PC Screen Font
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| − | The '''PC Screen Font''' format is a fixed-width bitmap font format originally used on the PC under MS-DOS. It was subsequently adopted and extended for Linux console fonts. | + | The '''PC Screen Font''' ('''PSF''') format is a fixed-width bitmap font format originally used on the PC under MS-DOS. It was subsequently adopted and extended for Linux console fonts. |
== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
| − | Files begin with bytes | + | Files begin with bytes {{magic|0x36 0x04}} (version 1) or {{magic|0x72 0xb5 0x4a 0x86}} (version 2). |
== Specifications == | == Specifications == | ||
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== Software == | == Software == | ||
* [http://www.seasip.info/Unix/PSF/ PSF Tools] | * [http://www.seasip.info/Unix/PSF/ PSF Tools] | ||
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| + | == Sample files == | ||
| + | * [https://packages.debian.org/stable/console-setup-linux console-setup-linux package] → console-setup-linux_*.deb → /usr/share/consolefonts/*.psf.gz | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
| + | * [[Wikipedia: PC Screen Font]] | ||
Revision as of 21:21, 24 February 2016
The PC Screen Font (PSF) format is a fixed-width bitmap font format originally used on the PC under MS-DOS. It was subsequently adopted and extended for Linux console fonts.
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Identification
Files begin with bytes 0x36 0x04 (version 1) or 0x72 0xb5 0x4a 0x86 (version 2).
Specifications
Software
Sample files
- console-setup-linux package → console-setup-linux_*.deb → /usr/share/consolefonts/*.psf.gz
