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28.2; can't select MacOS "System Font" using set-fontset-font

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From: Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 28.2; can't select MacOS "System Font" using set-fontset-font
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 05:00:48 +0000

After starting with emacs -q, I paste the following into my *scratch* buffer:

;; ; superscripts and subscripts: ¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹⁰ ₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉₀ ₘₙₚᵣₛₜₜ
(set-fontset-font t '(#x2070 . #x209C) "System Font" nil 'prepend)

There are subscript characters in the comment line above between U+2070
and U+209C. My default font doesn't render them.  I know that MacOS's
"System Font" is capable of rendering them however. When I do C-x C-e at
the end of the set-fontset-font line, nothing changes in emacs, but I
get numerous repeated messages on the Terminal saying things like

  2022-10-06 15:53:44.239 Emacs-arm64-11[19927:6935256] CoreText note: Client requested name ".SFNS-UltraCompressedLightG4", it will get Times-Roman rather than the intended font. All system UI font access should be through proper APIs such as CTFontCreateUIFontForLanguage() or +[NSFont systemFontOfSize:].

--
Michael



In GNU Emacs 28.2 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin21.1.0, NS appkit-2113.00 Version 12.0.1 (Build 21A559))
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Message #8 received at 58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au>
Cc: 58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58328: 28.2; can't select MacOS "System Font" using
 set-fontset-font
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:44:04 +0200

Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au> writes:

> After starting with emacs -q, I paste the following into my *scratch* buffer:
>
> ;; ; superscripts and subscripts: ¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹⁰ ₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉₀ ₘₙₚᵣₛₜₜ
> (set-fontset-font t '(#x2070 . #x209C) "System Font" nil 'prepend)

There is no font named "System Font" on my Mac.  You can use Font Book
to see what fonts you have.  Does it work with one of the fonts shown in
Font Book?

Message #13 received at 58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au>
To: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: "58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#58328: 28.2; can't select MacOS "System Font" using
 set-fontset-font
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 23:03:07 +0000

As per the exchange at 

  https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/431620/how-to-determine-which-font-is-being-used-to-render-a-specific-character-in-term

I am able to paste the subscripts into TextEdit, and when I move my cursor to the relevant character, it tells me that I'm using something called "System Font".

Michael

On 6/10/2022, 19:44, "Gerd Möllmann" <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> wrote:

    Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au> writes:

    > After starting with emacs -q, I paste the following into my *scratch* buffer:
    >
    > ;; ; superscripts and subscripts: ¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹⁰ ₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉₀ ₘₙₚᵣₛₜₜ
    > (set-fontset-font t '(#x2070 . #x209C) "System Font" nil 'prepend)

    There is no font named "System Font" on my Mac.  You can use Font Book
    to see what fonts you have.  Does it work with one of the fonts shown in
    Font Book?

Message #16 received at 58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au>
Cc: "58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#58328: 28.2; can't select MacOS "System Font" using
 set-fontset-font
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 07:01:34 +0200

Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au> writes:

> As per the exchange at 
>
>   https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/431620/how-to-determine-which-font-is-being-used-to-render-a-specific-character-in-term
>
> I am able to paste the subscripts into TextEdit, and when I move my
> cursor to the relevant character, it tells me that I'm using something
> called "System Font".

Well, I don't know what TextEdit does, and why.

But you didn't say if Font Book says about which fonts are there.  You
can start Font Book with Spotlight - Command-Space, enter font book, and
return.  Is there a font named "System Font".  If not, Emacs won't be
able to load that font.

If you want to know what font Terminal is using, start Terminal, invoke
Terminal > Preferences from the menu bar, select "Profiles" in the
dialog box, and the "Text" tab on the right side.  There you find it
under "Font".

Message #19 received at 58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au>
To: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: "58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#58328: 28.2; can't select MacOS "System Font" using
 set-fontset-font
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2022 05:51:46 +0000

On 7/10/2022, 16:01, "Gerd Möllmann" <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> wrote:

    Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au> writes:

    >
    > I am able to paste the subscripts into TextEdit, and when I move my
    > cursor to the relevant character, it tells me that I'm using something
    > called "System Font".

    Well, I don't know what TextEdit does, and why.

    But you didn't say if Font Book says about which fonts are there.  You
    can start Font Book with Spotlight - Command-Space, enter font book, and
    return.  Is there a font named "System Font".  If not, Emacs won't be
    able to load that font.

    If you want to know what font Terminal is using, start Terminal, invoke
    Terminal > Preferences from the menu bar, select "Profiles" in the
    dialog box, and the "Text" tab on the right side.  There you find it
    under "Font".

Both Terminal (and TextEdit) appear to be substituting in another font when the chosen font is not available for the given characters.  In particular, I set my font profile in Terminal to use Inconsolata, but it does not have those subscript characters, so I guess it falls back to the system font (it's pretty obvious that this is happening visually). Various sources indicate that this font (apparently also called San Francisco) is deliberately not available through font-pickers. See, for example,

   apple.stackexchange.com/questions/208849/is-there-a-user-font-for-san-francisco-in-el-capitan

Nonetheless, this used to work, and the error message indicates that whatever code Emacs is using is now deprecated, and that it should be doing something else. I appreciate that special-casing this particular font "name" might be a bit much to ask for.  (In the meantime, I will use DejaVu Sans Mono instead.)

Thanks,
Michael

Message #22 received at 58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au>
Cc: "58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <58328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#58328: 28.2; can't select MacOS "System Font" using
 set-fontset-font
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:35:34 +0200

Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au> writes:

>
>    apple.stackexchange.com/questions/208849/is-there-a-user-font-for-san-francisco-in-el-capitan

Thanks.

> Nonetheless, this used to work, and the error message indicates that
> whatever code Emacs is using is now deprecated, and that it should be
> doing something else. I appreciate that special-casing this particular
> font "name" might be a bit much to ask for.  (In the meantime, I will
> use DejaVu Sans Mono instead.)

Can you check if this still occurs with Emacs 29?  I think
this might actually have been cjamged already.

I believe Emacs HEAD can be installed with Homebrew, if you are using
brew.

Message #27 received at 58328-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 58328-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: bug#58328: 28.2;
 can't select MacOS "System Font" using set-fontset-font
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 02:29:05 -0700

Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Michael Norrish <u4087502 <at> anu.edu.au> writes:
>
>>
>>    apple.stackexchange.com/questions/208849/is-there-a-user-font-for-san-francisco-in-el-capitan
>
> Thanks.
>
>> Nonetheless, this used to work, and the error message indicates that
>> whatever code Emacs is using is now deprecated, and that it should be
>> doing something else. I appreciate that special-casing this particular
>> font "name" might be a bit much to ask for.  (In the meantime, I will
>> use DejaVu Sans Mono instead.)
>
> Can you check if this still occurs with Emacs 29?  I think
> this might actually have been cjamged already.
>
> I believe Emacs HEAD can be installed with Homebrew, if you are using
> brew.

No further updates within 9 months, so I'm going to assume this is
fixed.  I'm therefore closing this bug report.

If this conclusion is incorrect and this is still an issue, please reply
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