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Small esthetic improvement of the boot screen #239

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renehoj opened this issue Oct 23, 2022 · 3 comments
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Small esthetic improvement of the boot screen #239

renehoj opened this issue Oct 23, 2022 · 3 comments

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@renehoj
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renehoj commented Oct 23, 2022

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If a second boot splash image was added to the ROM it would be possible to write the boot options using a true type font.

First the Image without the text is shown, and when it's possible to use Del, Enter, F11 the second image is shown.

The second image is a copy of the first image with the boot instructions written with a true type font.

Where is the value to a user, and who might that user be?

It would make the boot screen look more clean, if the information text used a font the matches the text used in the Dasharo logo.

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@macpijan
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That would require crafting per-platform images, as the boot keys differ per platforms.
It also means replacing logo with a custom one would be more tricky, as you would need to include the boot keys information. It is unlikely we will go this path.

@mkopec
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mkopec commented Jul 1, 2024

Instead of changing the logo, we can draw other graphics on top of / next to it.

Ideally we'd have a truetype font renderer in UEFI

@miczyg1
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miczyg1 commented Jul 1, 2024

It would make the boot screen look more clean, if the information text used a font the matches the text used in the Dasharo logo.

The hotkeys are printed as strings with the built-in font inside EDK2. Adding a custom font is not that easy.

The second image is a copy of the first image with the boot instructions written with a true type font.

This is even worse for reasons explained by @macpijan

If those strings are such a PITA, then this should help: #116

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