Re: Tick Reduction

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:41:11 +0100
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, dgutov@yandex.ru
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Is that the default that corresponds to standard-fontset-spec in
> > fontset.el, or did you tweak your system or Emacs to use that family?
> 
> They come automatically if you install emacs-gtk (gtk depends on pango,
> pango depends on fontconfig, fontconfig depends on ttf-bitstream-vera
> that has these two fonts).  With emacs-lucid, you have a direct
> dependency on fontconfig so its the same thing there.

Does emacs-gtk install some site-init files, or does it work via
fontconfig settings or other GTK settings?

If any of the above is true, then it confirms my mental model of this:
Emacs by default doesn't ensure the fixed-pitch and variable-pitch
faces use fonts from the same family.