xref: /netbsd/usr.sbin/wsfontload/wsfontload.8 (revision ea46e54f)

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.Dd January 13, 1999
.Os
.Dt WSFONTLOAD 8
.Sh NAME
.Nm wsfontload
.Nd load a font bitmap into a wscons display device
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ""
.Bk -words
.Op Fl f Ar ctldev
.Ek
.Bk -words
.Op Fl w Ar width
.Ek
.Bk -words
.Op Fl h Ar height
.Ek
.Bk -words
.Op Fl e Ar encoding
.Ek
.Bk -words
.Op Fl N Ar name
.Ek
.Bk -words
.Op Fl b
.Ek
.Bk -words
.Op Fl B
.Ek
.Op Ar fontfile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility loads a font bitmap to 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
.Ar fontfile ,
or from standard input if
.Ar fontfile
is not provided.
.Pp
The options are:
.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxx
.It Fl f Ar ctldev
Specify the control device of the wscons display to operate on.
Default is
.Pa /dev/ttyEcfg .
.It Fl w Ar width
Sets the width of a font character in pixels. Default is 8.
.It Fl h Ar height
Sets the width of a font character in pixels. Default is 16.
.It Fl e Ar encoding
Sets the encoding of the font. This can be either a symbolic abbreviation
or a numeric value. Currently recognized abbreviations are
.Ql iso
for ISO-8859-1 encoding,
.Ql ibm
for IBM encoded fonts and
.Ql pcvt
for the custom encoding of the supplemental fonts which came with
the
.Bx
.Dq pcvt
console driver. Per default,
.Ql iso
is assumed.
.It Fl N Ar name
Specifies a name which can be used later to refer to the font.
In none is given, the
.Ar fontfile
name is used to create one.
.It Fl b
Specifies that the font data is ordered right-to-left bit wise. The default
is left-to-right.
.It Fl B
Specifies that the font data is ordered right-to-left byte wise. The default
is left-to-right.
.El
.Pp
Typically, the
.Nm
utility will be executed in system startup by the
.Pa /etc/rc.d/wscons
script, controlled by the
.Pa /etc/wscons.conf
configuration file.
.Pp
No font files are provided with the wscons framework. The fonts installed by
.Xr pcvt 4
can be used instead, as can raw font files from other operating system
distributions.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Dl wsfontload -N myname -h 8 -e ibm /usr/share/pcvt/fonts/vt220l.808
.Pp
Load the IBM-encoded 8\(mu8-font from the
.Xr pcvt 4
distribution. This (or another 8\(mu8-font) is necessary to use the
50-line screen type on
.Xr vga 4
displays.
.Sh FILES
.Pa /etc/wscons.conf
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr wscons 4 ,
.Xr wsconscfg 8 ,
.Xr wsconsctl 8
.Sh BUGS
Many features are missing.
.Pp
There is no way to remove a loaded font.