diff --git a/stand/common/gfx_fb.c b/stand/common/gfx_fb.c
--- a/stand/common/gfx_fb.c
+++ b/stand/common/gfx_fb.c
@@ -2054,7 +2054,8 @@
  * not smaller than calculated size value.
  */
 static vt_font_bitmap_data_t *
-gfx_get_font(void)
+gfx_get_font(teken_unit_t rows, teken_unit_t cols, teken_unit_t height,
+    teken_unit_t width)
 {
 	unsigned ppi, size;
 	vt_font_bitmap_data_t *font = NULL;
@@ -2077,6 +2078,14 @@
 	size = roundup(size * 2, 10) / 10;
 
 	STAILQ_FOREACH(fl, &fonts, font_next) {
+		/*
+		 * Skip too large fonts.
+		 */
+		font = fl->font_data;
+		if (height / font->vfbd_height < rows &&
+		    width / font->vfbd_width < cols)
+			continue;
+
 		next = STAILQ_NEXT(fl, font_next);
 
 		/*
@@ -2084,7 +2093,6 @@
 		 * we have our font. Make sure, it actually is loaded.
 		 */
 		if (next == NULL || next->font_data->vfbd_height < size) {
-			font = fl->font_data;
 			if (font->vfbd_font == NULL ||
 			    fl->font_flags == FONT_RELOAD) {
 				if (fl->font_load != NULL &&
@@ -2093,6 +2101,7 @@
 			}
 			break;
 		}
+		font = NULL;
 	}
 
 	return (font);
@@ -2123,7 +2132,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (font == NULL)
-		font = gfx_get_font();
+		font = gfx_get_font(*rows, *cols, h, w);
 
 	if (font != NULL) {
 		*rows = height / font->vfbd_height;