How to get a reasonable font on Linux console (text console font size)

It's been quite a few years since I used the Linux console (text console) much. Today I had an occasion to use it on a modern monitor, and I found the default font to be somewhat small for comfort.

How to get a larger font - ideally a Terminus bitmap font?

Step 1

Install terminus-bitmap-conts RPM package:

zypper -n install terminus-bitmap-fonts

Step 2

Try out some fonts. You can try them out using the setfont command:

setfont ter-128b

This corresponds to /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-128b.psfu which is part of the terminus-bitmap-conts package.

Step 3

Make it permanent by editing /etc/vconsole.conf

KEYMAP=us
#FONT=eurlatgr.psfu
FONT=ter-128b

Step 4

Reboot to enjoy the larger Linux console font goodness.

Credits

I found this information at the fine Linux console page at the archLinux wiki