[nc] Ship Ubuntu Mono .psf as default console font in Ubuntu 11.10
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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fonts-ubuntu (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Further to bug #724022 ("Wishlist: Enable use of Ubuntu Mono as .psf console-setup font"), Mark Shuttleworth requested that that Ubuntu Mono bitmaps be used as the default Ubuntu Mono font for console use in Ubuntu 11.10.
"<sabdfl> fonts-ubuntu-
Ubuntu 11.10 Hard Freeze is in 32 hours time. This would require:
1. Upstream release of Ubuntu Font Family 0.80. A release candidate has been out for a couple of days with no reports of show stoppers (https:/
2. Distro upload of Ubutu Font Family 0.80 minus Medium for oneiric
3. Accepting 'fonts-
4. Promoting 'fonts-
5. MIR for 'otf2bdf'
6. MIR for 'bdf2psf'
7. Adjusting of seeds to add 'fonts-
8. Increasing CD/Image size by 18 kB in all cases. (By not building Italic/Bold Italic this would decrease to ~10 kB)
This would get 'consolefonts' installed, but would require users to manually install it. This would not require changes to screenshots or documentation adjusts as nothing in the default has changed. To subsequently set as default would require:
9. '/var/lib/
10. We don't have sufficient glyph coverage to replace all of these.
11. The snapshot of the hinted Ubuntu Mono fonts from Vincent Connare/Dalton Maag on 2011-09-22 are a vast improvement, but are still a work in progress.
12. Regenerating Ubuntu server screenshots
13. Adjusting documentation slightly, although likely minor
summary: |
- Ship Ubuntu Mono .psf as default console font in Ubuntu 11.10 + [nc] Ship Ubuntu Mono .psf as default console font in Ubuntu 11.10 |
affects: | ubuntu-font-family-sources (Ubuntu) → fonts-ubuntu (Ubuntu) |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.