emacs-configuration/snippets/properly-aligned-org-mode-tables-with-cjk-characters.org

Org mode specific config

;; Set a font, in which CJK characters are twice the width of for ;; example ASCII characters, to enable better alignment in org mode ;; tables.

(add-hook 'org-mode-hook (function (lambda () ;; Only do the following in graphical mode, as it will ;; break when using emacs in terminal mode. (when (display-graphic-p) ;; Sarasa font is from https://github.com/be5invis/Sarasa-Gothic. ;; (buffer-face-set cjk-monospaced-font) (setq buffer-face-mode-face '(:family "Sarasa Mono CL" :weight normal :height 110)) (buffer-face-mode)))))

Font configuration

;; A fontset font seems to be a font, which is used for a specific set of ;; characters, which can be associated with a particular language. Using fontset ;; font settings, it should be possible to set a font per langugage, as is ;; probably done on the Emacs HELLO page.

;; Only do the following in graphical mode, as it will break when ;; using emacs in terminal mode. (when (display-graphic-p) (progn (push `("Sarasa Mono CL" . ,(/ 16.0 13.0)) face-font-rescale-alist) (dolist (charset '(kana han symbol cjk-misc bopomofo)) (set-fontset-font "fontset-default" charset (font-spec :family "Sarasa Mono CL" :weight 'normal)))))