From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NDgFg-0000I9-TU for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:27:24 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDgFe-0000GN-BV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:27:22 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDgFZ-0000Db-Lj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:27:21 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46270 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDgFZ-0000DX-Ak for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:27:17 -0500 Received: from mail-qy0-f196.google.com ([209.85.221.196]:55616) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NDgFZ-000720-8f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:27:17 -0500 Received: by qyk34 with SMTP id 34so405777qyk.14 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:27:16 -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 :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=A/bOVmgwPSVlJ/nuhGEUm3TogdjgAsLw6z5LWCd7qmk=; b=hFNo6/NXZQGa1csSsLFDFm0t6a1yKPMTQaG4ci0FSBrVzc0k0Xc23sTlfWM9Utsf+V m1CXY0TQ4Zaf+0xPbfmO0hPTdahc7qh4w+V+4bkCc80PK4FqJOMKuBANhXBesjX++Eb3 gcdGaQmEdBMfomL+lvmQORI5R7K9UQVp7iSRU= 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:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=V0j2LjVBCKVuhqhz5NrrZxj+2DUydd26+NK0HGkgid8gmrG7Nix8erMg5j6Il4s0Gr ye1o+VwZWwU0mJKJelqP4dB/66Bu+7wsCtgAFeHfYxluDuMSLkpeiTTnoecIHm0haxGq ugSoL4l2ytV6ZuRKLUAehsCPWXRfyP9Ae814E= Received: by 10.224.20.210 with SMTP id g18mr4756385qab.325.1259249236551; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:27:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.5? (c-65-96-156-243.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [65.96.156.243]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm617764qyk.1.2009.11.26.07.27.14 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:27:15 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B0E9E51.4090803@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:27:13 -0500 From: Qianqian Fang User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <4B0E062F.6000000@gmail.com> <1259226689.2847.3.camel@fz.local> In-Reply-To: <1259226689.2847.3.camel@fz.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:27:22 -0000 Felix Zielcke wrote: > Even with the old .pff font format the whole unicode was possible but it > was just slow IIRC. > At least it was slow with first version of .pf2 or grub-mkfont. > The .pf2 format itself is bitmap but see below. As input for grub-mkfont > they can be TTF. > that's great, does the font have to be monospaced (or dual-width for CJK)? what code point range you want this CJK font file to provide? CJK glyphs only? > As input format for grub-mkconf we support everything libfreetype > supports, so TTF too. > I guess you meant grub-mkfont. If that's the case, i.e. grub can handle gray-scale bitmaps, then, use grub-mkconf to convert WenQuanYi Micro Hei (Mono) will be my second recommendation next to the wqy bitmap song solution. If grub happens to use fontconfig to handle fallback relationship, you do need to be aware about this bug, as fontconfig does not have everything to handle sfnt ttf format: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23336