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Old 04-02-2007, 11:22 AM   #1
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Question increasing the size of text at the shell

Hi,

I have a very basic question:

How do I increase the size of the text that I see on the shell?

I am using command line interface not a terminal spawned from a GUI --
is there a shell variable that can be changed?

Thanks,
Ashlesha.
 
Old 04-02-2007, 12:02 PM   #2
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http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_20.html

This link, in the section 'Console Fonts' should help you out
 
Old 04-02-2007, 12:22 PM   #3
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