NAME

     loadfont - load a font into the video card


SYNOPSIS

     loadfont fontfile


EXAMPLES

     loadfont iso1.fnt   # Loads the ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) font


DESCRIPTION

     Loadfont loads a custom font into the  video  card  (EGA  or
     VGA).  The font character size has to be 8x16 pixels and the
     font file must contain 256 characters for a total size of  4
     kilobytes.

     Loadfont together with loadkeys allow the console  and  key-
     board to be customized to national conventions.

     If it exists, the file /etc/font is loaded as a custom  font
     by /usr/etc/rc at boot time.


SEE ALSO

     console(4).