I would like to change the system (console) font of my ubuntu server to a custom (downloaded) font. Is this possible?
I’ve tried to use:
dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
but the only allows me to choose from the default system fonts.
Answers:
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Method 1
TTF/OTF/Type1 fonts are vector fonts which describe how to draw characters using mathematics that draw bézier curves. This allows the same description of a character to scale up or down nicely. BDF/PCF/PSF fonts are bitmap fonts meaning they describe a character as pixels in a grid. These tend to look ugly and blocky when scaled up, but are perfect for a text terminal which represent every character in a uniform size and space. The Linux console uses PSF fonts. BDF/PCF fonts allow characters to have variable spacing whereas PSF assumes that all characters take an identical amount of screen real estate such as 8×8, 8×14, or, most often, 8×16 pixels. Because of this, converting a PCF font to PSF can yield an ugly rendition unless there is some manual intervention. Converting a vector font is even more difficult because it must be rasterized into the small space of 8×16 pixels or less. One tool that might help with this task is FontForge.
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