loadfont(1)

NAME

loadfont - pcvt utility for loading fonts into VGA/EGA

boards

SYNOPSIS

loadfont  [-c  charsetno]  [-d devicefile] [-f fontfilename]
[-i]

DESCRIPTION

The loadfont utility is used to load fonts needed for proper

operation of
the pcvt VT220 driver on EGA and VGA boards into the font

ram of this
boards.

The options are as follows:

-c Specifies the slot, the font is to load into. EGA

boards have

four slots and VGA boards have eight slots available

for downloading fonts.

-d Specifies the devicefile to use.

-f Specifies the file which contains the font to be

downloaded.

-i Gives information what type(s) of font do currently

reside in

which slot. This is also the default behaviour if

no options are
specified on the commandline.

This utility is used only on EGA and VGA boards, as MDA, HCG

and CGA
boards do not have downloadable character sets available.

FILES

The following fontfiles are available in the pcvt distribu

tion:

/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.808: 8x8 IBM II font
/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220h.808: 8x8 Extension font
/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.810: 8x10 IBM II font
/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220h.810: 8x10 Extension font
/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.814: 8x14 IBM II font
/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220h.814: 8x14 Extension font
/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.816: 8x16 IBM II font
/usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220h.816: 8x16 Extension font

EXAMPLES

The command ``loadfont -c0 -f/usr/share/misc/pcvt

fonts/vt220l.816'' loads
a 8x16 font containing the standard IBM characterset II into

font slot 0
on a VGA or EGA board.

SEE ALSO

cursor(1), scon(1), pcvt(4), ispcvt(8)

BUGS

No known bugs

BSD March 27, 2000

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