WSFONTLOAD(8)

NAME
wsfontload - load 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
wscons(4), wsconscfg(8), wsconsctl(8)

BUGS
Many features are missing.

There is no way to remove a loaded font.