Console Font Size

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 · 1 minute · 51 words

This days, with 4K monitors, the linux console is unreadable : the font is too small. So how can we scale the font size in the console after boot ?

Just modify the default console setup file for a bigger font :

1> cat /etc/default/console-setup
2ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-6]"
3CHARMAP="UTF-8"
4CODESET="guess"
5FONTFACE="Terminus"
6FONTSIZE="16x32"
7FONT='Lat7-Terminus32x16'
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