NAME
fbtruetype — program to display text on the console frame buffer.
SYNOPSIS
fbtruetype [parameters] [text]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
fbtruetype is used by the bootsplash package to draw text on the console frame buffer.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').
- -h, -?, --help
-
Show summary of options.
- -V, --version
-
Show the program version.
- -x, -y
-
X and Y coordinates to draw text at.
- -a, --alpha
-
The default alpha channel. Values should range between 1 and 100.
- -f, --fong
-
The font to use (.ttf file).
- -s, --size
-
The text size in points.
- -t, --textcolor
-
The color of the text (hex). -t 554455
- -v, --vebose
-
Verbose mode.
- -S, --start-console
-
Only output text on the console it was started on.
- -c
-
Start output on specified console.
SEE ALSO
fbmngplay (1), fbresoultion (1), bootsplash (7).
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Matthew A. Nicholson [email protected] for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.