---
name: "d.font"
section: "1grass"
platform: "linux"
package: "grass-doc"
version: "8.4.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/d.font"
---

# d.font(1grass)

Selects the font in which text will be displayed on the user’s graphics monitor.

## NAME

**d.font**  - Selects the font in which text will be displayed on the user’s graphics monitor.

## KEYWORDS

display, settings

## SYNOPSIS

**d.font**\
 **d.font --help**\
 **d.font** \[-**lv**\]  \[**font**=*string*\]   \[**path**=*name*\]   \[**charset**=*string*\]   \[--**help**\]  \[--**verbose**\]  \[--**quiet**\]  \[--**ui**\]

### Flags:

- **-l**

  List fonts

- **-v**

  List fonts verbosely

- **--help**

  Print usage summary

- **--verbose**

  Verbose module output

- **--quiet**

  Quiet module output

- **--ui**

  Force launching GUI dialog

### Parameters:

- **font**=*string*

  Choose new current font\
   Default: *romans*

- **path**=*name*

  Path to Freetype-compatible font including file name

- **charset**=*string*

  Character encoding\
   Default: *UTF-8*

## DESCRIPTION

*d.font* allows the user to select use of a specific text font for display of text on the graphics monitor. If the user does not specify a font when using other GRASS programs that display text, the font type *romans* is used by default.

The user can run this program either non-interactively or interactively. If the user specifies a font type name on the command line the program will run non-interactively. Alternately, the user can simply type **d.font** on the command line; in this case, the program will prompt the user for a display text font type.

**Parameter:**

- **font=***name*

  Name of a font type, from among the font types italicized below.\
   Default: *romans*\
   Options: (italized)\
   *cyrilc* Cyrillic\
   *gothgbt* Gothic Great Britain triplex\
   *gothgrt* Gothic German triplex\
   *gothitt* Gothic Italian triplex\
   *greekc* Greek complex\
   *greekcs* Greek complex script\
   *greekp* Greek plain\
   *greeks* Greek simplex\
   *italicc* Italian complex\
   *italiccs* Italian complex small\
   *italict* Italian triplex\
   *romanc* Roman complex\
   *romancs* Roman complex small\
   *romand* Roman duplex\
   *romanp* Roman plain\
   *romans* Roman simplex\
   *romant* Roman triplex\
   *scriptc* Script complex\
   *scripts* Script simplex

## NOTES

The font type *romans* is the fastest font type to display to the graphics monitor.

## SEE ALSO

*d.text*\
 *d.title*

## AUTHOR

James Westervelt, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

*d.font* uses the public domain version of the Hershey Fonts created by Dr. A.V. Hershey while working at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards.

## SOURCE CODE

Available at: d.font source code (history)

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