using it,
> which will be quite a while.
That might be so, but libXft does have a number of grave issues that
aren't being fixed, so if you use that, you are at their mercy. You
HAVE been warned!