Re: [i8n] Latin 2 fonts need modification in rootdisk.sh
On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 10:46:32PM +0000, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
> Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@bittersweet.inetarena.com>:
> > Risko> I stopped arguing about iso02g.psf in console-data package, because it's
> > Risko> unneccesary. We can use consolechars --font lat2u-16 -u lat1u command to
> > Risko> see all of the graphics characters and latin 2 characters well.
I disagree. The iso*g fonts were made for two reasons: first, the
lat2u-16 font doesn't display correctly on VGA cards, and second,
(IMHO) it looks very, very ugly.
> At about the time slink was being prepared someone produced some fonts
> that abused the SFM (meaning that the console wouldn't work in UTF-8
> mode). Are iso02g.psf and iso03g.psf still those same fonts?
Yes (that someone would be me). A few notes, though:
* lat2-u+lat1 also "abuses" the SFM.
* AFAIK, we have no better solution other than "abusing" the SFM. (I
don't think using UTF-8 is an option.) UTF-8 users (which are rare
anyway) can simply change the font if they mind.
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