Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 23:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/11448: iso2-8x16.fnt VGA font Message-ID: <199906230610.XAA03828@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/11448; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: adam@whizkidtech.net Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: misc/11448: iso2-8x16.fnt VGA font Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:11:44 +0900 >>Number: 11448 >>Category: misc >>Synopsis: Better looking VGA font for iso2 >>Confidential: no >>Severity: non-critical >>Priority: low >>Responsible: freebsd-bugs >>State: open >>Quarter: >>Keywords: >>Date-Required: >>Class: change-request >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Sun May 2 07:30:01 PDT 1999 >>Closed-Date: >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: G. Adam Stanislav >>Release: FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386 >>Organization: >Whiz Kid Technomagic >>Environment: > > VGA > >>Description: > >The VGA font for iso2 that is currently distributed with FreeBSD >(iso02-8x16.fnt) is an old font with a problem: It shrinks all >capital letters when it fits an accent mark over them. That is not >in line with traditional typography of languages using iso2 charset. /usr/share/syscons/fonts has another ISO 2 font file: iso-8859-2-8x16.fnt. Is this version also unsatisfactory to you? Kazu yokota@FreeBSD.org >I have derived a new VGA font which looks just like the old one but >does not shrink the caps. I am not suggesting it should necessarily >replace the old font - you may offer people a choice. However, I do >suggest to make my font the default iso2 8x16 font when installing >FreeBSD and choosing an iso2 language. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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