What font does DOS use?

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What font does DOS use?

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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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Post by Kieran Huggins »

SYSTEM

the actual file is in \windows\fonts and is either vgasys.fon OR vgafix.fon
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i looked but they aren't there !
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Terminal is listed as the raster font on my console.
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

feyd is correct - It's called "terminal" not "system"

The files are hidden, search for *.fon and you'll have access to the files themselves
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Here's the ones listed in the fonts folder for myself:

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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
And yes, they are hidden.
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Post by jayshields »

I thought all you people were on Linux now, how come you're still booting to Windows.

[thoughts]Way to change the topic subject Jay[/thoughts]
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<--- this guy is :mrgreen:
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jayshields wrote:I thought all you people were on Linux now, how come you're still booting to Windows.

[thoughts]Way to change the topic subject Jay[/thoughts]
Who says I'm booting to Windows? :)
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Post by Jenk »

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# mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /mnt/drive_c
# cd /mnt/drive_c/windows/system && ls -la *.fon
:P
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

Jenk wrote:

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# 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/*
:P
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:lol:
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