Bug 9391 - setfont doesn't accept font files larger than 32 KiB
Summary: setfont doesn't accept font files larger than 32 KiB
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Busybox
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: 1.24.x
Hardware: All Linux
: P5 normal
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Reported: 2016-10-31 15:34 UTC by Alex Henrie
Modified: 2016-11-03 20:09 UTC (History)
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[PATCH] loadfont: accept fonts up to 64 KiB in size (1.27 KB, application/x-download)
2016-10-31 15:34 UTC, Alex Henrie 		Details
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Description Alex Henrie 2016-10-31 15:34:58 UTC 
Created attachment 6791 [details]
[PATCH] loadfont: accept fonts up to 64 KiB in size

The #1 use case of the `setfont` command is for users with HiDPI screens to switch to a larger, more readable font. However, these larger fonts are often larger than 32 KiB, and BusyBox's setfont won't load any font larger than 32 KiB. For example, `setfont latarcyrheb-sun32` results in the cryptic error message "setfont: input file: bad length".

The attached patch raises the limit to 64 KiB. I sent this patch to the mailing list a week ago, but it was ignored: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2016-October/084849.html
Comment 1 Alex Henrie 2016-11-03 20:09:39 UTC 
Fixed by https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=2b288236e80938d29324072a823f46861bd07cd3

Thank you Denys!