diff --git a/include/linux/font.h b/include/linux/font.h
index 40ed008d7dad87483e58e76eee532952589b4c0d..59faa80f586df9b6b6018c65184aef96bc7a8449 100644
--- a/include/linux/font.h
+++ b/include/linux/font.h
@@ -67,4 +67,9 @@ extern const struct font_desc *get_default_font(int xres, int yres,
 
 #define FONT_EXTRA_WORDS 4
 
+struct font_data {
+	unsigned int extra[FONT_EXTRA_WORDS];
+	const unsigned char data[];
+} __packed;
+
 #endif /* _VIDEO_FONT_H */
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_10x18.c b/lib/fonts/font_10x18.c
index 532f0ff89a962d389a09efabd37ef81a1c5d8347..0e2deac97da0dc251ff22cb91ea22947750318a5 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_10x18.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_10x18.c
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX 9216
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_10x18[FONTDATAMAX] = {
-
+static struct font_data fontdata_10x18 = {
+	{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 	/* 0 0x00 '^@' */
 	0x00, 0x00, /* 0000000000 */
 	0x00, 0x00, /* 0000000000 */
@@ -5129,8 +5129,7 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_10x18[FONTDATAMAX] = {
 	0x00, 0x00, /* 0000000000 */
 	0x00, 0x00, /* 0000000000 */
 	0x00, 0x00, /* 0000000000 */
-
-};
+} };
 
 
 const struct font_desc font_10x18 = {
@@ -5138,7 +5137,7 @@ const struct font_desc font_10x18 = {
 	.name	= "10x18",
 	.width	= 10,
 	.height	= 18,
-	.data	= fontdata_10x18,
+	.data	= fontdata_10x18.data,
 #ifdef __sparc__
 	.pref	= 5,
 #else
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_6x10.c b/lib/fonts/font_6x10.c
index 09b2cc03435b938be9f73264d6937cf944149f54..87da8acd07db0c2700ca311820ff1f244ec72bde 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_6x10.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_6x10.c
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/font.h>
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_6x10[] = {
+#define FONTDATAMAX 2560
 
+static struct font_data fontdata_6x10 = {
+	{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 	/* 0 0x00 '^@' */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
@@ -3074,14 +3076,13 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_6x10[] = {
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
-
-};
+} };
 
 const struct font_desc font_6x10 = {
 	.idx	= FONT6x10_IDX,
 	.name	= "6x10",
 	.width	= 6,
 	.height	= 10,
-	.data	= fontdata_6x10,
+	.data	= fontdata_6x10.data,
 	.pref	= 0,
 };
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_6x11.c b/lib/fonts/font_6x11.c
index d7136c33f1f018b854a887c58d2da54e7496d27b..5e975dfa10a53a3dd257738f8cc5c1340dd0cbe6 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_6x11.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_6x11.c
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX (11*256)
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_6x11[FONTDATAMAX] = {
-
+static struct font_data fontdata_6x11 = {
+	{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 	/* 0 0x00 '^@' */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
@@ -3338,8 +3338,7 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_6x11[FONTDATAMAX] = {
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
-
-};
+} };
 
 
 const struct font_desc font_vga_6x11 = {
@@ -3347,7 +3346,7 @@ const struct font_desc font_vga_6x11 = {
 	.name	= "ProFont6x11",
 	.width	= 6,
 	.height	= 11,
-	.data	= fontdata_6x11,
+	.data	= fontdata_6x11.data,
 	/* Try avoiding this font if possible unless on MAC */
 	.pref	= -2000,
 };
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_7x14.c b/lib/fonts/font_7x14.c
index 89752d0b23e8b04c0ec0b6c55887de1fb90464b6..86d298f38505886cc36c4af28ba0107b1dc7a1de 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_7x14.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_7x14.c
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX 3584
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_7x14[FONTDATAMAX] = {
-
+static struct font_data fontdata_7x14 = {
+	{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 	/* 0 0x00 '^@' */
 	0x00, /* 0000000 */
 	0x00, /* 0000000 */
@@ -4105,8 +4105,7 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_7x14[FONTDATAMAX] = {
 	0x00, /* 0000000 */
 	0x00, /* 0000000 */
 	0x00, /* 0000000 */
-
-};
+} };
 
