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Hi, is it possible to use Courier New (or if i can't get that to work, Courier) as a console (i.e. not in X) font, and if so, how?
Thanks.
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I think you can only use special 'consolefonts' for the console. In Arch they seem to be part of the kbd package, installed to /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/.
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Have you tried https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22491 ?
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Hey Karol, do you know if bdf2psf is included in psftools? I was just reading this post https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 49#p770649 , and noticed that it was from Ashren also.
edit:I guess I could have looked at the website. It appears it doesn't. But the instructions in the thread above should be good enough.
Last edited by stlarch (2011-09-30 19:49:01)
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Hey Karol, do you know if bdf2psf is included in psftools? I was just reading this post https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 49#p770649 , and noticed that it was from Ashren also.
I've installed psftools and I'm afraid the answer is 'No':
[karol@black test]$ pacman -Ql psftools | grep bdf2psf
[karol@black test]$ pacman -Ql psftools | awk '/bin/ {print $2}'
/usr/bin/
/usr/bin/bbc2psf
/usr/bin/cpi2psf
/usr/bin/cpicomp
/usr/bin/cpidcomp
/usr/bin/fnt2psf
/usr/bin/fnts2fon
/usr/bin/fon2fnts
/usr/bin/mda2psf
/usr/bin/page2cp2
/usr/bin/psf2bbc
/usr/bin/psf2bdf
/usr/bin/psf2bsd
/usr/bin/psf2fnt
/usr/bin/psf2inc
/usr/bin/psf2pbms
/usr/bin/psf2raw
/usr/bin/psf2txt
/usr/bin/psf2wof
/usr/bin/psf2wyse
/usr/bin/psf2xbm
/usr/bin/psf2zx
/usr/bin/psfjoin
/usr/bin/psfmerge
/usr/bin/psfpages
/usr/bin/psfs2cpi
/usr/bin/psfxform
/usr/bin/raw2psf
/usr/bin/txt2psf
/usr/bin/wof2psf
/usr/bin/wyse2psf
/usr/bin/zx2psf
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Jinx
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the instructions in the thread above should be good enough.
Something tells me you're going to provide a PKGBUILD for even easier use ;P
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^^ Yeah, I was kinda thinking the same thing. I'll see what I can do later when I have some time. ^^
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So, any solutions?
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So, any solutions?
You can convert a bdf font to a psf and use it in a console. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52888
AFAIK Courier New is a MS font so I don't think it's distributed as *.bdf (if it's distributed at all: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52982 doesn't have it)
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