Creating Grub2 Fonts

asked 2016-12-11 15:09:22 -0600

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How do I create fonts for grub2? I've seen some instructions; but they're not very complete. In particular I've read that the default grub2 font "unicode.pf2" can prevent background images from being displayed. I'd like some other fonts to chose from to test this theory. Personally, I like the look of the default font; but I'd like to eliminate whatever limitations it has by replacing it with a sans-serif font that looks similar and won't have issues of its own. I should also probably have more than one. What are some good fonts to start with and how do I make them? grub2 needs pf2.

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answered 2017-06-08 14:09:47 -0600

mattmatt
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I'm using CentOS and I believe it's much the same.

unicode.pf2 is installed by default at /usr/share/grub/ It seems to contain all system fonts.

You can use the grub2-mkfont command to create a font for grub to use:

grub2-mkfont -v --range=0x0-0x7f -o /boot/grub2/fonts/myfont.pf2 -s <size> ./myfont.ttf

change the names to your font name. Specify a <size> - eg. 10 or 12

Then edit /etc/default/grub and add the line:

GRUB_FONT=/boot/grub2/fonts/myfont.pf2

Finally you must recreate the boot config file:

grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

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