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Expand Up @@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ cc -o fontpic gpl/fontpic.c
./fontpic < vt-default-normal.hex > vt-default-normal.bmp
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To load a font file into vt(4):
(setfont is included in vidcontrol. See [this commit](https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=44581368a4aabc5a442e2a9c5333828a3b69d69d))
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I don't think we need to mention setfont here as it was removed around 10 years ago; is there any documentation that makes reference to it?

```sh
vtfontcvt -o vt-default-normal.bin vt-default-normal.hex
vidcontrol -f vt-default-normal.bin
```

Links
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* http://czyborra.com/unifont/ (Original GNU Unifont home)
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