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emacs-28 225e0d6047: Correct etc/NEWS entry about bitmapped fonts


From: Robert Pluim
Subject: emacs-28 225e0d6047: Correct etc/NEWS entry about bitmapped fonts
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 03:24:51 -0500 (EST)

branch: emacs-28
commit 225e0d6047de9576ee48ce612fcd561f818195aa
Author: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Commit: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>

    Correct etc/NEWS entry about bitmapped fonts
    
    * etc/NEWS: Don't say that bitmap font issues are due to Pango, that's
    not accurate.
---
 etc/NEWS | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 58c7c44a2b..84041d79c2 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ recommend examining any such warnings before you decide 
they are
 false.
 
 ** The Cairo graphics library is now used by default if present.
-'--with-cairo' is now the default, if the appropriate development files
-are found by 'configure'.  Note that building with Cairo means using
-Pango instead of libXFT for font support.  Since Pango 1.44 has
-removed support for bitmapped fonts, this may require you to adjust
-your font settings.
+'--with-cairo' is now the default, if the appropriate development
+files are found by 'configure'.  Building with Cairo is known to cause
+some problems with bitmap fonts.  This may require you to adjust your
+font settings, or to build with Xft support instead.
 
 Note also that 'FontBackend' settings in ".Xdefaults" or
 ".Xresources", or 'font-backend' frame parameter settings in your init



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