---
name: "psfaddtable"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kbd"
version: "2.10.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/psfaddtable"
---

# psfaddtable(1)

add a Unicode character table to a console font

## NAME

psfaddtable - add a Unicode character table to a console font

## SYNOPSIS

**psfaddtable** *fontfile tablefile outfile*

## DESCRIPTION

**psfaddtable** takes a console font in .psf format given by *fontfile* and merges it with the Unicode character table given by *tablefile* to produce a font file with an embedded character table, which is written to *outfile*. An input file name of "-" denotes standard input, and an output file name of "-" denotes standard output. If the *fontfile* already contains an embedded character table, it is ignored.

## TABLE FILE FORMAT

Each line in the *tablefile* should be either blank, contain a comment (preceded by *#*), or contain a sequence of numbers in either decimal (default), octal (preceded by *0*), or hexadecimal (preceded by *0x*) format, separated by spaces or tabs. The first number on each line indicates the glyph slot in the font that is being referred to, this is between 0 and 0xff for a 256-character font and 0 and 0x1ff for a 512-character font.  Any subsequent numbers on the same line are Unicodes matched by this specific glyph slot.  Instead of a single Unicode one may have a sequence of Unicodes separates by commas, to denote that the glyph depicts the corresponding composed symbol. It is permissible to have multiple lines for the same glyph.

## SEE ALSO

[**setfont**(8)](/setfont/8.md), [**psfgettable**(1)](/psfgettable/1.md), [**psfstriptable**(1)](/psfstriptable/1.md), [**psfxtable**(1)](/psfxtable/1.md)