Hi Leo! > Sorry for the delayed response. > >> Unifont provides TrueType, PCF, and PSF. It does not have OTF fonts. > > That's correct. I was suggesting a scenario of using more than one type. :-) > >> Currently, if a user installs 'font-gnu-unifont' they get TrueType >> fonts. >> >> On the other hand, the PSF fonts can be used in the bootloader and the >> Linux console, and they are only 68 kilobytes, rather than ~22 megabytes >> if you combine all the font outputs. I don't see a compelling reason for >> that increase. > > OK. I think of two reasons: 1) If one installs this package with > suggested patch, the user can use unifont for any purpose as they wish. > It may be application (ttf), console/grub (psf) and/or display server > (pcf). 2) The setup will be consistent with other font packages, where > the package installs fonts with all the types it can provide. > >> If the problem is that packages with multiple outputs are confusing, we >> should try to improve the UI, and we shouldn't use multiple outputs if >> there isn't a good reason. But this is a case where I think it makes >> sense. > > Improving UI would be good too. Regarding multiple outputs, I think it > is good enough to separate libs, bins and docs. In this packages, we > already separated bin and fonts. I suggest that we shall not separate > fonts further into it's subtypes. That is all I ask. :-) I have attached revised patch with this email. :-) Regards, RG.