---
name: "showcfont"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "console-tools"
version: "1:0.2.3dbs-70"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/showcfont"
---

# showcfont(1)

displays all characters in the current screen-font.

## NAME

showcfont - displays all characters in the current screen-font.

## SYNOPSIS

**showfont**

## DESCRIPTION

**showfont** uses successive switches of the *Application Charset Map* in 8-bit console-mode to have all 256 or 512 characters in the current font displayed on the screen.

The equivalent program in the **kbd** package is called **showconsolefont.**

## SEE ALSO

[**consolechars**(8)](/consolechars/8.md).