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

wsfontloadload a font bitmap into the wsfont pool or a wscons display device

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

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:

Specifies that the font data is ordered right-to-left byte wise. The default is left-to-right.
Specifies that the font data is ordered right-to-left bit wise. The default is left-to-right.
encoding
Sets the encoding of the font. This can be either a symbolic 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.
wsdev
Specify the device to operate on. Default is /dev/wsfont.
height
Sets the height of a font character in pixels. Default is 16.
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.
Prints the font's properties before loading it.
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 configuration file.

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

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.

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

Many features are missing.

There is no way to remove a loaded font.

There is no way to determine which fonts have been loaded.

May 30, 2019 NetBSD-9.2