fbtruetype(1)

fbtruetype1

Program to display text on the console frame buffer.

Usage

fbtruetype [parameters] [text]

Overview

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

fbtruetype is used by the bootsplash package to draw text on the console frame buffer.

Options

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').

-h, -?, --help

Show summary of options.

-V, --version

Show the program version.

-x, -y

X and Y coordinates to draw text at.

-a, --alpha

The default alpha channel. Values should range between 1 and 100.

-f, --fong

The font to use (.ttf file).

-s, --size

The text size in points.

-t, --textcolor

The color of the text (hex). -t 554455

-v, --vebose

Verbose mode.

-S, --start-console

Only output text on the console it was started on.

-c

Start output on specified console.

Author

This manual page was written by Matthew A. Nicholson [email protected] for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

From bootsplash 3.3-2 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.