Font size

[radioman2107]

Just started. Pi booted up OK except the screen display was too small to read.
ran 'startx' went to all set up /preferences I could find but so far only set some to readable size
in Geany could not alter the font. Maybe I am blind . Using a 12in HDMI tv
Any suggestions??

[dom]

Just started. Pi booted up OK except the screen display was too small to read.
ran 'startx' went to all set up /preferences I could find but so far only set some to readable size
in Geany could not alter the font. Maybe I am blind . Using a 12in HDMI tv
Any suggestions??

One solution is to limit the resolution of the framebuffer, which X uses.
E.g.
framebuffer_width=1280
framebuffer_height=720
(or lower number for larger fonts)

in config.txt
http://elinux.org/RPi_config.txt

[APiFan]

I found this on http://ncloy.co.uk/blog/?p=356

The file /etc/defaults/console-setup is where you can choose fonts for the console
sudo pico /etc/defaults/console-setup

Find the lines

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FONTFACE=""
FONTSIZE=""

Change it to somthing like

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FONTFACE="Terminus"
FONTSIZE="32x16"

to choose a large font

Note: this only affects the console, the font does not change until half way through the booting process when this configuration file is read.

[r4049zt]

I got different results on first boot of an r-Pi with debian squeeze from RS vs from Farnell.
next I'll try at the text prompt after first boot
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
which might access some settings for the display screen resolution

my rPi from RS into a BENQ senseye3 monitor with HDMI did not need that settings change.

[Jim JKla]

Further to APiFan's solution there's a detailed breakdown here in the wiki

http://elinux.org/RPi_Command_line_font_size

[Polydnj]

Ditto the idea of changing the resolution with framebuffer in config.txt. This changes all fonts! If it does not work try have only those lines in the config.txt

[rabbitfighter81]

See the blog post I wrote about this. May help...

http://rabbitfighter.net/?p=590