I would like to use the Grub loader's font, '/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2' as my standard console font.

It is not included in the kbd package so I was wondering how I might include the .pf2 file (about 2.4 MB) in the '/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/' directory, which contains mostly .gz files of a few KB, and be able to use it. It seems there is much more to this font business than at first meets the eye.

P.S. Would really prefer to stick with the stock issue console rather than using fbterm, KMSCON etc

You can find the font at http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html - if you scroll down that page you will find a link to:

If you want to convert a bdf font file yourself to an psf.gz file look at http://unifoundry.com/unicode-utilities.html

Additional info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...#Console_fonts

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did you even bother to look around before posting?
unifont is in [extra] and does install a consolefont:

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Many thanks for the info, exactly what I asked for.

Thanks, although you should rather follow ondoho's advice

Yes, I did, but as the font is already on the system, courtesy of Grub, I looked for methods of making it generally available for use, rather than acquiring a second copy of it and installing that. No doubt this plainly demonstrates the inadequacy of my thinking and intelligence; so isn't it just too, too wonderful that you deigned to avail me of your exalted knowledge and sagacity with such patience, tolerance and humility.

That is no doubt easier, a fact that is even more annoying than he/she/it is.

To be honest I wouldn't think of ondoho or his/her answer as annoying. It's informative and gives you an easy solution. Last but not least it is much more polite than a short "RTFM", even if you have might have understood it that way

Nevertheless, it is annoying that someone assumes one has done nothing when one has but searched in the wrong places. No doubt hindsight is a great institution, but some great error in system design confused it with foresight.

Many people that ask questions here DO nothing before asking questions here. Exemplified by the number of questions easily answerable by the first google result. So it isn't meant to be an annoying assumption, it's mostly just a result of our environment IMO.

I'm sure that to be asked questions that can be easily answered by google is extremely frustrating, but it does not necessarily follow from that that no attempt was made to find the solution.
The problem with search engines, help manuals etc is that they can only be searched for literal matches, not for matches in meaning. If one happens to pick the right keywords, one's search succeeds gloriously, but if not it is unlikely that the pages one needs are anywhere near the top of the list. And in that latter case the apparent lack of any response to one's question soon leads one to ask in a forum, with less than pleasing results at times.

But I take your point, ondoho really didn't deserve the rough edge of my tongue, particularly as he provided the most convenient solution.

Your colleagues, titopoquito and szboardstretcher, kindly took the time to argue on your behalf, to such good effect that I would like to withdraw my earlier sarcastic response to you, and instead to thank you for the good information you provided.

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