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34.Dd April 29, 2003
35.Dt WSFONT 4
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm wsfont
39.Nd dynamic font loading support
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Cd "pseudo-device wsfont"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45pseudo device allows display fonts for the wscons subsystem to
46be loaded dynamically into the kernel.
47The fonts are loaded dynamically using the
48.Xr wsfontload 8
49utility.
50.Sh SEE ALSO
51.Xr wscons 4 ,
52.Xr wsdisplay 4 ,
53.Xr wsconsctl 8 ,
54.Xr wsfontload 8 ,
55.Xr wsfont 9
56.Sh BUGS
57Fonts cannot be unloaded from the kernel.
58