Here is a batch file that will let you audition the different console fonts provided with FreeDOS. Mine is named TRY.BAT. At the end of mine I also run a program called cookie that gives a fortune cookie from a file, the reason I run that is cookie uses the line drawing characters to create a box around the fortune.

You can run TRY.BAT without any parameter to just see the list of fonts provided, then TRY NAME.FNT to see what that font looks like. gnuchcp -r will reset you back to the factory font if you want.

@ ECHO OFF
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO.
DIR /ON /B /W C:\UTIL\GNUFONTS\*.FNT
GNUCHCP  C:\UTIL\GNUFONTS\%1
ECHO WHY NOT?  0 O, 5 S, 1 l
  • WasPentaliveOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    An additiona feature might be if one types TRY DEFAULT then the batch file run GNUCHCP -R for you.