8:09 p.m.
I want to change the font on the Bios which is separate from the
operating system. Have any LUG members experience with changing the
font on Bios via the video card?
Regards,
Meeku
8:19 p.m.
New subject: Could you change the fonts on Bios via the video card?
On 7 June 2011 20:09, Krishna Birth <krishnabirth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I want to change the font on the Bios which is separate from the
operating system. Have any LUG members experience with changing the
font on Bios via the video card?
Regards,
Meeku
Now this would be highly specialised. I think it's fairly safe to say
that the best place to ask about this would be one of the dedicated
video graphics card news groups. It may well be possible to alter
fonts and the like but it's very specific. Don't forget that the
software will be closed source so not easy to manipulate; unless you
are using one of the OS drivers of course?
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8:39 p.m.
New subject: Could you change the fonts on Bios via the video card?
On 7 June 2011 20:19, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Now this would be highly specialised. I think it's fairly safe
to say
that the best place to ask about this would be one of the dedicated
video graphics card news groups. It may well be possible to alter
fonts and the like but it's very specific. Don't forget that the
software will be closed source so not easy to manipulate; unless you
are using one of the OS drivers of course?
There is an open source BIOS (I don't have a link, sorry). The people
on that project might be able to help.
Russ
8:40 a.m.
New subject: Could you change the fonts on Bios via the video card?
On 7 June 2011 20:39, Russ Phillips <russ(a)phillipsuk.org> wrote:
On 7 June 2011 20:19, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Now this would be highly specialised. I think it's fairly safe to say
> that the best place to ask about this would be one of the dedicated
> video graphics card news groups. It may well be possible to alter
> fonts and the like but it's very specific. Don't forget that the
> software will be closed source so not easy to manipulate; unless you
> are using one of the OS drivers of course?
There is an open source BIOS (I don't have a link, sorry). The people
on that project might be able to help.
http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot
Try that - and good luck.
Russ
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10:30 p.m.
Meeku,
When you see the text output of a BIOS, your in what is called text mode.
The styling of the characters in text mode is done by your graphics chip
not by the BIOS software as they're the same text modes used by anything
else using text modes like Unix and DOS.
Each graphics card manufacturer styles the characters slightly
differently, just like Teletext characters look slightly differently
depending on the TV.
You'd have to literally reprogram how your characters are styled (as in
per pixel) for anything using that particular text mode in the graphics
chip itself... which unless you were the manufacturer with a full
knowledge of how that chip was programmed, is likely impossible.
However! Many BIOS's do support customisable graphics that can appear on
top of the BIOS text which you can create and flash yourself using the
motherboard provided tools. You can use this to display your own
information in whatever font you like.
Steven
I want to change the font on the Bios which is separate from the
operating system. Have any LUG members experience with changing the
font on Bios via the video card?
Regards,
Meeku
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