monochrome scarab lineart

2025-06-18,
of kernels and fonts

morning boats, Chumphon, Thailand

2017-08-10 – Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7
morning boats, Chumphon, Thailand

Culture Club Karma Chameleon ↗

the framebuffer console allows for custom fonts to be used in the console – the most recognizable of these is VGA8x16 which has barely changed from its DOS days – the Linux kernel has several fonts that can get compiled in if they’re enabled in the kernel config – most distros don’t enable anything beyond VGA8x16 and TER16x32 – I wouldn’t mind trying out a few options (SUN12x22 looks interesting), but I’m also too lazy to go through the fuss of adding a custom kernel …

The Framebuffer Console ↗

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