From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzJ8-0000MG-0S for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:36:06 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzJ6-0000LR-1a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:36:04 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzJ1-0000Hk-JI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:36:03 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50613 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzJ1-0000He-8t for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:35:59 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:46341 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NCzJ0-0002gC-Si for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:35:59 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NCzIy-0007Tu-7A for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:35:56 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NCzIx-0008NA-Fp for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:35:55 +0100 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:35:55 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091124173555.GA32105@thorin> References: <20091124121027.GA317@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: fonts for gfxmenu, help needed X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:36:04 -0000 On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 04:27:13PM +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote: > > I suspect what you are asking is impossible. > > As far as I understand unifont is a single bitmap font in a single > pixel size and the tarball you sent contains multiple font faces in > multiple sizes. Any idea how were those fonts built, then? > It could be achieved by converting the said fonts rather than unifont > but it seems you want to avoid that for some reason. Why would I want to convert those fonts? My goal is figuring out how to provide suitable font files out of the usual selection of free fonts that is provided by distributors. So far I only know of unifont in this selection, but there's certainly more. Can you help? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."