Re: font problems with the latest master in MacOS helvetia is used and not DejaVi Mono as in emacs28

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 17:21:32 +0200
> 
> However I am facing now a font problem. My entry in my custom-init file
> is 
>  '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "grey98"
>  :foreground "black" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil
>  :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 160
>  :width normal :foundry "PfEd" :family "DejaVu Sans Mono"))))
> 
> Now indeed in emacs28 C-u C-x = gives 
> ,----
> |              position: 2303 of 64364 (4%), column: 23
> |             character: C-j (displayed as C-j) (codepoint 10, #o12, #xa)
> |               charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))
> | code point in charset: 0x0A
> |                script: latin
> |                syntax: >    which means: endcomment
> |              to input: type "C-x 8 RET a" or "C-x 8 RET LINE FEED (LF)"
> |           buffer code: #x0A
> |             file code: #x0A (encoded by coding system utf-8-unix)
> |               display: by this font (glyph code)
> |     mac-ct:-*-DejaVu Sans 
> Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-16-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1 (#x03)
> | 
> | Character code properties: customize what to show
> |   old-name: LINE FEED (LF)
> |   general-category: Cc (Other, Control)
> `----
> 
> However when I start emacs29 helvetica is used which is a proportional
> font, and looks terrible in most circumstances, especially in dired
> 
> Here is what C-u C-x = 
> gives
> 
> ,----
> |              position: 54 of 1045 (5%), column: 53
> |             character: C-j (displayed as C-j) (codepoint 10, #o12, #xa)
> |               charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))
> | code point in charset: 0x0A
> |                script: latin
> |                syntax:      which means: whitespace
> |              to input: type "C-x 8 RET a" or "C-x 8 RET LINE FEED (LF)"
> |           buffer code: #x0A
> |             file code: #x0A (encoded by coding system undecided-unix)
> |               display: by this font (glyph code):
> |     mac-ct:-*-Helvetica-medium-normal-normal-*-16-*-*-*-p-0-iso10646-1 
> (#x02)
> | 
> | Character code properties: customize what to show
> |   old-name: LINE FEED (LF)
> |   general-category: Cc (Other, Control)
> | 
> | 
> `----
> 
> Who is the culprit here?
> What shall I do?

What happens if you remove all the attributes except :family and
colors?