This document describes how to set hebrew font with line 
drawing for linux console.
The following was implemented on Redhat Linux 7.2

To use Hebrew fonts on console your set
1. /etc/sysconfig/i18n :
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SYSFONT=LatArCyrHeb-16
SYSFONTACM=iso08
LANG=he_IL
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This will set the font and map for the setsysfont command.

2. In /etc/profile.d/lang.sh: 
Add iso08 to the "case $SYSFONTACM" so the new text will be:
"case $SYSFONTACM in
            iso01*|iso02*|iso08*|iso15*|koi*|latin2-ucw*)"
This will enable Hebrew selection when you login.
2.1 If you use csh you must update lang.csh, 
2.2 If your linux distribution doesn't have the /etc/profile.d 
add the "setsysfont" command to /etc/profile or 
other system wide profile and execute it
for logins from the console.

3. Add the following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
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# the settings of the fonts are per tty device, therefore they are run for
# each device seperately:
 INITTY=/dev/tty[1-6]
 for tty in $INITTY;
 do
#   set default font:
 consolechars -f default8x16 --tty $tty
#   now we set the hebrew font
 consolechars -f LatArCyrHeb-16 --acm iso08 --tty $tty
done
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Oded S. Resnik oded@raz.co.il