console font

user · 2006-04-30 02:05:36

Hi,

I want this console font in my arch.
The console font is default font in gobolinux(version 012).

PS: done
i copied the font in the dir.

vi /etc/rc.conf wrote:

CONSOLEFONT=/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/lode-lat1u-16

firedance · 2006-05-01 13:24:54

Try just having CONSOLEFONT=lode-lat1u-16

user · 2006-05-02 13:33:25

firedance wrote:

Try just having CONSOLEFONT=lode-lat1u-16

But i can't get this font in xorg.

phrakture · 2006-05-02 19:04:11

gobolinux faq wrote:

What is the default font for the console and where can i find and change it?
* The default font is lode-lat1u-16.psf.gz and was drawn by Hisham Muhammad specifically for GoboLinux. It is located at /Files/Fonts/Console.

http://gobo.kundor.org/kb/index.php/FAQ

user · 2006-05-03 07:30:45

phrakture wrote:

gobolinux faq wrote:
What is the default font for the console and where can i find and change it?
* The default font is lode-lat1u-16.psf.gz and was drawn by Hisham Muhammad specifically for GoboLinux. It is located at /Files/Fonts/Console.
http://gobo.kundor.org/kb/index.php/FAQ

Thanks but already did it.(it solved before firedance answer it)

My previous Question is still unresolved..

phrakture · 2006-05-03 20:55:14

user wrote:

But i can't get this font in xorg.

It's not an X font. It's a console font. I have no idea if X can support those, but I'd say no.
For example, the terminus font installs fonts in *both* the consolefont dir and X's font dirs. If X could read console fonts, there would be no need for the additional X fonts.

elasticdog · 2006-05-04 01:33:38

I never really thought about changing my console font. I love Terminus and want to switch it over...how do you know which file to pick out of all the <code>psf.gz</code>'s in <code>/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/</code>?

phrakture · 2006-05-04 01:56:20

i use CONSOLEFONT=ter-112n
Not sure what they all mean, but that size 12... the n is "normal" IIRC, as opposed to bold or something.

user · 2006-05-04 07:09:38

phrakture wrote:

user wrote:
But i can't get this font in xorg.
It's not an X font. It's a console font. I have no idea if X can support those, but I'd say no.
For example, the terminus font installs fonts in *both* the consolefont dir and X's font dirs. If X could read console fonts, there would be no need for the additional X fonts.

oh i mean in gome-terminal(or any terminal) in Xorg.

sh__ · 2006-05-04 16:55:53

Use xmbdfed to convert the console font to a bdf font, then use bdftopcf to convert the bdf font to a pcf font. X should be happy with the pcf font.

Bdftopcf comes with xorg-font-utils and I uploaded xmbdfed to AUR.

Martyr · 2006-12-04 22:35:04

elasticdog wrote:

I never really thought about changing my console font. I love Terminus and want to switch it over...how do you know which file to pick out of all the <code>psf.gz</code>'s in <code>/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/</code>?

To generalise this question... How does one preview consolefonts?
For now I extract them and view them with gbdfed (it's in AUR). It's a pain. Another approach is to adjust rc.conf every time, not exactly pleasant either.

phrakture · 2006-12-04 22:43:44

Martyr wrote:

To generalise this question... How does one preview consolefonts?

For the current vt:

setfont foo

You can use the -C /dev/vc/X param for different vts too.

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#1 2006-04-30 02:05:36

console font

#2 2006-05-01 13:24:54

Re: console font

#3 2006-05-02 13:33:25

Re: console font

#4 2006-05-02 19:04:11

Re: console font

#5 2006-05-03 07:30:45

Re: console font

#6 2006-05-03 20:55:14

Re: console font

#7 2006-05-04 01:33:38

Re: console font

#8 2006-05-04 01:56:20

Re: console font

#9 2006-05-04 07:09:38

Re: console font

#10 2006-05-04 16:55:53

Re: console font

#11 2006-12-04 22:35:04

Re: console font

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