Set console locale, font, and font size?

penyuan · 11-27-2011, 09:48 PM

Hello,

I have a Debian Wheezy installed without a graphical environment. I am wondering, how do I specify (system wide) the font and font size to use in the console (without X)?

Also, since I sometimes have to deal with East Asian characters (Japanese, Traditional Chinese, etc.), how do I make them display correctly in the console? Will setting the locale to UTF help? If so, how do I do it?

Thanks.

j1alu · 11-27-2011, 09:57 PM

Try both:

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

and

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure console-data

I guess the latter will solve it (always mix the both). You have to install console-data first of all.

No idea about the Asian-font problem.

penyuan · 11-27-2011, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j1alu

Try both:

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

and

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure console-data

I guess the latter will solve it (always mix the both). You have to install console-data first of all.

No idea about the Asian-font problem.

That worked well, thanks!! Now if someone knows how to deal with Asian text...

Randicus Draco Albus · 12-09-2011, 07:54 PM

Try mlterm. It lets me input Chinese in the terminal. However, I also use XFCE and IBus. I do not know if mlterm will work without a GUI, but it is worth a try.