From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzsf-00056d-2d for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:12:49 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzsX-0004xT-TV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:12:42 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzsR-0004nw-Fy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:12:40 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60822 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCzsR-0004nm-66 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:12:35 -0500 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:8583) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NCzsQ-00067r-Q6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:12:35 -0500 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so2823553fgb.12 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:12:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=0rjC/8lmf3F/8Nq3NAdao+rZUNsdYf4/iBnS/XdwANE=; b=m5qLuZC4fdbRR2rFxwm5091uKhfnvVN/55pa1T+/tlTINLHG32UGHZ2dWHefbuDubq ls0gSygufO72BS5SYM6+PjfuOjYnUiyPcKbDWYXtfFBlLaCtGIMSZOjl6EMG0cKS6P26 Qk+DLRKCAY4QqOy/nfeXzR+yDgfBjAQjixKjk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=ZXAbCYAYgJXLyY5zF0U34AIB2DGgDMEhT85QpvjAdkyghim4FFSaYe4AkpqySckaPB fAEIil0xYm3zNwuef6GwuP52MjvDtOfx1CuHcTQCKNM27PCD3hSoCgdhMJTlZc88yZsM wgzZ8HY+4e/HCk8U88aNNew24lW8BExauHNJ0= Received: by 10.86.209.13 with SMTP id h13mr5220040fgg.58.1259086353733; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:12:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (ifw-public-dock-27-dhcp.ethz.ch [82.130.79.27]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d4sm13903870fga.6.2009.11.24.10.12.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:12:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B0C2208.8000607@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:12:24 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <20091124121027.GA317@thorin> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig4D0C1DC8AD6FCEBF87E7D516" X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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 18:12:46 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4D0C1DC8AD6FCEBF87E7D516 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Michal Suchanek wrote: > 2009/11/24 Robert Millan : > =20 >> Hi, >> >> Help is needed in order to provide the last bit that will make gfxmenu= >> functional: fonts of multiple sizes. >> >> The sample tarball at http://grub.gibibit.com/files/overlay_2009-07-19= =2Etar.gz >> includes a set of prebuilt fonts. They were built using a Java utilit= y >> which ended up being replaced with grub-mkfont in our repository. >> >> In order to provide the basic infrastructure so that theme authors can= >> begin developing their artwork, we need GRUB to build fonts from the o= riginal >> unifont files (unifont.bdf or unifont.pcf.gz). >> >> Can someone figure out appropiate parameters for grub-mkfont, such tha= t >> when applied on unifont.bdf or unifont.pcf.gz they will output suitabl= e >> PF2 font files? A font file is suitable if it can be used to replace = the >> prebuilt ones in overlay_2009-07-19.tar.gz and its themes can still us= e >> them. >> =20 > > 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. > =20 While usually it's a bad idea to scale bitmap font it can be done and for our uses (mainly downscale and a bit of upscale) it may be appropriate for our usage. > It could be achieved by converting the said fonts rather than unifont > but it seems you want to avoid that for some reason. > > Thanks > > Michal > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > =20 --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig4D0C1DC8AD6FCEBF87E7D516 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iF4EAREKAAYFAksMIg8ACgkQNak7dOguQglrCwD/TWv7r0nuWpZ+qVpO7aJNEHGf ZvL0IiSjROK0GBUa4ocBALZGq/Vh7K1dr4gjEQfOMEChtatVwvyQlp9D29i0d+Zl =SwNz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4D0C1DC8AD6FCEBF87E7D516--