[Bug] Icons for Evil states and flymake status are cropped

[Dickby]

Thank you for the bug report

• I am using the latest version of doom-modeline related packages.
• I checked FAQ.
• You may also try reproduce the issue using clean environment and minimal configurations with
  the command emacs -Q.

Bug description

As the title states, the icons are cropped similar to the clock face that was fixed.
The Evil state icon is not always cropped, often after changing the evil state it is displayed correctly, after redisplaying it cropped again most of the time.

Steps to reproduce

Use doom-modeline and evil/flymake.

Expected behavior

Icons should not be cropped.

OS

Linux

Emacs Version

29 (dev)

Emacs Configurations

No response

Error callstack

No response

Anything else

Under Emacs Versions i chose 29(dev), the version i use is really GNU Emacs 30.0.50 of 2023-05-13, but there is not an option for that.

[Dickby]

I fixed the displaying of the evil-state icons by setting the faces :weight to 'thin after looking inside the fix for #626

[seagle0128]

Can you please provide screenshots?

[Dickby]

Shure!

1. As stated the evil-state-icon is fine if i use 'thin for the :weight attribute. Without that:
   
2. The flymake-icon:
   

[seagle0128]

@rainstormstudio Could you please take a look at this issue? I didn't observe this issue on my env. I guess it's related to the font and/or platform. All are mdicons.

[whame]

Check that you are not overriding any faces in your config (e.g. custom themes). I believe this is occurring when you have :weight bold on faces for the modeline. Setting :weight normal should fix this.

[seagle0128]

Check that you are not overriding any faces in your config (e.g. custom themes). I believe this is occurring when you have :weight bold on faces for the modeline. Setting :weight normal should fix this.

I agree. Generally bold weight causes this issue. @Dickby Please check.

[sewe2000]

I have the same issue. Besides, doom-modeline-mode slows my emacs configuration terribly.

[sewe2000]

Changing font weight didn't help.

[seagle0128]

I have the same issue. Besides, doom-modeline-mode slows my emacs configuration terribly.

Please use emacs -Q to reproduce and provide more info.

[sewe2000]

How should I use emacs -Q to solve my problem?
When I start emacs using my init file the icon on the left ( indicating evil-mode status ) is just an empty square. Then emacs becomes very slow for example when I'm typing. When I disable doom-modeline-mode in the M-x prompt the speed becomes normal. It happens in every buffer except Dashboard.

[sewe2000]

Here's my doom-modeline configuration in init.el:

(use-package nerd-icons)
;; Setting up doom-modeline
(use-package doom-modeline
 :ensure t
 :config
 (if (facep 'mode-line-active)
 (set-face-attribute 'mode-line-active nil :family "Symbols Nerd Fonts Mono"
 :height 120 :weight 'normal) ; For 29+
(set-face-attribute 'mode-line nil :family "Symbols Nerd Fonts Mono"
                                 :height 120 :weight 'normal))
(set-face-attribute 'mode-line-inactive nil :family "Symbols Nerd Fonts Mono"
                               :height 120 :weight 'normal)
(doom-modeline-mode 1))

;; doom themes
 (use-package doom-themes
 :init
(load-theme 'doom-city-lights t)) ;; loading the theme

[seagle0128]

@sewe2000 What OS are you using? And I don't think it's a good idea to customize mode-line faces with nerd fonts.

How should I use emacs -Q to solve my problem?

1. Use emacs -Q to start.
2. Eval the snippet below.

(package-initialize)
(setq inhibit-compacting-font-caches t) ;; If you are using Windows
(require 'nerd-icons)
(require 'doom-modeline)
(doom-modeline-mode 1)

[sewe2000]

I'm using Arch Linux. After starting via emacs -Q and evaluating the snippet the problem has gone, so I assume the fault is on the side of my config.

[seagle0128]

So I am closing this issue. If you still encounter the issue , please feel free to reopen it.

[LukeDRussell]

Thanks for answering this @seagle0128 . I had the same issue in a different context. Fix was the same.

I had installed Solarized Emacs. I couldn't figure out how to stop it from apply bold in the modeline, so I just disabled the theme.