From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NfsFu-0001R5-Sc for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:56:10 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NfsFt-0001Qm-7i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:56:09 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50766 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NfsFs-0001QX-52 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:56:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NfsFo-0004YZ-CC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:56:05 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f228.google.com ([209.85.219.228]:59667) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NfsFo-0004YS-60 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:56:04 -0500 Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so934928ewy.8 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:56:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=oiOi8RhMk+UbHi4gc06FqBrUVCG6JmIbFtbsoY6/LCc=; b=fcQvqD5M4BRYZKnNRO3cYIleEKqCRXOVjABAOxKXpQnJFBs5MgvKD5H6rXRHPmj19W C461BOwQm4pi+oJrp7/3qv18li4gLZq4Vu3BwyWncSgeW31mRsJRkxcnxsCMs8n1SaQV wPEyCIDlza3GbzcD4XQcZdr0mR8FciAXKnxVU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=XwOwHfPpfuwcEtOe07V/BG7tAtOWDKFSy7g1bXZEDgr9Ck1H07RpNGhTLUZURnVo9r 7759AcdKALfZ8rOLk1JqL5XXQSjgxe9nsteJxqXKmD3U6tFAdJjvxaGnB4Ok5rIfxIHl DXmcUklToWPnH9aKEprLRj4FEQvujcX4GV4vw= Received: by 10.213.52.131 with SMTP id i3mr37816ebg.68.1265968562949; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:56:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (78.99.63.81.cust.bluewin.ch [81.63.99.78]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm7713512eyh.0.2010.02.12.01.56.01 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:56:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B7525A9.6080701@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:55:53 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <4B585690.8090602@gmail.com> <1264160815.29881.61.camel@EK> <4B5EB1A5.5040200@gmail.com> <1264500247.3195.22.camel@EK> <1265958489.2292.33.camel@EK> <4B750134.4090203@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B750134.4090203@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigEDED4B5CED7FCC30920C3386" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: Antialiased fonts patch. X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:56:09 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigEDED4B5CED7FCC30920C3386 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Evgeny Kolesnikov wrote: > >> If we really care about speed we should use 1-bit fonts. Nothing can b= e >> faster. And 1-bit fonts will stay here. >> >> But if we care about eye-candy view, we should not throw away any bits= >> from FT library result. This will not be fast enough to replace 1-bit >> fonts, and it will differ from other desktop apps. So, what the profit= ? >> >> You also may concern about font size itsef (15-30 Mb for sub-pixel AA)= , >> but who really care about it when 1 Tb HDD costs less than 100$? Also = we >> can gzip entire font file later if it will really be the problem. > > Actually I don't understand why AA fonts are needed for a screen that > most users will look at for about 3 seconds to select their OS and boot= =2E > > I suspect most distros will set up grub to skip the GRUB screen > completely. > > Is the effort worth the cost? I suppose doing it 'because you can' or > because someone is 'scratching and itch' is OK, but I don't think it > should be a major consideration. > I agree with you. Same is true for the whole gfxmenu. However for some esoteric reasons people care. But on the other hand anitaliasing may improve readability of complex rendered system e.g. diacritics, vowel marks and Indic scripts > -- Bruce > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enigEDED4B5CED7FCC30920C3386 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iF4EAREKAAYFAkt1JbAACgkQNak7dOguQgltvAD9HV2NXVAHb3xaoyIWhJhE2MFK iGC+15TCBfWy6o9Z5pkBALCGRk7+GHNX9Gwz6Lfp1Dc9yB6OTJkGLCWvF3gtrCo0 =Fteu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigEDED4B5CED7FCC30920C3386--