Framebuffer HOWTO

• Index
• History
• Contributors
• What is a framebuffer device?
• What advantages does framebuffer devices have?
• Using framebuffer devices on Intel platforms
• Using framebuffer devices on Atari m68k platforms
• Using framebuffer devices on Amiga m68k platforms
• Using framebuffer devices on Macintosh m68k platforms
• Using framebuffer devices on PowerPC platforms
• Using framebuffer devices on Alpha platforms
• Using framebuffer devices on SPARC platforms
• Using framebuffer devices on MIPS platforms
• Using framebuffer devices on ARM platforms
• Using multi-headed framebuffers
• Using/Changing fonts
• Changing console modes
• Setting up the X11 FBdev driver
• How do I convert XFree86 mode-lines into framebuffer device timings?
• Changing the Linux logo
• Looking for further information?

15. Using/Changing fonts

To get the capability to change fonts, you need kbd-0.99. You may obtain this from

ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/utils/kbd

One advantage of downloading and installing kbd-0.99 is that you will be able to load international fonts (i.e Euro symbol) into your console device (It is tres chic to have three symbols on my keyboard, the dollar sign, the English pound sign and the Euro sign!).