slackware forever
On Tue 24 Apr 2001, Mr. Wade wrote:
> Daniel Nielsen wrote:
> > Oki, this might seem "newbie"ish... but where and how do you view your
> > current consolefont / change it????
>
> I will have to admit ignorance here, but what I am about to
> describe might be distribution-specific; I don't know, but...
>
> I use Slackware Linux; there is a "setfont" command that does the
> job of setting the console screen font. It is part of the kbd
> package. That package also has a "fontconfig" script that will
> setup the default font for the system, but should be run as root,
> of course.
>
> Also, /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts is the default font directory.
> I find a great number of fonts in there, (in excess of 150.)
>
> I use:
>
> $ setfont -v lat4a-16+.psfu.gz
>
> I like that font because it's clear and large, making it easy to
> read, (for me).
>
> Good luck!
>
> -- Mr. Wade
>
> --
> Linux: The Choice of the GNU Generation
>
>
