What font does DOS use?
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What font does DOS use?
I'm trying to find a mono-spaced font that looks similar to the one in the DOS or *nix consoles.

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Here's the ones listed in the fonts folder for myself:
And yes, they are hidden.
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Terminal cga40wo0.fon
Terminal (737) (Set #6) vga737_0.fon
Terminal (850) (Set #6) vga850_0.fon
Terminal (856) (Set #6) vga857_0.fon
Terminal (860) (Set #6) vga860_0.fon
Terminal (863) (Set #6) vga863_0.fon
Terminal (865) (Set #6) vga865_0.fon
Terminal (869) (Set #6) vga869_0.fon
Terminal (US) (Set #6) vga852_0.fon
Terminal (VGA) vga855_0.fon
Terminal Font (8514) 85775__0.fon
Terminal Font (VGA) vga775_0.fon
Terminal Font for the IBM 8514 8514oem0.fon
Terminal Greek 737 (437G) for IBM 8514 8514oem2.fon- jayshields
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# mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /mnt/drive_c
# cd /mnt/drive_c/windows/system && ls -la *.fon- Chris Corbyn
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Jenk wrote:Code: Select all
# mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /mnt/drive_c # cd /mnt/drive_c/windows/system && ls -la *.fon
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# mount -t ntfs -o rw /dev/hdb1 /mnt/drive_c
# rm -rvf /mnt/drive_c/*