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Add info on loading a font file to vt(4) #2

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Use vtfontcvt to convert hex format files to binary and vidcontrol to load a binary font file to vt(4)

@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ cc -o fontpic gpl/fontpic.c
./fontpic < vt-default-normal.hex > vt-default-normal.bmp
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To load a font file into vt(4):
(setfont is included in vidcontrol. See [this commit](https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=44581368a4aabc5a442e2a9c5333828a3b69d69d))
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I don't think we need to mention setfont here as it was removed around 10 years ago; is there any documentation that makes reference to it?

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