Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2026 18:40:55 +0000 From: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Cc: Alexander Ziaee <concussious@runbox.com> Subject: git: c330c43e58d7 - stable/14 - vt.4: explain console fonts Message-ID: <6956bfb7.39129.18372933@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/14 has been updated by ziaee: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c330c43e58d74726a9014d3cc380bd59bbcef256 commit c330c43e58d74726a9014d3cc380bd59bbcef256 Author: Alexander Ziaee <concussious@runbox.com> AuthorDate: 2024-01-15 19:54:20 +0000 Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-01-01 18:34:47 +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 (cherry picked from commit 7bd6cbbf69c7a9b952ebed096625a4a4a6b7bbfd) --- 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 bd583abf8a98..9d61a5972f35 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vt.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4 @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ 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 @@ -266,6 +267,11 @@ 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 @@ -369,6 +375,14 @@ 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 , @@ -382,6 +396,7 @@ 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 ,home | help
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