How do I restore my console default font, and why has it changed?

linux ubuntu console fonts

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Solution 1

I'm wondering why you chose a bunch of dots and arrows to demonstrate a font instead of... you know... letters.

Anyway the command for changing font on the VTs is setfont or consolechars. Running setfont with no args or consolechars -d loads a "default" font. Others that you can load are found in /usr/share/consolefonts.

In Debian there's a file /etc/default/console-setup which the boot scripts use to decide what to do with the console font.

Solution 2

You can use the reset command in bash to reset everything in your shell, such as color and so on.

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gcali

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

gcali over 1 year

I'm using Lubuntu 11.10, and I use my console a lot. Today I discovered that its font was changed; specifically, this screen is from yesterday:

and this is from today:

First of all, any idea of how I changed it? I'm pretty sure I did nothing to justify this, but I'm also certain that if something happened there's always a reason, so...

Besides, how do I restore the previous font? The main issue is that I'm not sure what it was.
- Kyle Jones over 11 years
  
  My guess is that you hit a key combination that told the terminal to increase the font size.
- gcali over 11 years
  
  As far as I can see there is no way to change the font size with a key combination; actually, as far as I can see the only way to change the font is by modifying something on grub, so, well, I'm kinda confident I didn't do anything like that.
- Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' over 11 years
  
  What files in /etc have been modified since the last reboot? Did you reboot since yesterday? What did you do before to set the console font: are you using a font on the graphic card, or the framebuffer?
Alan Curry over 11 years

Of course, matching an old screenshot made for a different purpose makes sense
PersianGulf over 11 years

Oh ,So you didn't changed font already , and you want to change now ... ok? or default font deleted.
neverMind9 over 5 years

What command works in dash?
PersianGulf over 5 years

@neverMind9 reset command works in dash.
neverMind9 over 5 years

Surprisingly, it does not work in jackpal.androidterm. Android Terminal uses Bash. Is there any alternative that works in Android Terminal?
PersianGulf over 5 years

I remember android used mksh @neverMind9