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I am currently running a Raspberry Pi on a television and the text size is too small to read. So I was wondering if there is a way to resize the text.
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Use HDMI if at all possible, this allows the raspberry to detect the actual size of a pixel– Thorbjørn Ravn AndersenAug 5, 2012 at 12:50
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Can you please accept one of the answers? Only accepting an answer will finish your question and it will not pop up again and again, also after 8 years now.– IngoAug 10, 2020 at 9:18
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Console
Run
sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
and follow the on screen instructions.
answered Aug 5, 2012 at 7:29
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.– user46Aug 5, 2012 at 2:58 -
@BryanDunsmore Why do you say that? Its how it's supposed to be done on the Pi.– JivingsAug 5, 2012 at 8:51
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2Raspbian comes with an exquisitely-commented
/boot/config.txtfor that very purpose. The method is also described in Halfacree and Upton's book Meet the Raspberry Pi. So I think it's legit ...– scrussAug 5, 2012 at 13:56 -
@Jivings Sorry about that. I confused
/boot/config.txtwith something else. =/– user46Aug 5, 2012 at 14:35
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
Sorry about just giving a link before to my site. Didn't mean to offend. Anyway to write a permanent script that can be run at boot-up on large-screen T.V.s, I did the following: However, there are probably a million ways to do this. The above should work too, this is just a different approach. Also, it's fun to write scripts, right?
1)The first step is to log in
2)If your in the terminal already, great. bonus points for bravery. If not, press CTRL+ALT+F1 to get there.
3)create a directory to put your scripts in:
sudo mkdir /home/pi/scrpits
4) Navigate to that directory:
cd /home/pi/scripts/
5) Using either vim or nano, or pico, or whatever your favorite terminal text editor is, create a new file for the script. For convenience sake and because it’s already installed, we’ll use nano here, however I prefer vim. If you want to install vim, type:
sudo apt-get install vim
Otherwise, use nano:
sudo nano largefont
6) Write this in the file:
#!/bin/bash
echo changing font size to 32x16
setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/Lat15-TerminusBold32x16.psf.gz
7) Make it executable:
sudo chmod 775 largefont
8) Now, we need to alter some files in /etc/rc.local, where Raspberry Pi goes to look for scripts or commands for start-up, and type the following: sudo nano /etc/rc.local
9) Go yo the bottom and type the following:
sudo /home/pi/scripts/largefont
If you want to make it sleep until your log in appears, and run it in the background you can adjust the sleep like this. The ampersand makes it run in the background BTW:
sudo (sleep 3; sudo /home/pi/scripts/largefont) &
10) When you reboot, the text size should be much larger than factory settings:
sudo reboot
Hope this tutorial helped with something! :)
Yes - there is a fudge solution - use pixel doubling. It worked of me using a TV and 1920x1080 'resolution' - it appeared to make everything larger so I could read the menu options.
It's in (menu) top LHS raspberry: /preferences / raspberryPi configuration/ (systems tab - last entry).
Go to Start button > Preferences > Appearance Settings > System Tab
Click on Font and pick a size. You can even change the font family, if you want.
Doesn't work for some software, but it does apply to the system.
