To use Hebrew fonts on console your set 1. /etc/sysconfig/i18n : ===================================== LANG="he_IL.UTF-8" SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en:he_IL.UTF-8:he_IL:he" SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16" =========================================== This will set the font and map for the setsysfont command. 2 . replace /etc/rc.d/init.d/keytable with "http://www.raz.co.il/razinf/download/keytable". 3. Type "service keytable restart". 4. Switch to hebrew by pressing left-Ctrl.