From: "Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make the unifont FONT_SOURCE configurable as --with-unifont=FILE
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:27:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F8E8918.9080405@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F7F29EE.8080808@kiilerich.com>
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On 06.04.2012 19:37, Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> Fonts might be located in different locations,
If so, please supply the relevant locations. It's usually a bad idea to
make user to think about where a file X is located on his system.
> and the default fonts (Unifont and DejaVu Sans)
> are not available on all systems or other fonts might be preferred.
>
There are reasons why exactly these fonts are chosen and their use in
GRUB differs.
Unifont is chosen for comprehensive BMP coverage, while DejaVu Sans was
chosen as a part of starfield theme design.
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-06 17:37 [PATCH] Make the unifont FONT_SOURCE configurable as --with-unifont=FILE Mads Kiilerich
2012-04-18 9:27 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko [this message]
2012-04-18 9:32 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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