diff --git a/sys/lib/dist/usr/glenda/lib/profile b/sys/lib/dist/usr/glenda/lib/profile
index dcbeb5cac..7560d49a0 100644
--- a/sys/lib/dist/usr/glenda/lib/profile
+++ b/sys/lib/dist/usr/glenda/lib/profile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ case cpu
 	prompt=('cpu% ' '	')
 	fn cpu%{ $* }
 	if (! test -e /mnt/term/mnt/wsys) {	# cpu call from drawterm
-		font=/lib/font/bit/pelm/latin1.8.font
+		font=/lib/font/bit/vga/unicode.font
 		exec rio
 	}
 case con
diff --git a/sys/lib/newuser b/sys/lib/newuser
index a4fd42689..9339650f5 100755
--- a/sys/lib/newuser
+++ b/sys/lib/newuser
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ bind -a $x^home/bin/$x^cputype /bin
 mount -qC /srv/cwfs /n/other other
 bind -qc /n/other/usr/$x^user/tmp $x^home/tmp
 bind -c $x^home/tmp /tmp
-font=/lib/font/bit/vga/vga.font
+font=/lib/font/bit/vga/unicode.font
 switch($x^service){
 case terminal
 	webcookies
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ case cpu
 	startupasfs
 	if (! test -e /mnt/term/mnt/wsys) {
 		# cpu call from drawterm
-		font=/lib/font/bit/pelm/latin1.8.font
+		font=/lib/font/bit/vga/unicode.font
 		plumber
 		auth/factotum
 		exec rio