[Pkg-fonts-devel] Package naming preference for non-ttf formats (eg. PSF)

Paul Sladen pkg-fonts at paul.sladen.org
Fri Jul 15 11:53:16 UTC 2011


On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > ... which is from before the renaming scheme started.
> > ...
> > ... Does it fit with the current naming scheme?
> I guess you didn't notice,

My apologies for not being more explicit.  *In light of the on-going
naming scheme change*, I would appreciate some guidance on what to
call binary fonts of varying formats derived from the same (source)
typeface.

Having binary packages all called f-[f-]name but with different
contents (for example, TTF, vs. PSF) doesn't work.  I would appreciate
some guidance, or suggestions on how to disambigute these.  For
example the inclusion of 'psf-' or 'console-' as a prefix, or postfix.

> do the tools for building console fonts still exist in Debian?

  http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=otf2bdf&searchon=contents
  http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=bdf2psf&searchon=contents
  http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=grub-mkfont&searchon=contents
  ...

	-Paul





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