hello,

i'm running a server with my t.v. as a monitor. i would like to improve the
readability on the terminal. i vaguely remember something about choosing
fonts at the end of the install and some instructions on where to find them
if i wanted to change at a later date. does any one know where that is, the
procedure, and any recommendations for fonts on a t.v. thanks.

Weevil wrote:
> i'm running a server with my t.v. as a monitor. i would like to improve the
> readability on the terminal. i vaguely remember something about choosing
> fonts at the end of the install and some instructions on where to find them
> if i wanted to change at a later date. does any one know where that is, the
> procedure, and any recommendations for fonts on a t.v. thanks.

use fontconfig, or pkgtool and choose 'Setup'. or edit /etc/rc.d/rc.font
manually.

--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
EN:SiS(9)

thanks. is that ray of light, that makes it's way down to the netherworld,
coming from you?

allerdings,

the program is 'kbd' and the command is 'setconsolefonts'. it only took me a
day to figure it out.

Weevil wrote:
> allerdings,
>
> the program is 'kbd' and the command is 'setconsolefonts'. it only took me a
> day to figure it out.
>
>

a tip, sort of:
man -k font | less
While in less, type "/console" you will get hilighted all instances of
"console". It took me 1 minute to find `setfont` utility

nabis@anisp.com wrote :

> man -k font | less
> While in less, type "/console" you will get hilighted all instances of
> "console". It took me 1 minute to find `setfont` utility

To me this looks like a strange way to replace grep:
man -k font | grep console
This will give you a less confusing output.
--
Thomas O.

This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.

Thomas Overgaard wrote:
> nabis@anisp.com wrote :
>
>
>>man -k font | less
>>While in less, type "/console" you will get hilighted all instances of
>>"console". It took me 1 minute to find `setfont` utility
>
>
> To me this looks like a strange way to replace grep:
> man -k font | grep console
> This will give you a less confusing output.

It is not about replacing grep, rather about using the pager.
I mean, I know to use grep, but you never see all the output
of "man -k font", so you page it through "less", then search what
you are interested in. It's just a different way to skin a cat

-nabis