---
name: "utf8"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fonty-rg"
version: "0.7-1.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/utf8"
---

# utf8(1)

quickly change console font and console mode into UTF-8 encoding

## NAME

utf8 - quickly change console font and console mode into UTF-8 encoding

## SYNOPSIS

**utf8** \[*filename*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the **utf8** command.

**utf8** is a simple shell script that selects UTF-8 console font  and switches console into UTF-8 mode.

If no *filename* is given, 512 character font LatCyrGr-16.psf font is used, otherwise  *filename* is assumed to be a font name to be used.

If  *filename* is 2, special 256 character font chavo.psf is used.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Radovan Garabík \<garabik @ kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk\>, for the fonty-rg package.

## COMMENT

This manpage is in UTF-8 encoding. This is intentional.