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How to change the Virtual Terminal font in Debian and Ubuntu easily.

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To change the font in the Virtual Terminal in Debian or Ubuntu/Linux Mint, run this command. sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setupsudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup This lets you select the various character sets and fonts to customize your virtual terminal. jason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup [sudo] password for jason: Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your … Read more

Very useful Linux tips and tricks for the Linux desktop user.

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How to make the Xterm font larger.Using the .inputrc file to control keybindings in xterm.Enabling color ls output.Viewing files with the command-line. How to make the Xterm font larger. To make the Xterm font larger, hold the left Ctrl key down and right-click on the xterm window to bring up a menu that allows the … Read more

Setting a larger console font on Ubuntu 12.04.

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Setting a larger console font on Ubuntu Linux 12.04. To do this first get to a text console by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 and login with your username ↦ password, then type this command to set a larger font. setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat7-TerminusBold28x14.psf.gzsetfont /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat7-TerminusBold28x14.psf.gz This is a nice large font and is more readable if you are on a … Read more

Setting a larger console font in Debian Squeeze.

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This is very easy to do. Simply open a terminal and type: sudo apt-get install kbd-compat console-terminussudo apt-get install kbd-compat console-terminus This will install the setfont utility and a nice terminus console font. To set the desired font, type this command. The fonts will be in /usr/share/consolefonts. setfont Uni2-TerminusBold24x12.psf.gzsetfont Uni2-TerminusBold24x12.psf.gz If you want the changes … Read more