On patching usplash, boot times and Live CD

[Michiel Sikma]

Adam Conrad wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 03:32:25PM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>A little question (I'm unable to check this right now as I'm at  
>>>work): was a new font added to usplash?
>>>    
>>
>>I didn't notice a change, no, but the person to ask would obviously be Adam.
>>  
> 
> I opted for not changing the font at this point, since the changed
> metrics mean I'd have to go through each and every string possibly
> printed by init scripts in main and make sure they fit, or suffer the
> wrath of people who spent so much time trying to make that pretty over
> the last few months.
> 
> When edgy opens up, I do intend to stuff Michiel's font in there, since
> it's a fair bit less ugly than the one we're using.
> 
> ... Adam
> 

If the font's leading can be two pixels, I can make it a lot prettier by 
fixing up the ugly three-legged letters. I guess I'll also have time to 
put in better support for special characters then.

Michiel