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

# psfxtable(1)

handle Unicode character tables for console fonts

## NAME

psfxtable - handle Unicode character tables for console fonts

## SYNOPSIS

**psfxtable** \[**-i** *infont*\] \[**-o** *outfont*\] \[**-it** *intable*\] \[**-ot** *outtable*\] \[**-nt**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**psfxtable** handles the embedded Unicode character table for .psf format console fonts. It reads a font and possibly a table and writes a font and/or a table. [**psfaddtable**(1)](/psfaddtable/1.md), [**psfgettable**(1)](/psfgettable/1.md) and [**psfstriptable**(1)](/psfstriptable/1.md) are links to it.

Each of the filenames *infont*, *outfont*, *intable*, and *outtable* may be replaced by a single dash (-), in which case standard input or standard output is used. If no *-i* option is given, the font is read from standard input. If no *-it* or *-o* or *-ot* option is given, no input table is read or no output font or output table is written.

By default the output font (if any) will have a Unicode table when either the input font has one, or an explicit table (which overrides an input font table) has been provided. The option *-nt* causes output of a font without table. When *outfont* is requested it will get a psf1 header when infont has a psf1 header and *intable* does not have sequences and a psf2 header otherwise.

## SEE ALSO

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