# loadfont(1)

    NAME
         loadfont - load a font into the video card

    SYNOPSIS
         loadfont fontfile

    EXAMPLES

         loadfont iso1.fnt   # Loads the ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) font

    DESCRIPTION

         Loadfont loads a custom font into the video card (EGA or VGA).  The  font
         character  size  has to be 8x16 pixels and the font file must contain 256
         characters for a total size of 4 kilobytes.

         Loadfont together with loadkeys allow the  console  and  keyboard  to  be
         customized to national conventions.

         If it exists, the file /etc/font is loaded as a custom font by /etc/rc at
         boot time.

    SEE ALSO
         console(4).