[SOLVED] Fonts And The Linux Console

I love the Tamsyn font, which I have been using in X, but I was wondering if this font can be used in the framebuffer console as well. Is this possible or is Tamsyn in a format that won't work for the console?
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Agent69 (2011-05-27 17:43:15)

caffeinebasedlifeform wrote:I tried "setfont /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/Tamsyn8x17r.psf" on a tty and it worked fine. I didn't try setting "consolefont=" in /etc/rc.conf, however.
Sweet. And can the font be anywhere? Right now, I keep Tamsyn in my home directory and use "xset fp+" to add the font to X.

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mixer wrote:
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[SOLVED] Fonts And The Linux Console

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