Reference

showconsolefont(8)

Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font

NAME

showconsolefont - Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font

SYNOPSIS

showconsolefont [options]

DESCRIPTION

The showconsolefont command outputs the current console font to stdout. On Linux 2.6.1 and later, the option -C allows one to indicate the console involved. Its argument is a pathname.

OPTIONS

-i, --info

don't print out the font table, just show: ROWSxCOLSxCOUNT and exit.

-C, --console=DEV

the console device to be used.

-v, --verbose

be more verbose.

-V, --version

print version number.

-h, --help

print this usage message.

SEE ALSO

setfont(8)

History

--console since Debian 13 (Trixie); --help since Debian 13 (Trixie); --info since Debian 13 (Trixie); --verbose since Debian 13 (Trixie); --version since Debian 13 (Trixie); -C since Debian 13 (Trixie); -V since Debian 13 (Trixie); -h since Debian 13 (Trixie); -i since Debian 13 (Trixie); -v since Debian 13 (Trixie).