Re: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Package naming preference for non-ttf formats (eg. PSF)
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Paul Sladen <pkg-fonts@paul.sladen.org> wrote:
> My apologies for not being more explicit. *In light of the on-going
> naming scheme change*, I would appreciate some guidance on what to
> call binary fonts of varying formats derived from the same (source)
> typeface.
>
> Having binary packages all called f-[f-]name but with different
> contents (for example, TTF, vs. PSF) doesn't work. I would appreciate
> some guidance, or suggestions on how to disambigute these. For
> example the inclusion of 'psf-' or 'console-' as a prefix, or postfix.
I think I would be putting all the formats in one package, or using
fonts-[foundtry]-fontname-console.
Are PSF files also used on the console on FreeBSD or Hurd?
> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=otf2bdf&searchon=contents
> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=bdf2psf&searchon=contents
> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=grub-mkfont&searchon=contents
Ah, good!
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bye,
pabs
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