[bug #40323] GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support

Update of bug #40323 (project grub): Planned Release:None => 2.03+ ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Messag

[bug #40323] GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support

Follow-up Comment #8, bug #40323 (project grub): I'm not sure what you're looking for in a font, but I've grown to like the Droid font family (note: Android *no longer* uses this). ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #40323] GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support

Follow-up Comment #7, bug #40323 (project grub): If djvu font is non-free it has to be replaced. Can you recommend a widely-available free font with the similar characteristics? Having an option to disable themes would also be good. ___ Rep

[bug #40323] GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #40323 (project grub): Ok, I have modified the Gentoo ebuild to use system-independent copies of DejaVuSans and unifont. I think it is ok to close this bug. ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #40323] GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #40323 (project grub): "... no copy of one or more of the Font Software typefaces may be sold by itself." @floppym, normally that workaround would just make the GRUB package non-free, but I suppose in this case it'd work since the usage by GRUB's build results in a compl

[bug #40323] GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #40323 (project grub): > As for djvu it's optional and needed only for theme. configure auto-detects its presence with no way to disable it manually. Therefore, in order to consistently build a package, I must ensure that DejaVu is always present at build time. If ther

[bug #40323] GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #40323 (project grub): I don't see where it's forbidden, it only forbids usage of the name for the sale. ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #40323] GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #40323 (project grub): Dejavu's license is non-free because it forbids sale of the font itself. ___ Reply to this item at: ___

[bug #40323] GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #40323 (project grub): Unifont is the only monospace font with complete BMP support, we need it for console. Currently, as far as I'm aware there is no free font with same properties. You don't have to register unifont with your system, just having a file in standard or b

[bug #40323] GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support

URL: Summary: GRUB 2 depends on specific fonts when used with truetype support Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: lukedashjr Submitted on: Mon 21 Oct 2013 01:33:20 GMT Category: None