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WSFONTLOAD(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		 WSFONTLOAD(8)

NAME
     wsfontload — load a font bitmap into the wsfont pool or a wscons display
     device

SYNOPSIS
     wsfontload [-Bbv] [-e encoding] [-f wsdev] [-h height] [-N name]
		[-w width] [fontfile]

DESCRIPTION
     The wsfontload utility loads a font bitmap into the wsfont font pool (or
     a wscons device if the device driver supports this).  The font gets
     assigned a name in this process which it can be referred to by later for
     use on a display screen.  The font is loaded from the specified fontfile,
     or from standard input if fontfile is not provided.

     The options are:

     -B		  Specifies that the font data is ordered right-to-left byte
		  wise.	 The default is left-to-right.

     -b		  Specifies that the font data is ordered right-to-left bit
		  wise.	 The default is left-to-right.

     -e encoding  Sets the encoding of the font.  This can be either a sym‐
		  bolic abbreviation or a numeric value.  Currently recognized
		  abbreviations are:

		  ‘iso’	   ISO-8859-1 encoding

		  ‘ibm’	   IBM encoded fonts

		  ‘pcvt’   the custom encoding of the supplemental fonts which
			   came with the BSD “pcvt” console driver

		  ‘iso2’   ISO-8859-2 (east european) encoding

		  ‘iso7’   ISO-8859-7 (greek) encoding

		  ‘koi8r’  KOI8-R (russian) encoding
		  Per default, ‘iso’ is assumed.

     -f wsdev	  Specify the device to operate on.  Default is /dev/wsfont.

     -h height	  Sets the height of a font character in pixels.  Default is
		  16.

     -N name	  Specifies a name which can be used later to refer to the
		  font.	 If none is given, the fontfile name is used to create
		  one.

     -v		  Prints the font's properties before loading it.

     -w width	  Sets the width of a font character in pixels.	 Default is 8.

     Typically, the wsfontload utility will be executed in system startup by
     the /etc/rc.d/wscons script, controlled by the /etc/wscons.conf configu‐
     ration file.

FILES
     /etc/wscons.conf /usr/share/wscons/fonts

EXAMPLES
	   wsfontload -N myname -h 8 -e ibm /usr/share/wscons/fonts/vt220l.808

     Load the IBM-encoded 8×8-font from the wscons(4) distribution.  This (or
     another 8×8-font) is necessary to use the 50-line screen type on vga(4)
     displays.

	   wsfontload -N orator -e ibm /usr/share/wscons/fonts/orator.816
	   wsconsctl -dw font=orator

     Load the “orator” IBM-encoded 8×16 font and switch the first console
     screen (ttyE0, wsconsctl's default) to this alternate font.

SEE ALSO
     wscons(4), wsconscfg(8), wsconsctl(8)

BUGS
     Many features are missing.

     There is no way to remove a loaded font.

BSD				  May 4, 2003				   BSD

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