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Sample the mono spaced fonts in Emacs, printing the same line in different mono fonts
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(defun font-is-mono-p (font-name) | |
(string-match "-mono-" font-name)) | |
(defun compare-monospace-fonts () | |
"Display a list of all monospace font faces. Tested on MS Windows 10." | |
(interactive) | |
(pop-to-buffer "*Monospace Fonts*") | |
(erase-buffer) | |
(dolist (font-name (x-list-fonts "*")) | |
(if (and (font-is-mono-p font-name) | |
(ignore-errors (font-spec :name font-name))) | |
(progn | |
(newline) | |
(insert | |
(propertize (concat "1 l; 0 O o [ < = > ] " font-name ")\n") | |
'font-lock-face `((:family ,(format "%s" (font-get (font-spec :name font-name) :family))) | |
(:font (font-spec :name font-name))))))))) | |
;; See the following for more details | |
;; https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/50215/8887 | |
;; and also see the following on a recent GNU/Linux or similar system: | |
;; /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html | |
;; for the explanation of spacing=100 | |
;; also see the following UNIX StackExchange answer: | |
;; https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/363368/13105 | |
(defun compare-monospace-font-families () | |
"Display a list of all monospace font faces. Tested on GNU/Linux." | |
(interactive) | |
(pop-to-buffer "*Monospace Fonts*") | |
(erase-buffer) | |
(dolist (font-name (seq-filter (lambda (font) | |
(when-let ((info (font-info font))) | |
(string-match-p "spacing=100" (aref info 1)))) | |
(font-family-list))) | |
(insert | |
(propertize (concat "1 l; 0 O o [ < = > ] " font-name ")\n") | |
'font-lock-face `((:family | |
,(format "%s" (font-get (font-spec :name font-name) :family)))))))) |
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