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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 537d30add5..dcb7278f0f 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2016 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
;;; Copyright © 2018 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -801,10 +802,14 @@ to add @var{device} to the kernel's entropy pool. The service will fail if
(description
"Install the given fonts on the specified ttys (fonts are per
virtual console on GNU/Linux). The value of this service is a list of
-tty/font pairs like:
+tty/font pairs. The font can be the name of a font provided by the @code{kbd}
+package or any valid argument to @command{setfont}, as in this example:
@example
-'((\"tty1\" . \"LatGrkCyr-8x16\"))
+'((\"tty1\" . \"LatGrkCyr-8x16\")
+ (\"tty2\" . (file-append
+ font-tamzen
+ \"/share/kbd/consolefonts/TamzenForPowerline10x20.psf\")))
@end example\n")))
(define* (console-font-service tty #:optional (font "LatGrkCyr-8x16"))