On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:01:31PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 23:06 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > > I think using system fonts is fine. Current update-grub has logic to detect > > them, and enable them when present. It checks (via grub-probe) that GRUB > > will > > be able to read them before doing so. Additionaly, the grub.cfg it > > generates > > will instruct GRUB to fallback sanely to console when fonts aren't readable. > > You probably misunderstand. System fonts are located in BIOS. I think > it might also be possible to read them back from a VGA compatible card.
Sorry, I wasn't very explicit. When I said system fonts I meant e.g. unicode.pff. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
