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From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
Subject: Re: misc/11448: iso2-8x16.fnt VGA font 
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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.
 


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