From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C2C1381FA for ; Sun, 18 May 2014 01:17:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4591CE0BC6; Sun, 18 May 2014 01:17:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37AA4E0B22 for ; Sun, 18 May 2014 01:17:36 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqoGAIDvNVMXW5aa/2dsb2JhbABZgwbEB4EXF3SCJQEBAQECATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4dxCNIZF44YEQFXFoMOgRQEjz6JD4Zhi1WDTCGBNQ X-IPAS-Result: AqoGAIDvNVMXW5aa/2dsb2JhbABZgwbEB4EXF3SCJQEBAQECATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4dxCNIZF44YEQFXFoMOgRQEjz6JD4Zhi1WDTCGBNQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,753,1389762000"; d="scan'208";a="63129828" Received: from 23-91-150-154.cpe.pppoe.ca (HELO waltdnes.org) ([23.91.150.154]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 17 May 2014 21:17:34 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 17 May 2014 21:17:17 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 21:17:17 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fonts and bad eyes Message-ID: <20140518011717.GB2779@waltdnes.org> References: <53770CFD.7010107@gmail.com> <20140517112108.GA8077@grusum.endjinn.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140517112108.GA8077@grusum.endjinn.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Archives-Salt: 8d9afb02-665d-46a3-9876-8cf6e389a5fe X-Archives-Hash: 36b788c369d676a8f014a96e95058bab On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 01:21:08PM +0200, David Haller wrote > The Linux text-console font is also very good. I used to do email and various other stuff on a VGA2 screen (640x480). There are 5 lat1 consolefonts... /usr/share/consolefonts/lat1-08.psfu.gz /usr/share/consolefonts/lat1-10.psfu.gz /usr/share/consolefonts/lat1-12.psfu.gz /usr/share/consolefonts/lat1-14.psfu.gz /usr/share/consolefonts/lat1-16.psfu.gz They are all 8 pixels wide, giving 80 columns on a VGA screen. At 640x400 consolemode, you got... * lat1-08 (CGA-like) gave 80x50 (unreadable except on a large monitor) * lat1-10 gave 80x40, which was nice * lat1-12 gave 80x33 * lat1-14 (EGA-like) gave 80x28 * lat1-16 (VGA-like) gave 80x25 At 640x480 consolemode... * lat1-08 (CGA-like) gave 80x60 (unreadable except on a large monitor) * lat1-10 gave 80x48, which is surprisingly much nicer than 80x50 above. Those 2 extra pixels made a world of difference * lat1-12 gave 80x40 * lat1-14 (EGA-like) gave 80x34 * lat1-16 (VGA-like) gave 80x30 Then video drivers came along that insisted on taking over text mode, and running at native framebuffer resolution. I have a 1280x800 notebook that would be perfectly legible with the screen kicked into 640x480 mode, and lat1-12 font selected. Unfortunately, the Intel driver takes over and 1280x800 pixels text mode is barely legible 160 columns x 50 rows. On some machines, it was possible to override things and force 640x480 mode in consolemode at bootup. Unfortunately, that forcing would also stick in X, where you do not want 640x480 pixels!!! The consolefont program can select any available font. Question... * Plan A) can I get 16-pixel wide lat1 consolefonts from somewhere? * Plan B) is there free software around that can modify/tweak the regular fonts to double their width? -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications