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From: Jens Schweikhardt <usenet@schweikhardt.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Setting the TTY VT font globally
Date: 23 Sep 2024 18:56:35 GMT
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Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> wrote
	in <vcn69v$1u780$1@paganini.bofh.team>:
# 
# Hello, all.
# 
# FreeBSD 14.1 RELEASE here.
# 
# The virtual TTYs (Ctrl+Alt+F1..F8) are provided through VT(4),
# the man page to which mentions only one tool for setting
# up the font -- vidcontrol(1), which affects only the TTY on which
# the program is invoked.
# 
# How, then, can I set up the font I need (e.g. terminus-b32.fnt),
#   a) as early in the boot process as possble, and
#   b) for all TTYs, 1 to 8 ?

I have in /etc/rc.conf this for the gallant font:

allscreens_flags="-f gallant"

That's the Sun Microsystems console font, simply unsurpassed,
for those who remember. Sigh...

Regards,

	Jens
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