# Re: \[PATCH v4\] powerpc: Use shared font data

- From: Michael Ellerman \<mpe@ellerman.id.au\>
- Date: 2023-10-01 12:11:32 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2023/10/2352435
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2023/08/2315251/t.md

```text
"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" [ref] writes:
> * linux@treblig.org (linux@treblig.org) wrote:
>> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <redacted>
>> 
>> PowerPC has a 'btext' font used for the console which is almost identical
>> to the shared font_sun8x16, so use it rather than duplicating the data.
>
> Hi Michael,
>   Are you going to pick this up for 6.7?

Yes I will.

cheers
```