On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> >> = Geert Uytterhoeven
> > = James Simmons
>
> >> What's wrong with the ancient console ioctl()s to change the font at runtine?
> >> (damned, I can't remember the name of the command)
> >
> >Their is a bunch of them but the one mosted used is KD_FONT_OP_*. Look at
> >linux/kd.h for more details. The nice bonus about this is that it is
> >driver independent.
>
> Are there currently GPL-compatible utilities written that
> can load the fonts this way? Are the specific fonts that are in the stock
Yes, setfont in console-tools (not sure about GPL, may be a different license).
> kernel tree in linux/drivers/video/font_*.c available in this format?
I don't think so.
Fonts are in /usr/share/consolefonts/ on my (Debian) system.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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