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List:       mutt-users
Subject:    Re: OT:  Setting Font in a Console
From:       Thomas Dickey <dickey () herndon4 ! his ! com>
Date:       2000-12-23 0:40:08
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On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 07:27:30PM -0500, John P. Verel wrote:
> I'd like to change the font when running mutt in a console.  I seem,
> based on output from set, to be running at 80 columns by 25 lines, a
> huge font for a 19" monitor.  I'm finding the documentation on terminfo,
> console, ncurses, etc, etc more than a bit difficult to work through.
> Can someone suggest the way to go about this?

For Linux (other platforms generally have less capability):

The console's choice of font isn't much affected by terminfo - it's possible
(with some research) to add a parameter to LILO to select different VGA modes
(if your video card supports it).  But there's not much standardization on text
modes above 25x80.

The font itself is done on Linux with setfont, e.g.,
	setfont default8x16

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