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I am currently running it on a television and the text size is too small to read. So I was wondering if there is anyway to resize the test.

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Use HDMI if at all possible, this allows the raspberry to detect the actual size of a pixel – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Aug 5 '12 at 12:50

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If it's the console, you can change the framebuffer_width and framebuffer_height values in /boot/config.txt. Similarly, for X, you can set the hdmi_group and hdmi_mode, though they aren't so obviously easy to change.

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It's a horrible idea to set the resolution via /boot/config.txt. – Bryan Dunsmore♦ Aug 5 '12 at 2:58
@BryanDunsmore Why do you say that? Its how it's supposed to be done on the Pi. – Jivings♦ Aug 5 '12 at 8:51
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Raspbian comes with an exquisitely-commented /boot/config.txt for that very purpose. The method is also described in Halfacree and Upton's book Meet the Raspberry Pi. So I think it's legit ... – scruss Aug 5 '12 at 13:56
@Jivings Sorry about that. I confused /boot/config.txt with something else. =/ – Bryan Dunsmore♦ Aug 5 '12 at 14:35
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Console

Run

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

and follow the on screen instructions.

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You can use variations of the setfont command to change the font and the size of text:

setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat15-TerminusBold20x10.psf.gz

And you can obviously see what fonts are available by doing:

ls /usr/share/consolefonts
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