LOADFONT(1)             OpenBSD Reference Manual (i386)            LOADFONT(1)

NAME
     loadfont - EGA/VGA fontloader for pcvt video driver.

SYNOPSIS
     loadfont [-c charsetno] [-d devicefile] [-f fontfilename] [-i] [-s
              scanlines]

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 down-
             loading 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.

     -s      Specifies the number of scanlines of the display.

     This utility is used only on EGA and VGA boards, as MDA, HCG and CGA
     boards do not have downloadable charactersets available.

FILES
     The following fontfiles are available in the pcvt distribution:

     /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/pcvtfonts/vt220l.816'' loads
     a 8x16 font containing the standard IBM characterset II into font slot 0
     on a VGA or EGA board.

BUGS
     No known bugs

SEE ALSO
     cursor(1), scon(1), pcvt(4)

OpenBSD 2.8                     August 24, 1995                              1
