Alacritty: Support for different size of fallback fonts.

Created on 14 Jun 2017  路  3Comments  路  Source: alacritty/alacritty

Although the current master still hasn't supported fallback fonts in config file on Linux, as a CJK font user, it would great if I could specify different size for fallback fonts, like as follows in urxvt:

URxvt.font: \
    xft:Inconsolata-12, \
    xft:PowerlineSymbols-12, \
    xft:Source Han Sans TC Normal-11

The current alacritty typography:
2017-06-14-012051_558x174_scrot

My urxvt typography:
2017-06-14-012106_560x173_scrot

This is due to fact that sometimes the monospace terminal font does not suit well with CJK font for the same size, so there could be some minor adjustment.

This project is very promising and I'm looking forward to proper display of wide char fonts (including emojis) which urxvt cannot handle very well (urxvt is notoriously bad at such wide char typography, so there are patches that only partially fix the problem). I'm also willing to help with either testing or coding.

S - config S - font enhancement

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This feature is also useful for supporting special glyphs, such as emoji or powerline symbols, which may not work well with the default scaling of existing fonts. I could help after this issue is resolved: https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/issues/606.

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This feature is also useful for supporting special glyphs, such as emoji or powerline symbols, which may not work well with the default scaling of existing fonts. I could help after this issue is resolved: https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/issues/606.

Closing, since it's covered by #957

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