errno 59 (EBFONT): meaning and diagnosis

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Description: the supplied console or bitmap font data is not a valid font format.

Could be also:
Constant	Type	OS
ERROR_UNEXP_NET_ERR	Win32 error	Windows
ETOOMANYREFS	errno	Mac
ENOTRECOVERABLE	errno	Solaris
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION	BugCheck Code	Windows

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EBFONT

EBFONT is a Linux errno value for bad font file format. It is most useful when diagnosing console-font loaders, terminal setup tools, boot scripts, or compatibility code that validates a font before installing it into a kernel console or related low-level text subsystem.

Do not treat this as a missing-file or permission failure. Preserve the exact font file, tool version, target console, encoding assumption, and the operation that parsed the file. A retry will not make malformed font data valid; the useful fix is to supply a supported font format or correct the conversion step that produced it.

Distinguish from

ENOENT: the font file path was not found.
EACCES: the process could not read the file or update the console.
EINVAL: a tool or ioctl rejected an option or parameter relation.

Linux errno(3) · Linux UAPI errno definitions

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