This very subject has been fairly thoroughly discussed just this past week on the Speakup list. You might want to check the list archives at http://www.linux-speakup.org. Also check for this topic from earlier this summer. We've had two go-rounds on it on the Speakup list in the past few months. Lee_Maschmeyer@xxxxxxxxx writes: > Hi all, > > For the past year or more I've been using the parameter: > > vga=12932 > > with both LILO (a line by itself) and grub (in with the kernel > parameters). This gives me a screen of 50 lines by 132 columns if I > use a font that's 8 pixels high. Very nice. > > But on my new computer here at work, the video card has no width > greater than 80 columns. The best I can do is 60 lines by 80 > columns. Having the extra lines is very nice, but this dinky little > line length is going to drive me nuts. (I realize some of you use > 25x80 screens and consider this the norm, but I come from a primitive > environment whose name cannot be mentioned except accompanied by > epithets. Ain't that sweet?) > > As hinted above, to really get 60 lines I have to change fonts to one > that is 8 pixels high. I've been using LatArCyrHeb-08 because it > sounds like it would be similar to the default font for Fedora. I > think these letters are 8 pixels wide but could be wrong. Is there > such a thing as a narrow font that could give me some additional line > length? > > For an incomplete discussion of video modes (it doesn't mention > fonts!) see /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc<tab>/svga.txt (Fedora location - > your mileage may vary). > > Thanks very much for any info, > > Lee > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: +1 202.494.7040 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list