On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 01:20 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Evgeny Kolesnikov wrote: > > > If we really care about speed we should use 1-bit fonts. Nothing can be > > faster. And 1-bit fonts will stay here. > > > > But if we care about eye-candy view, we should not throw away any bits > > from FT library result. This will not be fast enough to replace 1-bit > > fonts, and it will differ from other desktop apps. So, what the profit? > > > > You also may concern about font size itsef (15-30 Mb for sub-pixel AA), > > but who really care about it when 1 Tb HDD costs less than 100$? Also we > > can gzip entire font file later if it will really be the problem. > > Actually I don't understand why AA fonts are needed for a screen that > most users will look at for about 3 seconds to select their OS and boot. > > I suspect most distros will set up grub to skip the GRUB screen completely. > > Is the effort worth the cost? I suppose doing it 'because you can' or > because someone is 'scratching and itch' is OK, but I don't think it > should be a major consideration.
I can ask you only one thing: Bruce how your apartment's door is looks like? Is it a piece of rusted metal plate with number scratched out with screwdriver on it and wire soldered to use as handle? You use it only for reaching you home, 3-6 seconds (if you not drunk like a fish, of course :)... Anyway AA fonts completely optional. _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel