In centos how to set the console font like in debian

coolatt · September 19, 2015, 2:32pm

i have 2 installation on VirtualBox : centos & debian

the fonts look nice on debian.

i have provided 2 screenshots in the attachments.

please advise me how to achieve same in centos.

thanks.

RudiC · September 19, 2015, 5:14pm

Did you consider trying setfont Uni2-TerminusBold20x10.psf.gz or similar?

coolatt · September 23, 2015, 3:59pm

Hi, You gave me a very good hint.

I installed the terminus-fonts-console rpm package:

# yum install terminus-fonts-console

More about this package is found on this website

And now my console is looking great.
I have attached a screenshot.

the commands:

setfont ter-116n.psf.gz

to make permanent on reboot

echo setfont ter-116n.psf.gz >> /etc/rc.local

Aia · September 23, 2015, 8:58pm

In Centos 6.x, the configuration file /etc/sysconfig/i18n has the facility to set the default console font at boot. Modify SYSFONT to:

SYSFONT="ter-116n"

coolatt · September 29, 2015, 5:12am

Thanks for this great tip..it works !!