Re: [PATCH] Converter for the new font engine

[Bean]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Colin D Bennett <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:18:15 +0200
> Vesa Jääskeläinen <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Bean wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > This patch converts existing font to pf2. It uses the freetype2
>> > library, so it can support most common file format, like bdf,
>> > pcf.gz, ttf, etc.
>
> Wow!  Thanks, Bean.  That is great!
>
>> > Usage: grub-mkfont [OPTIONS] FONT_FILES
>> >
>> > Options:
>> >   -o, --output=FILE_NAME    set output file name
>> >   -i, --index=N             set font index
>> >   -n, --name=S              set font name
>> >   -s, --size=N              set font size
>> >   -d, --desc=N              set font descent
>> >   -b, --bold                convert to bold font
>> >   -a, --auto-hint           enable autohint
>> >   --no-bitmap               don't use bitmap glyth
>> >   -h, --help                display this message and exit
>> >   -V, --version             print version information and exit
>> >   -v, --verbose             print verbose message
>>
>> Whoa... that was fast. I hope Colin didn't start yet with his
>> implementation.
>
> Nope, I didn't.  And I guess I won't bother making the Java converter
> build with gcj in the GRUB makefile.

Hi Colin,

BTW, there seems to be some new tags in the pf2 file created by java
converter, perhaps you can update the wiki page sometime ?

The new patch contains small bug fix for the device_width variable.

-- 
Bean

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