diff -Nru mkinitcpio-0.5.99.5/hooks/consolefont mkinitcpio-0.5.99.5-patched/hooks/consolefont
--- mkinitcpio-0.5.99.5/hooks/consolefont	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ mkinitcpio-0.5.99.5-patched/hooks/consolefont	2010-02-10 23:13:12.214147127 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# vim: set ft=sh:
+
+run_hook ()
+{
+    if [ -e /consolefont.psfu ]; then
+	msg -n ":: Loading console font..."
+	/usr/sbin/setfont -C /dev/console /consolefont.psfu
+	msg "done."
+    fi
+}
diff -Nru mkinitcpio-0.5.99.5/install/consolefont mkinitcpio-0.5.99.5-patched/install/consolefont
--- mkinitcpio-0.5.99.5/install/consolefont	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ mkinitcpio-0.5.99.5-patched/install/consolefont	2010-02-10 23:13:29.767477853 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# vim: set ft=sh:
+
+install ()
+{
+    MODULES=""
+    BINARIES=""
+    FILES=""
+    SCRIPT="consolefont"
+    if [ -n "$CONSOLEFONT" ]; then
+        CONSOLEFONT_FILE_GZ="/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/$CONSOLEFONT.psfu.gz"
+        if [ -e ${CONSOLEFONT_FILE_GZ} ]; then
+	  CONSOLEFONT_FILE="$(mktemp ${TMPDIR}/consolefont.psfu.XXXXXX)"
+	  zcat ${CONSOLEFONT_FILE_GZ} > ${CONSOLEFONT_FILE}
+	  add_file ${CONSOLEFONT_FILE} /consolefont.psfu
+	else
+	  echo "consolefont hook: Console font file must end with .psfu.gz"
+	  echo "consolefont hook: Only unicode fonts are supported at the moment."
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+help ()
+{
+cat<<HELPEOF
+  This hook loads consolefont specified in mkinitcpio.conf
+  during early userspace.
+  You should add CONSOLEFONT="font" (same syntax as in rc.conf) to your
+  mkinitcpio.conf. You may also remove the CONSOLEFONT from rc.conf
+  to prevent the font from being set twice and speed up your boot proccess.
+HELPEOF
+}