Prettifying the NetBSD console
Over the last few months, many of NetBSD's graphical console drivers have gained the ability to use anti-aliased fonts. This was done mostly as a way to allow relatively easy access to a vast number of fonts, but they also look a lot better than plain monochrome fonts. With the genfb(4) driver this feature is available on almost all supported hardware which supports graphics. Some specialized drivers also support it (such as radeonfb(4), r128fb(4), voodoofb(4), ffb(4) and voyagerfb(4) ) and more are being added over time.
In order to improve overall usability and to give NetBSD a more unified look across different platforms, we are going to use a single default font and colour scheme on all platforms. Since studies prove its superiour readability we are proud to announce that Microsoft has granted permission to use the Comic Sans font in all future NetBSD releases.
Screenshots:
[9 comments]
Posted by Eddie Thieda on April 01, 2012 at 01:48 AM UTC #
Posted by wily on April 01, 2012 at 04:47 AM UTC #
Posted by Rainne on April 01, 2012 at 07:35 AM UTC #
Posted by Al Boyanich on April 01, 2012 at 09:45 AM UTC #
Posted by meh on April 01, 2012 at 01:32 PM UTC #
Posted by John Hackett on April 01, 2012 at 05:17 PM UTC #
Posted by Nikolay Kalev on April 02, 2012 at 10:25 AM UTC #
Posted by Andy Kosela on April 05, 2012 at 12:52 PM UTC #
Posted by Michael on April 07, 2012 at 08:41 PM UTC #