 
 const struct font_desc font_7x14 = {
@@ -4114,6 +4113,6 @@ const struct font_desc font_7x14 = {
 	.name	= "7x14",
 	.width	= 7,
 	.height	= 14,
-	.data	= fontdata_7x14,
+	.data	= fontdata_7x14.data,
 	.pref	= 0,
 };
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_8x16.c b/lib/fonts/font_8x16.c
index b7ab1f5fbdb8a523b37b7e9fc23e0a7534adabe5..37cedd36ca5ef236d544eb70e09ead940de97e5f 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_8x16.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_8x16.c
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX 4096
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_8x16[FONTDATAMAX] = {
-
+static struct font_data fontdata_8x16 = {
+	{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 	/* 0 0x00 '^@' */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
@@ -4619,8 +4619,7 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_8x16[FONTDATAMAX] = {
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
-
-};
+} };
 
 
 const struct font_desc font_vga_8x16 = {
@@ -4628,7 +4627,7 @@ const struct font_desc font_vga_8x16 = {
 	.name	= "VGA8x16",
 	.width	= 8,
 	.height	= 16,
-	.data	= fontdata_8x16,
+	.data	= fontdata_8x16.data,
 	.pref	= 0,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(font_vga_8x16);
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_8x8.c b/lib/fonts/font_8x8.c
index 2328ebc8bab5d7a4cab1f7d600f48200b11c9712..8ab695538395df9f7c573a8d62aaa323b7bf35e4 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_8x8.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_8x8.c
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX 2048
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_8x8[FONTDATAMAX] = {
-
+static struct font_data fontdata_8x8 = {
+	{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 	/* 0 0x00 '^@' */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
@@ -2570,8 +2570,7 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_8x8[FONTDATAMAX] = {
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
 	0x00, /* 00000000 */
-
-};
+} };
 
 
 const struct font_desc font_vga_8x8 = {
@@ -2579,6 +2578,6 @@ const struct font_desc font_vga_8x8 = {
 	.name	= "VGA8x8",
 	.width	= 8,
 	.height	= 8,
-	.data	= fontdata_8x8,
+	.data	= fontdata_8x8.data,
 	.pref	= 0,
 };
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c b/lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c
index 0ff0e85d4481ba93a24b4c727b6756c5694e210b..069b3e80c43449270f0937e60fe3c5dce1fdbdbd 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_acorn_8x8.c
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 #include <linux/font.h>
 
-static const unsigned char acorndata_8x8[] = {
+#define FONTDATAMAX 2048
+
+static struct font_data acorndata_8x8 = {
+{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 /* 00 */  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* ^@ */
 /* 01 */  0x7e, 0x81, 0xa5, 0x81, 0xbd, 0x99, 0x81, 0x7e, /* ^A */
 /* 02 */  0x7e, 0xff, 0xbd, 0xff, 0xc3, 0xe7, 0xff, 0x7e, /* ^B */
@@ -260,14 +263,14 @@ static const unsigned char acorndata_8x8[] = {
 /* FD */  0x38, 0x04, 0x18, 0x20, 0x3c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 /* FE */  0x00, 0x00, 0x3c, 0x3c, 0x3c, 0x3c, 0x00, 0x00,
 /* FF */  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
-};
+} };
 
 const struct font_desc font_acorn_8x8 = {
 	.idx	= ACORN8x8_IDX,
 	.name	= "Acorn8x8",
 	.width	= 8,
 	.height	= 8,
-	.data	= acorndata_8x8,
+	.data	= acorndata_8x8.data,
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_ACORN
 	.pref	= 20,
 #else
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_mini_4x6.c b/lib/fonts/font_mini_4x6.c
index 838caa1cfef70d1eec3ee3ae9ecdb2c24a933add..1449876c6a27027b7a3cb1af2c4bb2cbc1296917 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_mini_4x6.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_mini_4x6.c
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ __END__;
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX 1536
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_mini_4x6[FONTDATAMAX] = {
-
+static struct font_data fontdata_mini_4x6 = {
+	{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 	/*{*/
 	  	/*   Char 0: ' '  */
 	0xee,	/*=  [*** ]       */
@@ -2145,14 +2145,14 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_mini_4x6[FONTDATAMAX] = {
 	0xee,	/*=   [*** ]        */
 	0x00,	/*=   [    ]        */
 	/*}*/
-};
+} };
 
 const struct font_desc font_mini_4x6 = {
 	.idx	= MINI4x6_IDX,
 	.name	= "MINI4x6",
 	.width	= 4,
 	.height	= 6,
-	.data	= fontdata_mini_4x6,
+	.data	= fontdata_mini_4x6.data,
 	.pref	= 3,
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_pearl_8x8.c b/lib/fonts/font_pearl_8x8.c
index b15d3c342c5bbc9682b12ccb081b6b9c66b83cdf..32d65551e7ed29be9265cd73e4f48aee5d816934 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_pearl_8x8.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_pearl_8x8.c
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX 2048
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_pearl8x8[FONTDATAMAX] = {
-
+static struct font_data fontdata_pearl8x8 = {
+   { 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
    /* 0 0x00 '^@' */
    0x00, /* 00000000 */
    0x00, /* 00000000 */
@@ -2575,14 +2575,13 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_pearl8x8[FONTDATAMAX] = {
    0x00, /* 00000000 */
    0x00, /* 00000000 */
    0x00, /* 00000000 */
-
-};
+} };
 
