linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fonts: Add 6x10 font

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Message-ID: <54364F08.8050006@ti.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Oct 2014 12:02:00 +0300
From:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
To:	Maarten ter Huurne <maarten@...ewalker.org>
CC:	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Apelete Seketeli <apelete@...eteli.net>,
	<linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fonts: Add 6x10 font

On 08/10/14 10:25, Maarten ter Huurne wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 September 2014 12:41:46 Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 09/09/14 14:46, Maarten ter Huurne wrote:
>>> This font is suitable for framebuffer consoles on devices with a
>>> 320x240 screen, to get a reasonable number of characters (53x24) that
>>> are still at a readable size.
>>>
>>> The font is derived from the existing 6x11 font, but gets 3 extra
>>> lines without sacrificing readability. Also I redesigned a some glyhps
>>> so they are more distinct and better fill the available space.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Maarten ter Huurne <maarten@...ewalker.org>
>>> ---
>>>
>>>  include/linux/font.h  |    4 +-
>>>  lib/fonts/Kconfig     |    9 +
>>>  lib/fonts/Makefile    |    1 +
>>>  lib/fonts/font_6x10.c | 3086
>>>  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ lib/fonts/fonts.c   
>>>   |    4 +
>>>  5 files changed, 3103 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 lib/fonts/font_6x10.c
>>
>> I think the patch is fine, but there hasn't been any comments or acks
>> for this. I'm a bit reluctant to add this much data to the kernel if
>> there are no users (except you) for this.
> 
> Are you counting end users, developers or projects? We've got at least 
> several thousand end users in OpenDingux for Dingoo A320 and GCW Zero 
> combined. I could ask a few fellow developers for signed-off-by lines, if 
> that helps. But it's all from the same project.
> 
> I think the font fills a space that is currently unoccupied: the 4x6 font is 
> space efficient but barely readable, the 8x8 font gets only 40 columns on 
> 320x240 and the 6x11 font doesn't use the vertical space efficiently.

Ok, sounds good enough for me. Queueing for 3.18.

 Tomi



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