On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Paul Wise wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Paul Sladen <pkg-fo...@paul.sladen.org> > wrote: > > 'psf-' or 'console-' as a prefix, or postfix. > using fonts-[foundry]-fontname-console.
Okay-dokey, '-console' is certainly a possibility then. > I think I would be putting all the formats in one package, The downside of an all-in-one binary package has the potential for a large negative impact on minimal or server image sizes; the bitmap fonts in question (for Ubuntu Mono Regular) are ~10 kilobytes each; the intermediate BDF text-based format is ~150 kB. For a server/non-X system, it doesn't make sense to install four megabytes of .ttf files just for the framebuffer usage.[1][2] > Are PSF files also used on the console on FreeBSD or Hurd? PSF (for Linux 'setfont') might be a sub-optimal example. I believe that FreeBSD uses 'vidcontrol' and '.fnt' files, although I'm not sure whether this .fnt has combinality with anything else. A better example would be the bitmap formats encoded for each of Bterm(Debian installer)/Grub/gfxboot, where the usefulness of the bitmap font format is not tied to kernel-specific loading utilities. -Paul [1] Note that the situation would be similar for webfonts, where there are several different encoding are required for different browsers. You wouldn't want to ship them unless required and when running a webserver serving said webfonts. [2] If you're wondering why, it's so that it's possible to easily set the default Ubuntu (server) look-and-feel... and it's preferable, wherever possible, to have an optional additional package to seed/install, rather than to create a delta vs. Debian/upstream. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/724022 Title: Wishlist: Enable use of Ubuntu Mono as .psf console-setup font To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+bug/724022/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs