[ale] super tiny console fonts?

[Christopher Fowler]

Use Xterm at full-screen with the smallest fonts possible.

On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 08:32:02PM -0400, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> Believe it or not, there's actually a good reason why I'm looking for 
> insanely micro fonts for my console.  Mainly though, I need to view a 
> big textfile (with very long lines) and I'd like to see it all at once.  
> I've heard of getting 160 characters across using SVGATextmode, but it 
> won't build on Slackware 9 (I tried 2 different boxes); and it looks 
> like it's no longer being supported.  I've since discovered setfont, but 
> I can't for the life of me figure out how I can get a micro font that 
> can do 160 chars on the console.  Does anyone have any insight into how 
> I should approach this?  Is setfont the right tool for the job?
> 
> Much thanks,
> CB
> 
> P.S.
> Thanks for all the bash tips you guys sent over earlier today.  I got my 
> app working perfectly!
> Thanks!
> 
> 
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