Emacs-pgtk-native-comp-git has blurry fonts

Hi folks,

recently, I've noticed that GUI Emacs provided by emacs-pgtk-native-comp-git-29.0.50.157440-1, shows blurred/skewed/pixelated font variants (everything that's not plain, mono type is blurry).

Using GUI Emacs from the emacs package shows all the font variants (bold, regular++) just tine.

The emacs-pgtk-native-comp-git-29.0.50.157440-1 package: emacs -q

The standard emacs package: emacs -q

garuda-inxi

System:
Kernel: 5.18.3-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=73cc91be-cfee-4b5f-9747-22378b7a1a64 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=2f5aef14-eaa9-474e-93dc-1b31674d12ba:luks-2f5aef14-eaa9-474e-93dc-1b31674d12ba
root=/dev/mapper/luks-2f5aef14-eaa9-474e-93dc-1b31674d12ba splash
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: i3 v: 4.20.1 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20XWCTO1WW v: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 20XWCTO1WW serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO
v: N32ET75W (1.51 ) date: 12/02/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 52.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 52.8/57.0 Wh (92.7%)
volts: 17.2 min: 15.4 model: Celxpert 5B10W13974 type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 89
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Tiger Lake built: 2020 process: Intel 10nm family: 6
model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1157 high: 1404 min/max: 400/4800 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1404 2: 954 3: 1291
4: 1111 5: 886 6: 1251 7: 1210 8: 1155 bogomips: 47923
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21
ports: active: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,eDP-1
empty: DP-1, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 3-4:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b6ea class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.2
compositor: Compton driver: X: loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 7040x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1857x380mm (73.11x14.96")
s-diag: 1895mm (74.63")
Monitor-1: DP-2 mapped: DP2 pos: right model: Dell U2518D
serial: <filter> built: 2018 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 118 gamma: 1.2
size: 550x310mm (21.65x12.2") diag: 634mm (25") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI1 pos: center model: Dell U2518D
serial: <filter> built: 2018 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 118 gamma: 1.2
size: 550x310mm (21.65x12.2") diag: 634mm (25") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
Monitor-3: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 pos: primary,left model-id: CSO 0x1404
built: 2020 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2
size: 300x190mm (11.81x7.48") diag: 356mm (14") ratio: 16:10
modes: 1920x1200
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.1
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 5-1:2
chip-ID: 17ef:306a bus-ID: 00:1f.3 class-ID: 0300 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8
class-ID: 0403 serial: <filter>
Device-2: Lenovo ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock Audio type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.3-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.52 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Lenovo USB-C Hub type: USB driver: r8152 bus-ID: 2-2.1:5
chip-ID: 17ef:7214 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: enp0s13f0u2u1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Lenovo ThinkPad TBT3 LAN type: USB driver: r8152 bus-ID: 8-1:2
chip-ID: 17ef:3069 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: enp84s0u1 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: up speed: 10 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: virbr1 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: vnet0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 301.98 GiB (31.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVL21T0HCLR-00BL7 size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: AL2QGXA7 temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 301.97 GiB (31.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-2f5aef14-eaa9-474e-93dc-1b31674d12ba
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 11.8 MiB (3.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 301.97 GiB (31.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-2f5aef14-eaa9-474e-93dc-1b31674d12ba
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 301.97 GiB (31.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-2f5aef14-eaa9-474e-93dc-1b31674d12ba
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 301.97 GiB (31.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-2f5aef14-eaa9-474e-93dc-1b31674d12ba
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.06 GiB used: 936.2 MiB (2.9%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 4587 fan-2: 4576
Info:
Processes: 382 Uptime: 4d 21h 17m wakeups: 3324 Memory: 31.06 GiB
used: 10.73 GiB (34.6%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages:
note: see --pkg pacman: 1958 lib: 497 Shell: fish v: 3.4.1 default: Zsh
v: 5.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.18
Garuda (2.6.4-1):
System install date:     2021-12-22
Last full system update: 2022-06-21 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       None
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Snapshots:               Snapper
Failed units:            systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

Since when has this been the case?

Does it change after a reboot?

Did you search about in the WWW?

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This might actually be an issue with the application itself, it would be better to report this at either the AUR page or GitHub. We just build that package as-is from the AUR PKGBUILD :slight_smile:

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Does it change after a reboot?

I haven’t checked that. I thought that since it worked as expected when installing the emacs package and running it, a restart of the X session (or OS) wouldn’t affect the outcome.

Did you search about in the WWW?

Yes, I did, but my search foo wasn’t up to the task, didn’t find anything that matched exactly what I was after. The articles I found suggested that it was down to the font used, which it is not in my case.

Roger that. Thanks for the insight :smile:

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I’ve been away for 3 weeks on holiday, so I don’t know when this broke :disappointed: The only thing I now time wise, is that it worked before I went traveling.

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