WSFONTLOAD(8) System Manager's Manual WSFONTLOAD(8)
NAME
wsfontloadload a font bitmap into the wsfont pool or a wscons display device
SYNOPSIS
wsfontload
[-f wsdev] [-w width] [-h height] [-e encoding] [-N name] [-b] [-B] [-v] [fontfile]
DESCRIPTION
The wsfontload utility loads a font bitmap into the wsfont font pool (or a wscons device if the device driver supports this). The font gets assigned a name in this process which it can be referred to by later for use on a display screen. The font is loaded from the specified fontfile, or from standard input if fontfile is not provided.
 
The options are:
-f wsdev
Specify the device to operate on. Default is /dev/wsfont.
-w width
Sets the width of a font character in pixels. Default is 8.
-h height
Sets the height of a font character in pixels. Default is 16.
-e encoding
Sets the encoding of the font. This can be either a symbolic abbreviation or a numeric value. Currently recognized abbreviations are ‘iso' for ISO-8859-1 encoding, ‘ibm' for IBM encoded fonts and ‘pcvt' for the custom encoding of the supplemental fonts which came with the BSD “pcvt” console driver. Per default, ‘iso' is assumed.
-N name
Specifies a name which can be used later to refer to the font. If none is given, the fontfile name is used to create one.
-b
Specifies that the font data is ordered right-to-left bit wise. The default is left-to-right.
-B
Specifies that the font data is ordered right-to-left byte wise. The default is left-to-right.
-v
Prints the font's properties before loading it.
 
Typically, the wsfontload utility will be executed in system startup by the /etc/rc.d/wscons script, controlled by the /etc/wscons.conf configuration file.
FILES
/etc/wscons.conf /usr/share/wscons/fonts
EXAMPLES
wsfontload -N myname -h 8 -e ibm /usr/share/wscons/fonts/vt220l.808
 
Load the IBM-encoded 8×8-font from the wscons(4) distribution. This (or another 8×8-font) is necessary to use the 50-line screen type on vga(4) displays.
 
wsfontload -N orator -e ibm /usr/share/wscons/fonts/orator.816
wsconsctl -dw font=orator
 
Load the “orator” IBM-encoded 8×16 font and switch the first console screen (ttyE0, wsconsctl's default) to this alternate font.
SEE ALSO
BUGS
Many features are missing.
 
There is no way to remove a loaded font.