In X, it is possible to obtain character maps for all of the installed X Founts by invoking
In the Console, however, the whispers of
Since I do a good deal of bibliographic work in myriads of languages, it would be most helpful indeed to have a charmap of each fount in the Console, with the view to adding founts to the Console for languages either partially or not at all supported by the founts supplied by FreeBSD during installation.
Is there, then, any way to find out what characters be available in Console founts?
By the way, to answer an objection that has arisen before, "fount" is the correct spelling of the word in English; somebody, in the 1920's or thenabouts, thought himself clever in leaving out the "u" in "fount", but, as all of us computerists know, correct spelling is important. "Font-" is, in fact, the oblique stem for the Latin nominative "fons", and no more; the hyphen proclaims that "font" cannot stand by itself, but must have a case ending attached to it. Ergo, "font" is not a word.
gucharmap, which seems to be the equivalent of the Linucian charmap.In the Console, however, the whispers of
gucharmap are not heard.Since I do a good deal of bibliographic work in myriads of languages, it would be most helpful indeed to have a charmap of each fount in the Console, with the view to adding founts to the Console for languages either partially or not at all supported by the founts supplied by FreeBSD during installation.
Is there, then, any way to find out what characters be available in Console founts?
By the way, to answer an objection that has arisen before, "fount" is the correct spelling of the word in English; somebody, in the 1920's or thenabouts, thought himself clever in leaving out the "u" in "fount", but, as all of us computerists know, correct spelling is important. "Font-" is, in fact, the oblique stem for the Latin nominative "fons", and no more; the hyphen proclaims that "font" cannot stand by itself, but must have a case ending attached to it. Ergo, "font" is not a word.
