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From: mi@aldan.algebra.com (Mikhail Teterin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Change the text mode screen fonts
Date: 2 May 1996 16:04:46 GMT
Organization: Aldan at Newton Upper Falls
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To: ctilbury@hic.net (Charles A. Tilbury)
Honorable Charles A. Tilbury
wrote on 22 Apr (in article <4lg8fg$42f@news.hic.net>):
=Can anyone help me to change the text mode screen fonts? I have just
=gotten a 17" monitor. Would like to set different font sizes on different
=virtual screens. I would like to get a 60 line font. I know a 50 line
=font is possable.
mi@aldan:/tmp/tkrolo-1.000 (1017) man -k video
cursor(1) - set cursor shape for the pcvt VT220 video driver
ispcvt(8) - verify if current video driver is pcvt driver
loadfont(1) - is used to load fonts into EGA or VGA boards for use
by the 'pcvt' video driver
meteor(4) - video capture driver
scon(1) - controls screen modes for pcvt video driver
vidcontrol(1) - a utility for manipulating the syscons video driver
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SuperProbe(1) - probe for and identify installed video hardware
xvidtune(1) - video mode tuner for XFree86
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