To get the capability to change fonts, you need kbd-0.99. You may obtain this from ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/utils/kbd
One advantage of downloading and installing kbd-0.99 is that you will be able to load international fonts (i.e Euro symbol) into your console device. On my keyboard I can have three symbols on my keyboard, the dollar sign, the English pound sign and the Euro sign.