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Re: How to get those nice console fonts?



On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 12:04:37PM +0100, Daniel Haude wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to have my console (non-X) fonts small and neat like Knoppix's.
> I tried the various vga=xxx kernel options but all of them produced
> bigger and uglier fonts.
> 
> How is it done?

Install the kbd package and configure it.  It brings in console-tools
which allows you to choose fonts.  This does not require setting up any
framebuffers.  The last time I used it, it worked great.  I plan to set
it up on my new box (21" screen) but there's no point on my current box
(9" screen).

Doug.



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