diff -ur grub-2.04.orig/configure.ac grub-2.04/configure.ac
--- grub-2.04.orig/configure.ac	2019-08-18 15:50:10.737000000 +0200
+++ grub-2.04/configure.ac	2019-08-18 15:50:22.087000000 +0200
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@
 
 if test x"$starfield_excuse" = x; then
    for ext in pcf pcf.gz bdf bdf.gz ttf ttf.gz; do
-     for dir in . /usr/src /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu /usr/share/fonts/dejavu /usr/share/fonts/truetype; do
+     for dir in . /usr/share/fonts/TTF /usr/src /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu /usr/share/fonts/dejavu /usr/share/fonts/truetype; do
         if test -f "$dir/DejaVuSans.$ext"; then
           DJVU_FONT_SOURCE="$dir/DejaVuSans.$ext"
           break 2
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@
 FONT_SOURCE=
 
 for ext in pcf pcf.gz bdf bdf.gz ttf ttf.gz; do
-  for dir in . /usr/src /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc /usr/share/fonts/unifont /usr/share/fonts/uni /usr/share/fonts/truetype/unifont /usr/share/fonts/misc; do
+  for dir in . /usr/share/fonts/TTF /usr/src /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc /usr/share/fonts/unifont /usr/share/fonts/uni /usr/share/fonts/truetype/unifont /usr/share/fonts/misc; do
     if test -f "$dir/unifont.$ext"; then
       md5="$(md5sum "$dir/unifont.$ext"|awk '{ print $1; }')"
       # PCF and BDF from version 6.3 isn't hanled properly by libfreetype.