---
name: "displayfont"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "console-cyrillic"
version: "0.9-18"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/displayfont"
---

# displayfont(1)

display linux console font

## NAME

displayfont - display linux console font

## SYNOPSIS

**displayfont** \[**-8**\|**-14**\|**-16**\] \[**-k**\[**eep**\]\] \[**font**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **displayfont** program displays given **font** on console; if **font** is omitted, displays current font. All characters are shown, regardless of their possible special meaning. The program hardly attempts to restore original console state, font and unicode mapping after usage. 512-character fonts are handled as well.

## OPTIONS

- **-8**, **-14**, **-16**

  Select font size for files in codepage format (**.cp**).

- **-keep**

  Do not restore original font and unicode mapping. May be abbreviated to **-k**.

## SEE ALSO

[**console**(4)](/console/4.md), [**setfont**(8)](/setfont/8.md), [**showconsolefont**(8)](/showconsolefont/8.md).

## BUGS

Linux-specific; was not tested on non-i386 systems.

## AUTHOR

Cyril Slobin \<slobin@iname.com\>

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