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LOADFONT(1)                 General Commands Manual                LOADFONT(1)

NAME
       loadfont - load a font into the video card

SYNOPSIS
       loadfont fontfile

EXAMPLES
       loadfont iso1.fnt   # Loads the ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) font

DESCRIPTION
       Loadfont  loads  a  custom  font into the video card (EGA or VGA).  The
       font character size has to be  8x16  pixels  and  the  font  file  must
       contain 256 characters for a total size of 4 kilobytes.

       Loadfont  together  with  loadkeys allow the console and keyboard to be
       customized to national conventions.

       If it exists, the  file  /etc/font  is  loaded  as  a  custom  font  by
       /usr/etc/rc at boot time.

SEE ALSO
       console(4).

                                                                   LOADFONT(1)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | EXAMPLES | DESCRIPTION | SEE ALSO