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Re: how to change terminal (tty) font?



Hi.

You are using a slightly inaccurate terminology.

``tty`` is a kernel subsystem that supports terminals.
Terminal could be 
* hardware device connected to the serial port, 
* virtual terminal  -- so-called vty that runs on top of virtual console which is emulated by kernel using your videocard and keyboard, 
* pseudo terminal backed by user-mode software (like xterm or sshd server)

I assume you are speaking about a "virtual terminal" that runs on console (either in text mode or in graphics mode using framebuffer).

Fonts are usually installed in ``/usr/share/consolefonts/``
You can install one with ``setfont(8)``.

Debian provides a package named ``console-setup`` that handles that.

Run ``dpkg-reconfigure console-setup`` to configure and read ``console-setup(5)``

Useful links:
https://tldp.org/LDP/LG/issue91/loozzr.html
https://www.linusakesson.net/programming/tty/






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