Re: [Debian-in-workers] Re: GTK frontend update and maybe time for an experimental netinst cd?
> > What about a realy special font that contains _only_ the glyphs
> > necessary to display all the countries' names?
> >
> > Then load the font, when necessary into the RAM, from the CD?
> >
>
> This way we'll need to include only that font package udeb in the
> initrd, since other fonts will be retrived later from cdrom, right?
Exactly :)
> This could be a good idea: is this possible to do? and WHO is going to
> do it?
I have a link, and if he is not able to do it, he might point us to
someone who can.
> i suppose we'll have to tell fontconfig to use the proper fonts instead
> of the hacky-one after they are loaded from cd, too: is there any
> fontconfig expert here?
Mişu Moldovan added two glyphs to ttf-dejavu font, so he has some
experience with font editing, but he is no guru and I am not sure he
has the time
Mişu:
This thread starts here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/09/msg00202.html
The idea is that we need a font which can display all the names of
countries/languages that debian-installer supports which is small
enough to fit on the initrd image.
Can you help us with this problem? If not, can you point us to someone who can?
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Regards,
EddyP
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