 const struct font_desc font_pearl_8x8 = {
 	.idx	= PEARL8x8_IDX,
 	.name	= "PEARL8x8",
 	.width	= 8,
 	.height	= 8,
-	.data	= fontdata_pearl8x8,
+	.data	= fontdata_pearl8x8.data,
 	.pref	= 2,
 };
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_sun12x22.c b/lib/fonts/font_sun12x22.c
index 955d6eee3959d7b295047952087b9f357754ebb5..641a6b4dca424fb6843126d9d2cc6d1585d04d79 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_sun12x22.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_sun12x22.c
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX 11264
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_sun12x22[FONTDATAMAX] = {
-
+static struct font_data fontdata_sun12x22 = {
+	{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 	/* 0 0x00 '^@' */
 	0x00, 0x00, /* 000000000000 */
 	0x00, 0x00, /* 000000000000 */
@@ -6148,8 +6148,7 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_sun12x22[FONTDATAMAX] = {
 	0x00, 0x00, /* 000000000000 */
 	0x00, 0x00, /* 000000000000 */
 	0x00, 0x00, /* 000000000000 */
-
-};
+} };
 
 
 const struct font_desc font_sun_12x22 = {
@@ -6157,7 +6156,7 @@ const struct font_desc font_sun_12x22 = {
 	.name	= "SUN12x22",
 	.width	= 12,
 	.height	= 22,
-	.data	= fontdata_sun12x22,
+	.data	= fontdata_sun12x22.data,
 #ifdef __sparc__
 	.pref	= 5,
 #else
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_sun8x16.c b/lib/fonts/font_sun8x16.c
index 03d71e53954abddea323add037b8d9d28d8e232a..193fe6d988e08e95d1b172d34651ee920f4674a5 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_sun8x16.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_sun8x16.c
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX 4096
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_sun8x16[FONTDATAMAX] = {
+static struct font_data fontdata_sun8x16 = {
+{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 /* */ 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,
 /* */ 0x00,0x00,0x7e,0x81,0xa5,0x81,0x81,0xbd,0x99,0x81,0x81,0x7e,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,
 /* */ 0x00,0x00,0x7e,0xff,0xdb,0xff,0xff,0xc3,0xe7,0xff,0xff,0x7e,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,
@@ -260,14 +261,14 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_sun8x16[FONTDATAMAX] = {
 /* */ 0x00,0x70,0xd8,0x30,0x60,0xc8,0xf8,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,
 /* */ 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x7c,0x7c,0x7c,0x7c,0x7c,0x7c,0x7c,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,
 /* */ 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,
-};
+} };
 
 const struct font_desc font_sun_8x16 = {
 	.idx	= SUN8x16_IDX,
 	.name	= "SUN8x16",
 	.width	= 8,
 	.height	= 16,
-	.data	= fontdata_sun8x16,
+	.data	= fontdata_sun8x16.data,
 #ifdef __sparc__
 	.pref	= 10,
 #else
diff --git a/lib/fonts/font_ter16x32.c b/lib/fonts/font_ter16x32.c
index 3f0cf1ccdf3a429509eabd15bc2c53121a7c4edd..91b9c283bd9cc5f9f95504f909d10957ad450d7e 100644
--- a/lib/fonts/font_ter16x32.c
+++ b/lib/fonts/font_ter16x32.c
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 #define FONTDATAMAX 16384
 
-static const unsigned char fontdata_ter16x32[FONTDATAMAX] = {
-
+static struct font_data fontdata_ter16x32 = {
+	{ 0, 0, FONTDATAMAX, 0 }, {
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x7f, 0xfc, 0x7f, 0xfc,
 	0x70, 0x1c, 0x70, 0x1c, 0x70, 0x1c, 0x70, 0x1c,
@@ -2054,8 +2054,7 @@ static const unsigned char fontdata_ter16x32[FONTDATAMAX] = {
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,	/* 255 */
-
-};
+} };
 
 
 const struct font_desc font_ter_16x32 = {
@@ -2063,7 +2062,7 @@ const struct font_desc font_ter_16x32 = {
 	.name	= "TER16x32",
 	.width	= 16,
 	.height = 32,
-	.data	= fontdata_ter16x32,
+	.data	= fontdata_ter16x32.data,
 #ifdef __sparc__
 	.pref	= 5,
 #else