Hi tech@, We are now getting the default values for font height and width using the WSDISPLAYIO_GETSCREENTYPE ioctl, so they always match the currently loaded font metrics. The following diff reflects that in the man page.
As text-mode VGA compatible displays are increasingly uncommon, I took the liberty to switch the order and to mention raster displays first. Comments? OK? Index: usr.sbin/wsfontload/wsfontload.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/wsfontload/wsfontload.8,v retrieving revision 1.20 diff -u -p -r1.20 wsfontload.8 --- usr.sbin/wsfontload/wsfontload.8 3 Apr 2017 18:43:41 -0000 1.20 +++ usr.sbin/wsfontload/wsfontload.8 7 Aug 2020 13:40:26 -0000 @@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ Default is .Pa /dev/ttyCcfg . .It Fl h Ar height Sets the height of a font character in pixels. -Default is 16 for text-mode VGA compatible displays, -and 22 for raster displays. +Default is to match the currently loaded font height for raster displays, +and 16 for text-mode VGA compatible displays. .It Fl l Specifies to print out a list of loaded fonts, no other arguments should be specified. @@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ If none is given, the name is used to create one. .It Fl w Ar width Sets the width of a font character in pixels. -Default is 8 for text-mode VGA compatible displays, -and 12 for raster displays. +Default is to match the currently loaded font width for raster displays, +and 8 for text-mode VGA compatible displays. .El .Pp .\" Typically, the
