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From: John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
Subject: bug#36014: Allow console-font service to use fonts other than those
	packaged with kbd
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 12:21:28 -0700
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The console font service only allows fonts installed by default in the kbd p=
ackage (tamzen, for instance, has a nice bitmap font available). I don=E2=80=
=99t know what the solution might be. I do know that setfont looks in the de=
fault font directory only for fonts and the available fonts are those that c=
ome packaged with the kbd package.=20