commit 293cbc075baaa7494f2fb4230f15d32db16d5123
parent 329351b5c5876fb3e96f859564b102c84b39eb2b
Author: Frederic Cambus <fred@statdns.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 15:29:11 +0100
Update README: mention generated formats in release tarballs, and improve usage instructions.
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ Spleen is a monospaced bitmap font available in 5 sizes:
- 32x64
Each size is provided in the Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF), and
-in the `.dfont` format for Macintosh users.
+release tarballs contain the fonts in the following formats: `PCF`, `PSF`
+(for the Linux console), and `.dfont` for Macintosh users.
All font sizes contain all ISO/IEC 8859-1 characters, except for the 5x8
version which only contains printable ASCII characters due to character
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ Clone the repository, convert the files to the Portable Compiled Format
### Mac OS X / macOS
-macOS users should use the provided `.dfont` files.
+macOS users should use the provided `.dfont` file containing all sizes.
## Usage
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ Update **.Xdefaults** and add one of the following directives:
Launch **xterm**.
+### Linux console
+
+Release tarballs provide PSF files for each size, `setfont` can be used
+to load and set the desired font.
+
### Mac OS X / macOS
Configure the terminal application to use Spleen, and make sure anti-aliasing