[Bug 699750] Re: Rebuild 16x16.fnt CD menu font from Ubuntu Font Family

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Rebuild 16x16.fnt CD menu font from Ubuntu Font Family

Status in “gfxboot-theme-ubuntu” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “gfxboot-theme-ubuntu” source package in Oneiric:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gfxboot-theme-ubuntu

  Investigate switching the '16x16.fnt' used for the boot menu on the
  CDs to a bitmap rendering generated from the Ubuntu Font Family.  It
  will re-enforce the Ubuntu style and branding from the first visible
  screen.  Currently the screen looks like:

    http://www.hackourlife.com/wp-
  content/uploads/2010/10/Ubuntu-10.10_0011.jpeg

  Rebuilding the font has in the past only been done rarely and
  manually; it is not part of the normal Debian package build process.
  Rules added by cjwatson to do it can be accessed via 'make font' and
  are in the Makefile in the top-level of the 'gfxboot-theme-ubuntu'
  source.  The theme package is common to all Ubuntu derivatives; it
  contains the font and codebase but not logos or textual information
  which are provided by other packages, so only one package would need
  to be updated.

  The '16x16.fnt' is currently 62kB (~42kB compressed) and should be
  much the same afterwards unless the amount of coverage was
  significantly increased, although this is not envisioned.  The manual
  font rebuild process uses a utility called 'mkblfont' which can be
  found in the 'gfxboot' package for distributions up until lucid, after
  which which it seems to have vanished.  The Ubuntu Font Family
  rendering would preferably be done using the bi-level hinted forms to
  get a good rendering in the correct format.

  At the same time, it may be desirable to tweak the colour scheme to
  those in the Ubuntu palette (warm and light grays); but this is less
  about the platform and may be better done in individual themes.

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