Re: text size on CLI

[Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk>]

Mike McClain <mike.junk@nethere.com> wrote:
> On the command line in Squeeze my screen size seems to be 43x128
> which makes it very hard on my eyes. How do I get it to around 36x80?

When you say "the command line" do you mean in a terminal window within
the GUI or do you mean on a non-GUI console?

If it's the latter, try changing /etc/default/console-setup so that
FONTFACE="Fixed" and FONTSIZE="13". Or some other variant to suit. Run
setupcon to test out your changes.

Chris