I tried to remove /etc/vconsole.conf and put in /etc/sysconfig/console line: CONSOLE_FONT="eurlatgr.psfu" after reboot I no longer have Eurlatgr font in console, thus seems /etc/sysconfig/console is ignored. # journalctl -u systemd-vconsole-setup -- Logs begin at Sun 2019-04-28 20:19:06 EEST, end at Sun 2019-04-28 20:20:22 EEST. -- bal. 28 20:19:08 linux-822l systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console... bal. 28 20:19:08 linux-822l systemd[1]: systemd-vconsole-setup.service: Succeeded. bal. 28 20:19:08 linux-822l systemd[1]: Started Setup Virtual Console. bal. 28 20:19:12 linux-822l systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console... bal. 28 20:19:12 linux-822l systemd[1]: systemd-vconsole-setup.service: Succeeded. bal. 28 20:19:12 linux-822l systemd[1]: Started Setup Virtual Console.