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Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu?

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On Tue 18 Oct 2016 at 10:22:24 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On 10/18/2016 9:20 AM, Darac Marjal wrote:
> >On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 08:51:00AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>With GRUB2 on Jessie, how do I increase the menu's font _size_ .
> >>A Google search wandered around my problem without addressing it.
> >>I did discover that that GRUB was using a resolution that
> >>matched my monitor's settings.
> >>
> >>[When menu comes up go to command mode by typing 'c'. Then
> >>enter 'vbeinfo' to see list of supported resolutions. In my
> >>case the active resolution was listed as 1280 x 1024.]
> >>
> >
> >You will need to convert a font of your choice to GRUB's pf2 format:
> >
> >     # grub-mkfont -o /boot/grub/fonts/example.pf2 -s 24
> >     /path/to/Example.ttf
> >
> >(adjust the names to reflect your chosen font. The parameter to
> >-s is the font size in pixels).
> >
> >Next up, tell grub that you want to use your new font. Add this
> >to /etc/default/grub:
> >
> >     GRUB_FONT=/boot/grub/fonts/example.pf2
> >
> >Finally,
> >
> >     # update-grub
> 
> 
> I'm confused. We may be using the term "font" differently. The existing font
> family is acceptable. I just wish to change size of existing font.

You presumably want to increase the size of what you *see* on the
screen. Try

  GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

in /etc/default/grub. 'update-grub' and reboot.

-- 
Brian.

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Increase font size of GRUB menu? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-18 16:00 +0200
  Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-10-18 16:30 +0200
    Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-18 17:30 +0200
      Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-10-18 18:30 +0200
      Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-10-18 18:40 +0200
      Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-10-18 21:40 +0200
      Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-19 12:40 +0200
        Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-10-19 13:10 +0200
          Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-19 16:30 +0200
            Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-10-19 16:50 +0200
              Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-10-19 17:00 +0200
            Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-19 18:20 +0200
              Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-19 19:50 +0200
                Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-19 21:20 +0200
            Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-10-19 18:40 +0200
              Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-19 20:00 +0200
                Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-19 20:30 +0200
                Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-19 20:50 +0200
  [MY solution] Re: Increase font size of GRUB menu? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-22 17:40 +0200

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