Re: Fonts...
On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 01:46:15 +0100, Pavel Makovec wrote:
> J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) napsal:
> > Console: I don't think this is possible. The console uses VGA fonts.
> > These are limited to 512 characters.
>
> that explains unicode mapping. I hope we are not stuck with vga forever.
> (current cards have 2/4mb minimum.)
If I understand things correctly, the 2.2 kernel will support a "framebuffer
device" for the console (i.e. running the console in graphics mode), which
most likely will take away the 512 glyphs limit of VGA fonts.
Ray
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