Re: master 371c4f642a 1/2: Add new commands to zoom emojis

[Arash Esbati]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org>
>> Cc: larsi@gnus.org,  juri@linkov.net,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:15:59 +0200
>> 
>> Is there another way to tell Emacs "Use a reduced size for Emojis, but
>> be flexible when requested otherwise?"  So basically behave like the
>> definition above for `default'?
>
> Not that I know of, no.  Basically, the only reliable way of affecting
> how Emacs displays non-ASCII characters is via fontsets, and those
> doesn't allow relative sizes.  A missing feature, I guess.  All the
> face-attributes stuff we have only affects how ASCII characters are
> displayed.

Thanks for the clarification.  I agree, sounds like a missing feature.
It would be nice to keep the line height constant when using different
fonts for Emojis or Symbola etc.

Best, Arash