Re: hebrew: bold face odd when using the monospace font.

[Uwe Brauer]

>>> "Yuri" == Yuri Khan <address@hidden> writes:

    > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 2:55 AM, Uwe Brauer <address@hidden> wrote:
    >> I usually use the following font
    >> 
    >> (custom-set-faces
    >> '(default ((t (:family "DejaVu Sans Mono" :foundry "unknown" :slant
    >> normal :weight normal :height 143 :width normal))))))
    >> 
    >> Which gives also nice results for Hebrew.

    > I find that hard to believe. On my machine DejaVu Sans Mono does not
    > have Hebrew coverage. Pressing C-u C-x = on Hebrew text reveals that
    > Emacs substitutes DejaVu Sans, which does cover Hebrew and looks ok in
    > bold, but is not monospaced. Depending on your configuration, another
    > font may be substituted, possibly one that does not have a bold
    > weight.

I am confused. What do you find hard to believe? My setting? The
screenshots?

Here is the result  C-u C-x = on a hebrew mem sofit

             position: 1282 of 1284 (100%), restriction: <64-1285>, column: 3
            character: ם‎ (displayed as ם‎) (codepoint 1501, #o2735, #x5dd)
    preferred charset: unicode (Unicode (ISO10646))
code point in charset: 0x05DD
               script: hebrew
               syntax: w        which means: word
             category: .:Base, R:Right-to-left (strong)
             to input: type "M" with hebrew-phonetic-qwerty input method
          buffer code: #xD7 #x9D
            file code: #xD7 #x9D (encoded by coding system utf-8-emacs)
              display: by this font (glyph code)
    xft:-unknown-DejaVu Sans-normal-normal-normal-*-19-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1 
(#x533)

Character code properties: customize what to show
  name: HEBREW LETTER FINAL MEM
  general-category: Lo (Letter, Other)
  decomposition: (1501) ('ם')