> From: Joel Reicher <joel.reic...@gmail.com> > Cc: help-emacs-windows@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:54:55 +1100 > > Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> writes: > > >> From: Joel Reicher <joel.reic...@gmail.com> > >> Cc: help-emacs-windows@gnu.org > >> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:55:00 +1100 > >> > >>> No, I just discovered that 'ps-font-family' is 'Courier', and > >>> it seems that things cannot change much. See for example: > >>> > >>> https://www.gnu.org/software//emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/PostScript-Variables.html > >> > >> "Legitimate values include ‘Courier’, ‘Helvetica’, > >> ‘NewCenturySchlbk’, ‘Palatino’ and ‘Times’." > >> > >> Wow. So basically `ps-spool-buffer-with-faces' does not quite > >> do what is says on the tin? > >> > >> Perhaps the documentation should be modified? > > > > Which parts of the doc string are inaccurate, in your opinion? > > "Like the command ‘ps-spool-buffer’, but includes *font*, color, > and underline information in the generated image." > > (Emphasis mine) > > Wouldn't most people interpret that as the postscript containing > the same font as the buffer, and unconditionally so?
Not me, at least. It doesn't say that the fonts and the colors are the same as in the buffer. And frankly, I don't understand why people would expect the font and the colors to be the same. Why would I expect the PostScript printer to use the same fonts I see on the screen, when the former are fonts known to the printer (and using the resolution of the printer), whereas the latter are fonts installed on my computer, with resolution of my screen? Likewise with colors: why would I expect to see the same colors if my PostScript printer is black and white?
