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Re: making console font legible [was Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?]

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On 07/12/2018 07:33 PM, davidson wrote:
> The point too is the font is very small on these Acer Swift when 
> nothing is installed, and as I am a bit old I have difficults to see 
> characters...
>
> Have you tried experimenting with different font faces?
>
>  # dkpg-reconfigure console-setup
>
> Different faces permit different sizes, which you can read about[1] in
>
>   $ man 5 console-setup
>
> under OPTIONS, in the section on FONTFACE and FONTSIZE:
>
> | FONTFACE and FONTSIZE
>
> | Valid font faces are: VGA (sizes 8x8, 8x14, 8x16, 16x28 and 16x32),
> | Terminus (sizes 6x12, 8x14, 8x16, 10x20, 12x24, 14x28 and 16x32),
> | TerminusBold (sizes 8x14, 8x16, 10x20, 12x24, 14x28 and 16x32),
> | TerminusBoldVGA (sizes 8x14 and 8x16), and Fixed (sizes 8x13, 8x14,
> | 8x15, 8x16 and 8x18).  If however CODESET=Ethiopian, then the
> | available font faces are Goha and GohaClassic, each in sizes 8x12,
> | 8x14 and 8x16.
>
> I don't know about your particular device, but FWIW the Terminus
> fontface frequently proves helpful for me.
>
>
I had not. And on your advice, I have changed to terminus 10x20 and it 
is very fine for me now !
Thank you very much.

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How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Pierre Couderc <pierre@couderc.eu> - 2018-07-11 07:20 +0200
  Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-07-11 07:30 +0200
    Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-07-11 08:30 +0200
  Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-07-11 12:30 +0200
  Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-07-11 13:40 +0200
  Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-11 15:20 +0200
    Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-07-11 17:50 +0200
      Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-11 18:50 +0200
    Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Pierre Couderc <pierre@couderc.eu> - 2018-07-12 00:00 +0200
      Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2018-07-12 05:10 +0200
        Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Pierre Couderc <pierre@couderc.eu> - 2018-07-12 07:40 +0200
        Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-12 15:00 +0200
          Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2018-07-12 17:40 +0200
      Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Pierre Couderc <pierre@couderc.eu> - 2018-07-12 07:40 +0200
      Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-07-12 11:50 +0200
        Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Pierre Couderc <pierre@couderc.eu> - 2018-07-12 12:30 +0200
          Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-07-12 12:50 +0200
            Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ? Pierre Couderc <pierre@couderc.eu> - 2018-07-12 13:30 +0200
          making console font legible [was Re: How to"apt update" from an USB  key ?] davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2018-07-12 19:40 +0200
            Re: making console font legible [was Re: How to"apt update" from an  USB key ?] Pierre Couderc <pierre@couderc.eu> - 2018-07-12 20:50 +0200
          Re: making console font legible (was How to"apt upd...) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-07-12 20:50 +0200
            Re: making console font legible (was How to"apt upd...) Pierre Couderc <pierre@couderc.eu> - 2018-07-12 20:50 +0200

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