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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..rgb="" .Cd kern.vt.fb.default_mode="x" .Cd kern.vt.fb.modes.="x" +.Cd screen.font="x" .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 ,