Re: [PATCH] fonts: Add 6x10 font

From: Tomi Valkeinen
Date: Tue Sep 30 2014 - 05:42:11 EST


Hi,

On 09/09/14 14:46, Maarten ter Huurne wrote:
> This font is suitable for framebuffer consoles on devices with a
> 320x240 screen, to get a reasonable number of characters (53x24) that
> are still at a readable size.
>
> The font is derived from the existing 6x11 font, but gets 3 extra
> lines without sacrificing readability. Also I redesigned a some glyhps
> so they are more distinct and better fill the available space.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maarten ter Huurne <maarten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/font.h | 4 +-
> lib/fonts/Kconfig | 9 +
> lib/fonts/Makefile | 1 +
> lib/fonts/font_6x10.c | 3086 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> lib/fonts/fonts.c | 4 +
> 5 files changed, 3103 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 lib/fonts/font_6x10.c

I think the patch is fine, but there hasn't been any comments or acks
for this. I'm a bit reluctant to add this much data to the kernel if
there are no users (except you) for this.

So I'd like to hear at least one "yeah, I could maybe use that font"
from someone =).

Tomi


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