Try to restore original console font with setfont -O

archinstall/lib/translationhandler.py

@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ import builtins
 import gettext
 import json
 import os
-import subprocess
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import override
 
+from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand
+from archinstall.lib.exceptions import SysCallError
+from archinstall.lib.output import debug
+
 
 @dataclass
 class Language:
@@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ class Language:
 
 _DEFAULT_FONT = 'default8x16'
 _ENV_FONT = os.environ.get('FONT')
+_FONT_BACKUP = Path('/tmp/archinstall_font_backup')
+_CMAP_BACKUP = Path('/tmp/archinstall_cmap_backup')
 
 
 def _set_console_font(font_name: str | None) -> None:
@@ -45,15 +50,36 @@ def _set_console_font(font_name: str | None) -> None:
 	target = font_name or _DEFAULT_FONT
 
 	try:
-		result = subprocess.run(['setfont', target], capture_output=True, check=False, timeout=10)
+		SysCommand(f'setfont {target}')
-		if result.returncode != 0 and target != _DEFAULT_FONT:
+	except SysCallError as err:
-			subprocess.run(['setfont', _DEFAULT_FONT], capture_output=True, check=False, timeout=10)
+		debug(f'Failed to set console font {target}: {err}')
-	except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError):
 		if target != _DEFAULT_FONT:
 			try:
-				subprocess.run(['setfont', _DEFAULT_FONT], capture_output=True, check=False, timeout=10)
+				SysCommand(f'setfont {_DEFAULT_FONT}')
-			except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError):
+			except SysCallError as err:
-				pass
+				debug(f'Failed to set default console font: {err}')
+
+
+def _save_console_font() -> None:
+	"""Save the current console font (with unicode map) and console map to backup files."""
+	try:
+		SysCommand(f'setfont -O {_FONT_BACKUP} -om {_CMAP_BACKUP}')
+	except SysCallError as err:
+		debug(f'Failed to save console font: {err}')
+
+
+def _restore_console_font() -> None:
+	"""Restore console font (with unicode map) and console map from backup, falling back to default8x16."""
+	if _FONT_BACKUP.exists():
+		args = str(_FONT_BACKUP)
+		if _CMAP_BACKUP.exists():
+			args += f' -m {_CMAP_BACKUP}'
+		_set_console_font(args)
+	else:
+		_set_console_font(None)
+
+	_FONT_BACKUP.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+	_CMAP_BACKUP.unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
 
 class TranslationHandler:

archinstall/main.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from archinstall.lib.networking import ping
 from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, info, warn
 from archinstall.lib.packages.util import check_version_upgrade
 from archinstall.lib.pacman.pacman import Pacman
-from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import _ENV_FONT, _set_console_font, tr
+from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import _ENV_FONT, _restore_console_font, _save_console_font, _set_console_font, tr
 from archinstall.lib.utils.util import running_from_iso
 from archinstall.tui.ui.components import tui
 
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ def run() -> int:
 	OR straight as a module: python -m archinstall
 	In any case we will be attempting to load the provided script to be run from the scripts/ folder
 	"""
+	_save_console_font()
+
 	if _ENV_FONT:
 		_set_console_font(_ENV_FONT)
 
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ def main() -> int:
 			_error_message(exc)
 			rc = 1
 
-		_set_console_font(None)
+		_restore_console_font()
 
 	return rc