console font size

Hello,

I'd like to know if it is possible to use a lower console font size,
as is in a default installation of Slackware. Anyone know about this?

Thanks,
Steve

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:34:42 UTC, Steven Borrelli <sborrelli8@gmail.com>
wrote:
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> I'd like to know if it is possible to use a lower console font size,
> as is in a default installation of Slackware. Anyone know about this?[/color]

man vidcontrol

should get you started...

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Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:34:42 UTC, Steven Borrelli <sborrelli8@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > I'd like to know if it is possible to use a lower console font size,
> > as is in a default installation of Slackware. Anyone know about this?[/color]
>
> man vidcontrol
>
> should get you started...
>[/color]

On my laptop, which has an Intel graphics card, i use the following
in /etc/rc.conf, which gives a very nice display:
font8x16="iso15-thin-8x16.fnt"
font8x14="iso15-8x14"
font8x8="iso15-8x8"
allscreens_flags="MODE_356 green black"
Fonts are very small and clean this way. This requires a kernel
with
options SC_PIXEL_MODE

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On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:58:10 UTC, [email]talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr[/email] (Michel Talon)
wrote:
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> Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:[color=green]
> > On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:34:42 UTC, Steven Borrelli <sborrelli8@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > I'd like to know if it is possible to use a lower console font size,
> > > as is in a default installation of Slackware. Anyone know about this?[/color]
> >
> > man vidcontrol
> >
> > should get you started...
> >[/color]
>
> On my laptop, which has an Intel graphics card, i use the following
> in /etc/rc.conf, which gives a very nice display:
> font8x16="iso15-thin-8x16.fnt"
> font8x14="iso15-8x14"
> font8x8="iso15-8x8"
> allscreens_flags="MODE_356 green black"
> Fonts are very small and clean this way. This requires a kernel
> with
> options SC_PIXEL_MODE[/color]

Exactly. All the possible options are explained in that man page (and
its references).

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> Hello,[/color]
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> I'd like to know if it is possible to use a lower console font size,
> as is in a default installation of Slackware. Anyone know about this?[/color]

See man vidcontrol. /etc/rc.conf should allow you to set font-8x16,
font-8x14, and font-8x8. Depending on your choice of video mode, the system
should pick the appropriate font, but if you want a smaller font than the
video mode suggests. you could simply assign a smaller font to the
font-8x?+ variables. You also can edit fonts with at least a couple of
utilities in the ports, but it is a lot of trouble for a whim.

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