From 5d43ffe3d9926aabf5228eec2cff34d6445fd73c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:40:33 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add a para on buggy monospaced fonts to the FAQ --- docs/faq.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 34dbf87ee..d7c05a420 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ As of version 0.40 kitty has innovated a :doc:`new protocol how many cells a character is rendered in thereby solving the issue of character width once and for all. +Similarly, some monospaced font families are buggy and have bold or italic +faces that have characters wider than the width of the normal face, these +will also result in clipping. Such issues should be reported to the font +developer. Monospaced font families must have all their characters rendered +within a fixed width across all faces of the font, otherwise they aren't really +monospaced. + Using a color theme with a background color does not work well in vim? -----------------------------------------------------------------------