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Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2024 04:22:57 UTC
The branch main has been updated by imp: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=7bd6cbbf69c7a9b952ebed096625a4a4a6b7bbfd commit 7bd6cbbf69c7a9b952ebed096625a4a4a6b7bbfd Author: Alexander Ziaee <concussious@runbox.com> AuthorDate: 2024-01-15 19:54:20 +0000 Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-02-03 04:21:45 +0000 vt.4: explain console fonts Add explaination about console fonts, how to convert them, which subset of things support them and how to use them. Reviewed by: imp Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1063 --- share/man/man4/vt.4 | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/share/man/man4/vt.4 b/share/man/man4/vt.4 index 2876d1ca8d84..ed4da98df673 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vt.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4 @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ In .Cd kern.vt.color.<colornum>.rgb="<colorspec>" .Cd kern.vt.fb.default_mode="<X>x<Y>" .Cd kern.vt.fb.modes.<connector>="<X>x<Y>" +.Cd screen.font="<X>x<Y>" .Pp In .Xr loader.conf 5 or @@ -257,6 +258,11 @@ It will contain a list of connectors and their associated tunables. This is currently only supported by the .Cm vt_fb backend when it is paired with a KMS video driver. +.It Va screen.font +Set this value to the base name of the desired font file located in +.Pa /boot/fonts . +Fonts can be converted for use with +.Xr vtfontcvt 8 . .El .Sh KEYBOARD SYSCTL TUNABLES These settings control whether certain special key combinations are enabled or @@ -358,6 +364,14 @@ To set black and white colors of console palette .Pp .Dl kern.vt.color.0.rgb="10,10,10" .Dl kern.vt.color.15.rgb="#f0f0f0" +.Pp +Load the 8x16 font in +.Xr loader.conf 5 +from +.Pa /boot/fonts/*.fnt[.gz] +at boot: +.Pp +.Dl screen.font="8x16" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr kbdcontrol 1 , .Xr login 1 , @@ -371,6 +385,7 @@ To set black and white colors of console palette .Xr syscons 4 , .Xr ukbd 4 , .Xr kbdmap 5 , +.Xr loader.conf 5 , .Xr rc.conf 5 , .Xr ttys 5 , .Xr config 8 ,