From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NEnIS-0001pU-5Y for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:10:52 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NEnIP-0001nc-TJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:10:50 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NEnIJ-0001lU-Rc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:10:48 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49506 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NEnIJ-0001lJ-Iu for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:10:43 -0500 Received: from mail-qy0-f178.google.com ([209.85.221.178]:36131) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NEnIJ-000302-9g for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:10:43 -0500 Received: by qyk8 with SMTP id 8so1302455qyk.24 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:10:42 -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=y3tD5CP1mv7GcprXDFeAuXzKPikIV6B70ZA76AkCqHY=; b=niDg/MJvyipDLtZm6EV6zCRRSTA6IXwgBzeFEkdAx+DVOZv0wUuB3SYqGfD8BN7nJD PjtavKGOE+GntRG+R4SUCtW2uB6z70NMtp+eWhT2Jm5K6yNyhsY1WIaInMiivCT+cPII Nl1nLGexAyI0awAoJ+iI8bYE82deZnnpFgFZg= 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=mIuagC+BRXXevr6gr/UMxSvLgA0vMvLrBmOMGGr/n51ClcOMYL38JL8B84TrPgG3ip c7EP7HmD9ykZI9D85fAj4H+GjL/y18SSltTw3F/0n8e2fH0Z0a2HqurZCYHDeas1kmh0 V/47TwKLvCZiYX07dMAeex38G2IvXOv6UJLEg= Received: by 10.224.72.90 with SMTP id l26mr1630221qaj.92.1259514640991; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:10:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.5? (c-24-128-82-101.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.128.82.101]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm9270040qwf.14.2009.11.29.09.10.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:10:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B12AB0E.5030606@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:10:38 -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> <4B0E9E51.4090803@gmail.com> <4B0F21C8.3@gmail.com> <4B108113.5010407@gmail.com> <4B11A7A8.9010404@gmail.com> <4B129DE3.6010009@gmail.com> <4B129FE5.9090701@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B129FE5.9090701@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:10:50 -0000 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Is it possible to have a font with only these characters plus if > necessary some computer-specific characters? I don't expect users to > write poems in grub and so such reduced font would be well-suited for > applications when size matters (e.g. embedding grub2 into flash rom) > certainly we can. However the problem is I don't have char-frequency statistics for Japanese Kanji/Korean Hanja, also even for Chinese, it's from 1980s. We can try IICore [1], which has about 10,000 char. [1] http://www.ogcio.gov.hk/ccli/eng/structure/iicorecompare.html > Another question: are glyphs imported into unifont from ttf fonts are > vector-based? > no, they are manually drawn, similar for WenQuanYi's bitmaps. Only that way, you can ensure the clearest look in small glyph sizes (and it took years).