Ubuntu console-setup for setting console font By default, on a Surface laptop running Ubuntu Sway Remix, the console font is waaay too small for my aging eyes, so I set off to learn how to change it. sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup UTF-8 Guess optimal character set Do not change the boot/kernel font Results in the following /etc/default/console-setup contents: ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-6]" CHARMAP="UTF-8" CODESET="guess" FONTFACE="" FONTSIZE="" VIDEOMODE= #end