From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2401384B4 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2015 05:21:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D5B121C00B; Sat, 5 Dec 2015 05:21:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.web-xs.org (mail.web-xs.org [148.251.4.204]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 434E4E088F for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2015 05:21:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.web-xs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CC166EC338D for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2015 06:21:00 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.web-xs.org Received: from mail.web-xs.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.web-xs.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ixBMjfi2AFD4 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2015 06:20:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from server-1.localdomain (p54A71937.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.167.25.55]) (Authenticated sender: lukas@der-erste-sinn.de) by mail.web-xs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EEEBE6EC3342 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2015 06:20:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from hal9000.localdomain (hal.localdomain [192.168.0.2]) by server-1.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id B87BC4DA for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2015 00:47:53 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 06:20:45 +0100 From: To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Console fonts revisited Message-ID: <20151205062045.039c76e2@hal9000.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20151205031344.GA17910@waltdnes.org> References: <72479272.Iazj106paV@wstn> <20151203183802.GH2136@acm.fritz.box> <1893427.zLYdoBPIus@wstn> <20151204185810.GA3905@waltdnes.org> <20151204204543.1c024567@hal9000.localdomain> <20151205031344.GA17910@waltdnes.org> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: cb944702-bce8-4ce2-9a0b-60b9aa873899 X-Archives-Hash: 2b6cbe952e0d02bc75967ae047cdff5c waltdnes@waltdnes.org wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 08:45:43PM +0100, wabenbau@gmail.com wrote > > > Try consolefont="ter-124n". But as Peter said, the terminus-font > > needs some X libraries. I never noticed that, because on my system > > X was already installed before I installed > > media-fonts/terminus-font. > > I couldn't get anything less than 120 columns across. Here's the > scriptlet "listres" I used to check all the terminal fonts. Note that > it does *NOT* begin with #!/bin/bash and is not chmod'ed executable. > That's because COLUMNS and LINES are not environment variables, but > are shell variables. So they are not inherited by a deeper script. > > cd /usr/share/consolefonts > for cfont in ter-* > do > setfont ${cfont} > echo "${cfont} ${COLUMNS} ${LINES}" > done > cd > > I had to "source" it to stay within the same shell level... > > . listres > /dev/shm/screensize.txt That's because the fonts hight is twice its width. The biggest terminus font size is 32px. That's in fact a 16x32 matrix. With a screen size of 1920x1080 that will give you 120 columns and 33 lines. It seems that there is no bigger console font available. Sorry, I really didn't considered that well enough before I made my suggestion. If I would have used my brain I would have realized that I'm using ter-132n and have 240 columns and 67 lines on my UHD screen and that this font size would give you 120x33 chars on your screen. My screen is huge (32") and so the font is readable from my working distance. Usually I only work on the console when I make backups in single user mode or when I'm testing different options for the GPU driver. So I can live with that fontsize. But nevertheless I would also appreciate a somewhat bigger font. Just now I searched for BDF in the package DB (eix bdf) and found some tools for converting X fonts to console fonts. I never used these tools and so cannot say if they are helpful for you. If you achieve good results with these programs please give me a hint. -- Regards wabe