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.\" $NetBSD: wsfontload.8,v 1.18 2002/04/06 03:17:47 dsainty Exp $
.\"
.Dd November 8, 2000
.Os
.Dt WSFONTLOAD 8
.Sh NAME
.Nm wsfontload
.Nd "load a font bitmap into the wsfont pool or a wscons display device"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm ""
.Bk -words
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.Op Fl f Ar wsdev
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.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
.Bk -words
.Op Fl v
.Ek
.Op Ar fontfile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
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utility loads a font bitmap into the wsfont font pool
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(or 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
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.It Fl f Ar wsdev
Specify the device to operate on.
Default is
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.Pa /dev/wsfont .
.It Fl w Ar width
Sets the width of a font character in pixels. Default is 8.
.It Fl h Ar height
Sets the height 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.
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If 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.
.It Fl v
Prints the font's properties before loading it.
.El
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.Pp
Typically, the
.Nm
utility will be executed in system startup by the
.Pa /etc/rc.d/wscons
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script, controlled by the
.Pa /etc/wscons.conf
configuration file.
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.Sh FILES
.Pa /etc/wscons.conf
.Pa /usr/share/wscons/fonts
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.Sh EXAMPLES
.Dl wsfontload -N myname -h 8 -e ibm /usr/share/wscons/fonts/vt220l.808
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.Pp
Load the IBM-encoded 8\(mu8-font from the
.Xr wscons 4
distribution. This (or another 8\(mu8-font) is necessary to use the
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50-line screen type on
.Xr vga 4
displays.
.Sh SEE ALSO
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.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.